Marilyn Monroe

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    마릴린 먼로, Мерілін Монро, Norma Jeane Baker, Norma Jeane Mortenson, 玛丽莲·梦露, マリリン・モンロー

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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).

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-06-01
  • event Death Date 1962-08-05
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 9.1
  • info Birth Place Los Angeles, California, USA
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8.1

Some Like It Hot

1959-03-19

8.1

All About Eve

1950-11-09

7.4

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953-07-14

5.9

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1989-01-01

6.8

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953-10-29

6.7

River of No Return

1954-04-30

7.2

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017-12-08

7

The Seven Year Itch

1955-06-03

8.5

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006-06-25

7

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006-06-25

6.7

Love, Marilyn

2013-05-30

6.9

The Misfits

1961-02-01

6

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954-12-16

6.6

Green Grass of Wyoming

1948-06-03

5.9

We're Not Married!

1952-07-11

6.4

O. Henry's Full House

1952-08-07

6.3

Let's Make It Legal

1951-10-31

6.6

Don't Bother to Knock

1952-07-18

6.6

Clash by Night

1952-05-30

6.8

Monkey Business

1952-09-03

6.4

Let's Make Love

1960-09-08

6.1

Bus Stop

1956-08-31

6.3

The Prince and the Showgirl

1957-06-13

2

Cher: In Her Own Words

2021-05-04

5.7

Love Happy

1949-10-12

4.6

Home Town Story

1951-05-18

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Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu

2006-06-21

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Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

2010-02-10

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Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

2010-02-10

5.7

Love Nest

1951-10-10

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Fake Newsreal

1970-01-01

6.7

As Young as You Feel

1951-06-15

7.5

The Asphalt Jungle

1950-05-12

10

Marilyn and I

2019-01-20

6.6

Ladies of the Chorus

1948-12-30

5.5

Hollywood Uncensored

1987-12-01

6.8

Niagara

1953-01-26

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

7

Smash His Camera

2010-07-30

5.8

The Fireball

1950-11-09

8.7

Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

2022-09-20

6.4

Dangerous Years

1947-12-07

7.2

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

1995-09-29

6

Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain

2021-06-01

7.5

Marilyn in Manhattan

1998-09-05

8.7

I Am Jackie O

2020-11-26

7.2

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001-04-03

6.4

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

2022-04-27

5.8

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950-05-19

6

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982-01-01

6.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973-01-01

6.6

Right Cross

1950-10-06

7.7

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999-06-14

7.5

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986-04-19

2

Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds

2006-02-24

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Una foto de Marilyn

2022-04-14

7.7

Becoming Marilyn

2022-10-18

7.2

La Rabbia di Pasolini

2008-09-05

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Marilyn, divine et fragile

1996-12-31

5.7

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

1990-12-13

7

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

2001-06-01

6

Marilyn Monroe for Sale

2018-12-23

8.3

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012-05-15

6.3

Marilyn Monroe Declassified

2015-07-12

10

Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend

2002-07-30

9

Rat Pack

2022-01-11

8.5

The Two Kennedys

1969-11-18

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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1987-01-01

5.7

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990-01-01

4.7

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

1948-03-10

7

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991-03-10

7

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997-05-12

5.5

Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates

2004-09-14

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Marilyn

2012-04-02

7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012-02-04

6.9

Always at The Carlyle

2018-05-11

6.8

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994-10-17

10

Marilyn on Marilyn

2001-01-01

5

The Kennedy Detail

2010-12-02

10

Cecilia 13: El Camino al Deseo

2024-05-01

10

Cecilia X. Familia.

2024-05-01

10

Cecilia Cloacas

2024-05-01

8.5

Something's Got to Give

1962-01-01

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Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special

1984-01-01

5.5

Volunteers

1985-08-16

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Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

2016-12-31

6.9

That's Entertainment! III

1994-07-01

5.7

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991-07-15

7.7

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016-11-04

7

We Remember Marilyn

1996-01-01

8.5

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947-01-04

4

Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

2017-04-05

7

Marilyn, dernières séances

2008-09-01

5.2

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003-09-23

6

Marilyn

1963-04-18

10

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996-03-17

6.1

Mi Marilyn

1975-01-02

8.8

Bert Stern: Original Madman

2011-09-02

7

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

2015-10-17

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Making 'The Misfits'

2002-10-02

6.3

The Love Goddesses

1965-03-03

9.5

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

2019-05-22

7.3

La Rabbia

1963-04-13

7.9

Signoret et Montand, Monroe et Miller : Deux couples à Hollywood

2020-12-07

10

Marilyn Monroe

1986-01-01

6.9

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010-05-05

7.3

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

1962-05-19

7.2

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

2006-09-16

7.5

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

1989-01-01

4

The Marilyn Monroe Story

1963-06-01

0

Footsteps on the Ceiling

2013-01-01

7.2

Tunnel to Freedom

2021-07-22

6.8

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024-05-16

0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009-03-10

0

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

2006-07-18

0

Marilyn Magdalena

1972-10-12

0

Aliens Uncovered: Declassified

2024-04-09

0

Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed

2024-05-07

10

Un film et son époque

2003-05-17

5.5

Mentiras verdaderas

2011-10-11

7.2

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023-04-03

6

Startime

1959-10-06

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

7.6

The Jack Benny Program

1950-10-28

0

Spécial cinéma

1974-09-25

7.3

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

2022-01-16

4.5

Intimate Portrait

1993-11-14

10

Star Life

1990-08-04

6.5

Le Siècle des icônes

2022-12-27

7

The Bob Hope Show

1950-04-09

7.6

The Jack Benny Program

1950-10-28

5.3

First Ladies

2020-10-04

6.8

Golden Globe Awards

1944-01-20

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