Real Name : Norma Jean Mortensen
Nick Name : MM
Birth : 1 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
Death : 5 August 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA (drug overdose)
Height : 5' 5 1/2"
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Her mother was a film-cutter at RKO Studios who, widowed and mentally ill, abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. She was almost smothered to death at two, nearly raped at six. At nine the LA Orphans' Home paid her a nickel a month for kitchen work while taking back a penny every Sunday for church. At sixteen she worked in an aircraft plant and married a man she called Daddy; he went into the military, she modeled, they divorced in 1946. She owned 200 books (including Tolstoy, Whitman, Milton), listened to Beethoven records, studied acting at the Actors' lab in Hollywood, and took literature courses at UCLA downtown. 20th Century Fox gave her a contract but let it lapse a year later. In 1948, Columbia gave her a six-month contract, turned her over to coach 'Natasha Lytess' (qv) and featured her in the B movie _Ladies of the Chorus (1948)_ (qv) in which she sang two numbers. 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz' (qv) saw her in a small part in _The Asphalt Jungle (1950)_ (qv) and put her in _All About Eve (1950)_ (qv), resulting in 20th Century re-signing her to a seven-year contract. _Niagara (1953)_ (qv) and _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv) launched her as a sex symbol superstar. When she went to a supper honoring her _The Seven Year Itch (1955)_ (qv) she arrived in a red chiffon gown borrowed from the studio (she had never owned a gown). The same year she married and divorced baseball great 'Joe Dimaggio' (their wedding night was spent in Paso Robles, CA). After _The Seven Year Itch (1955)_ (qv), she wanted serious acting to replace the sexpot image and went to New York's Actors Studio. She worked with director 'Lee Strasberg' (qv) and also underwent psychoanalysis to learn more about herself. Critics praised her transformation in _Bus Stop (1956)_ (qv) and the press was stunned by her marriage to playwright 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv). True to form, she had no veil to match her beige wedding dress so she dyed one in coffee; he wore one of the two suits he owned. They went to England that fall where she made _The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)_ (qv) with 'Laurence Olivier' (qv), fighting with him and falling further prey to alcohol and pills. Two miscarriages and gynecological surgery followed. So did an affair with 'Yves Montand' (qv). Work on her last picture _The Misfits (1961)_ (qv), written for her by departing husband Miller was interrupted by exhaustion. She was dropped from the unfinished _Something's Got to Give (1962)_ (qv) due to chronic lateness and drug dependency. Four months later she was found dead in her Brentwood home of a drug overdose, adjudged "probable suicide". Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson on Tuesday, June 1st, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital. Prior to her birth, Marilyn's father bought a motorcycle and headed north to San Francisco, abandoning the family in Los Angeles. Marilyn grew up not knowing for sure who her father really was. Her mother, Gladys, had entered into several relationships, further confusing her daughter as to who it was who fathered her. Afterward, Gladys gave Norma Jean (Marilyn) the name of Baker, a boyfriend she had before Mortenson. Poverty was a constant companion to Gladys and Norma. Gladys, who was extremely attractive and worked for RKO Studios as a film cutter, suffered from mental illness and was in and out of mental institutions for the rest of her life, and because of that Norma Jean spent time in foster homes. When she was nine she was placed in an orphanage where she was to stay for the next two years. Upon being released from the orphanage, she went to yet another foster home. In 1942, at the age of 16, Norma Jean married 21-year-old aircraft plant worker James Dougherty. The marriage only lasted four years, and they divorced in 1946. By this time Marilyn began to model swimsuits and bleached her hair blonde. Various shots made their way into the public eye, where some were eventually seen by RKO Pictures head 'Howard Hughes (I)' (qv). He offered Marilyn a screen test, but an agent suggested that 20th Century-Fox would be the better choice for her, since it was a much bigger and more prestigious studio. She was signed to a contract at $125 per week for a six-month period and that was increased by $25 per week at the end of that time when her contract was lengthened. Her first film was in 1947 with a bit part in _The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)_ (qv). Her next production was not much better, a bit in the eminently forgettable _Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)_ (qv). Two of the three brief scenes she appeared wound up on the cutting room floor. Later that same year she was given a somewhat better role as Evie in _Dangerous Years (1947)_ (qv). However, Fox declined to renew her contract, so she went back to modeling and acting school. Columbia Pictures then picked her up to play Peggy Martin in _Ladies of the Chorus (1948)_ (qv), where she sang two numbers. Notices from the critics were favorable for her, if not the film, but Columbia dropped her. Once again Marilyn returned to modeling. In 1949 she appeared in United Artists' _Love Happy (1949)_ (qv). It was also that same year she posed nude for the now famous calendar shot which was later to appear in Playboy magazine in 1953 and further boost her career. She would be the first centerfold in that magazine's long and illustrious history. The next year proved to be a good year for Marilyn. She appeared in five films, but the good news was that she received very good notices for her roles in two of them, _The Asphalt Jungle (1950)_ (qv) from MGM and _All About Eve (1950)_ (qv) from Fox. Even though both roles were basically not much mor than bit parts, movie fans remembered her ditzy but very sexy blonde performance. In 1951, Marilyn got a fairly sizable role in _Love Nest (1951)_ (qv). The public was now getting to know her and liked what it saw. She had an intoxicating quality of volcanic sexuality wrapped in an aura of almost childlike innocence. In 1952, Marilyn appeared in _Don't Bother to Knock (1952)_ (qv), in which she played a somewhat mentally unbalanced babysitter. Critics didn't particularly care for her work in this picture, but she made a much more favorable impression later in the year in _Monkey Business (1952)_ (qv), where she was seen for the first time as a platinum blonde, a look that became her trademark. The next year she appeared in _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv) as Lorelei Lee. It was also the same year she began dating the baseball great 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv). Marilyn was now a genuine box-office drawing card. Later, she appeared with 'Betty Grable' (qv), 'Lauren Bacall' (qv) and 'Rory Calhoun (I)' (qv) in _How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)_ (qv). Although her co-stars got the rave reviews, it was the sight of Marilyn that really excited the audience, especially the male members. On Thursday, January 14th, 1954, Marilyn wed DiMaggio, then proceeded to film _There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)_ (qv). That was quickly followed by _The Seven Year Itch (1955)_ (qv), which showcased her considerable comedic talent and contained what is arguably one of the most memorable moments in cinema history: Marilyn standing above a subway grating and the wind from a passing subway blowing her white dress up. By October of 1954, Marilyn announced her divorce from DiMaggio. The union lasted only eight months. In 1955 she was suspended by Fox for not reporting for work on _How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)_ (qv). It was her second suspension, the first being for not reporting for the production of The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955). Both roles went to others. Her work was slowing down, due to her habit of being continually late to the set, her illnesses (whether real or imagined) and generally being unwilling to cooperate with her producers, directors, and fellow actors. In _Bus Stop (1956)_ (qv), however, Marilyn finally showed critics that she could play a straight dramatic role. It was also the same year she married playwright, 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv) (they divorced in 1960). In 1957 Marilyn flew to Britain to film _The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)_ (qv) which proved less than impressive critically and financially. It made money, but many critics panned it for being slow-moving. After a year off in 1958, Marilyn returned to the screen the next year for the delightful comedy, _Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv) with 'Tony Curtis (I)' (qv) and 'Jack Lemmon (I)' (qv). The film was an absolute smash hit, with Curtis and Lemmon pretending to be females in an all-girl band, so they can get work. This was to be Marilyn's only film for the year. In 1960 Marilyn appeared in 'George Cukor' (qv)'s _Let's Make Love (1960)_ (qv), with 'Tony Randall (I)' (qv) and 'Yves Montand' (qv). Again, while it made money, it was critically panned as stodgy and slow-moving. The following year Marilyn made what was to be her final film. _The Misfits (1961)_ (qv), which also proved to be the final film for the legendary 'Clark Gable' (qv), who died later that year of a heart attack. The film was popular with critics and the public alike. In 1962 Marilyn was chosen to star in Fox's _Something's Got to Give (1962)_ (qv). Again, her absenteeism caused delay after delay in production, resulting in her being fired from the production in June of that year. It looked as though her career was finished. Studios just didn't want to take a chance on her because it would cost them thousands of dollars in delays. She was only 36. Marilyn made only 30 films in her lifetime, but her legendary status and mysticism will remain with film history forever.
