Marilyn Monroe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-06-01

Deathday

1962-08-05 (36 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

  • Мерілін Монро
  • Norma Jeane Baker
  • Norma Jeane Mortenson
  • مرلین مونرو

Marilyn Monroe

Biography

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 – 4 August 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.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in a total of 12 foster homes and an orphanage; she married at age sixteen. She was working in a factory during World War II when she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and began a successful pin-up modeling career, which led to short-lived film contracts with 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. After a series of minor film roles, she signed a new contract with Fox in late 1950. Over the next two years, she became a popular actress with roles in several comedies, including As Young as You Feel and Monkey Business, and in the dramas Clash by Night and Don't Bother to Knock. She faced a scandal when it was revealed that she had posed for nude photographs prior to becoming a star, but the story did not damage her career and instead resulted in increased interest in her films.

By 1953, Monroe was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars; she had leading roles in the film noir Niagara, which overtly relied on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which established her star image as a "dumb blonde". The same year, her nude images were used as the centerfold and on the cover of the first issue of Playboy. She played a significant role in the creation and management of her public image throughout her career, but she was disappointed when she was typecast and underpaid by the studio. She was briefly suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project but returned to star in The Seven Year Itch (1955), one of the biggest box office successes of her career.

When the studio was still reluctant to change Monroe's contract, she founded her own film production company in 1954. She dedicated 1955 to building the company and began studying method acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Later that year, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop (1956) and her first independent production in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). She won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in Some Like It Hot (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits (1961).

Known For

Some Like It Hot
8.1%

Some Like It Hot

Mar 19, 1959

All About Eve
8.1%

All About Eve

Nov 9, 1950

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7.3%

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Jul 14, 1953

The Seven Year Itch
7.1%

The Seven Year Itch

Jun 3, 1955

The Asphalt Jungle
7.5%

The Asphalt Jungle

May 12, 1950

River of No Return
6.7%

River of No Return

Apr 30, 1954

Niagara
6.8%

Niagara

Jan 26, 1953

The Misfits
6.9%

The Misfits

Feb 1, 1961

Monkey Business
6.7%

Monkey Business

Sep 3, 1952

Bus Stop
6.1%

Bus Stop

Aug 31, 1956

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Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates as Self (archive footage)
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self (archive footage)
2003
Un film et son époque as Self (archive footage)
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1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self (archive footage)
1998
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1997
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Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
1990
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1990
Star Life as Self (archive footage)
1990
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1989
Batmania: From Comics to Screen as Self (archive footage)
1988
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1987
Hollywood Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
1987
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as (archive footage)
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (archive footage)
1986
Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
1985
Volunteers as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1975
Mi Marilyn as Self (archive footage)
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)
1972
Marilyn Magdalena
1970
Fake Newsreal as Self (archive footage)
1969
The Two Kennedys as Self (archive footage)
1966
ABC Stage 67 as Self (archive footage)
1963
The Marilyn Monroe Story as Self (archive footage)
1963
Marilyn as Self (archive footage)
1963
La Rabbia as Self (archive footage)
1962
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self
1962
Something's Got to Give as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1961
The Misfits as Roslyn Taber
1960
Let's Make Love as Amanda Dell
1959
Startime
1959
Some Like It Hot as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
1957
The Prince and the Showgirl as Elsie
1956
Bus Stop as Cherie
1955
The Seven Year Itch as The Girl
1954
There's No Business Like Show Business as Vicky
1954
River of No Return as Kay Weston
1953
How to Marry a Millionaire as Pola Debevoise
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Lorelei Lee
1953
Niagara as Rose Loomis
1952
Monkey Business as Lois Laurel
1952
O. Henry's Full House as Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952
Don't Bother to Knock as Nell Forbes
1952
We're Not Married! as Annabel Jones
1952
Clash by Night as Peggy
1951
Let's Make It Legal as Joyce Mannering
1951
Love Nest as Roberta 'Bobbie' Stevens
1951
As Young as You Feel as Harriet
1951
Home Town Story as Iris Martin
1950
All About Eve as Miss Caswell
1950
The Fireball as Polly
1950
The Jack Benny Program as Marilyn Monroe
1950
The Jack Benny Program as Self
1950
Right Cross as Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Clara
1950
The Asphalt Jungle as Angela Phinlay
1950
The Bob Hope Show as Self
1949
Love Happy as Grunion's Client
1948
Ladies of the Chorus as Peggy Martin
1948
Green Grass of Wyoming as Extra at Square Dance (uncredited)
1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Betty (uncredited)
1947
Dangerous Years as Evie
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner

Production

1957
The Prince and the Showgirl as Executive Producer
1956
Bus Stop as Producer

Sound

1980
Coeur bleu as Songs
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