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Marilyn Monroe

Acting · Born June 1, 1926 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited Monroe as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.

Movies with Marilyn Monroe

• Some Like It Hot (1959) — Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
• All About Eve (1950) — Miss Caswell
• The Seven Year Itch (1955) — The Girl
• Let's Make Love (1960) — Amanda Dell
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) — Lorelei Lee
• River of No Return (1954) — Kay Weston
• The Misfits (1961) — Roslyn Taber
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — Angela Phinlay
• How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) — Pola Debevoise
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) — (archive footage)
• Bus Stop (1956) — Cherie
• O. Henry's Full House (1952) — Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")