Biography written by: Denny Jackson
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- 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself (in Korea)]
- 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) (uncredited) [Clara]
- ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- All About Eve (1950) [Miss Casswell] <9>
- As Young as You Feel (1951) [Harriet] <6>
- Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself (in Korea)]
- Becoming Bert Stern (2010) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Bus Stop (1956) [Cherie] <1>
- Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Clash by Night (1952) [Peggy] <4>
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Cuando España se desnudó (2005) (TV) (archive footage)
- Dangerous Years (1947) [Evie - Waitress at the Gopher Hole] <14>
- Death in Hollywood (1990) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Death Scenes 2 (1992) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Don't Bother to Knock (1952) [Nell Forbes] <2>
- Elton John: The Red Piano (2005) (TV) [Footage 'Candle in the Wind'] <14>
- Elvis: Return to Tupelo (2008) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening (1999) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Full House (1952/I) [Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")] <7>
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [Lorelei Lee] <2>
- Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) (uncredited) [Extra at Square Dance]
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywood Remembers Marilyn Monroe (1989) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988) (V) (archive footage)
- Hollywood Uncensored (1987) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywood's Private Home Movies (1983) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Home Town Story (1951) [Iris Martin] <5>
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) [Pola Debevoise] <2>
- I due Kennedy (1969) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Il était une fois... Certains l'aiment chaud (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- James Dean: Forever Young (2005) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Joe DiMaggio: The Final Chapter (2000) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979) (archive footage) [Herself]
- King Kennedy (2010) (archive footage) [Herself]
- L.A. Confidential (1997) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- La rabbia (1963) (archive footage) [Herself]
- La rabbia di Pasolini (2008) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Ladies of the Chorus (1948) [Peggy Martin] <2>
- Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001) (TV) (archive footage)
- Legends of Entertainment Video (1995) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Let's Make It Legal (1951) [Joyce Mannering] <6>
- Let's Make Love (1960) [Amanda Dell] <1>
- Love Happy (1949) [Grunion's Client] <12>
- Love Nest (1951) [Roberta 'Bobbie' Stevens] <4>
- Lykke og krone (1962) [Herself]
- Marilyn (1963) (archive footage) [Herself] <1>
- Marilyn in Manhattan (1998) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) (archive footage) [Herself] <1>
- Marilyn Monroe: Murder on Fifth Helena Drive (2011) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Marilyn on Marilyn (2001) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Marilyn Times Five (1973) (archive footage) [Performer, bye bye baby]
- Marilyn's Man (2004) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Memories from the Sweet Sue's (2001) (V) (archive footage) [Sugar Kane]
- Monkey Business (1952) [Miss Lois Laurel] <4>
- Niagara (1953) [Rose Loomis] <1>
- Niagara Falls (2006) (TV) (archive footage) [Rose Loomis]
- Playboy Playmates: The Early Years (1992) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <4>
- Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (2006) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <13>
- Playboy: The Complete Anna Nicole Smith (2000) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <10>
- Premier Khrushchev in the USA (1959) [Herself]
- President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962) (TV) [Herself]
- Remembering Marilyn (1987) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Right Cross (1950) (uncredited) [Dusky Ledoux]
- River of No Return (1954) [Kay Weston] <2>
- Say Goodbye to the President (1988) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) (uncredited) [Girl in Canoe]
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <18>
- Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Shooting Stars (2005) {{SUSPENDED}} (archive footage) [Herself]
- Sixty Years of Seduction (1981) (TV) (archive footage)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) [Sugar Kane Kowalczyk] <1>
- Something's Got to Give (1962) [Ellen Wagstaff Arden] <1>
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself (clip from "Asphalt Jungle")]
- The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) [Angela Phinlay] <11>
- The Biographer (2002) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Casting Couch (1995) (V) (archive footage)
- The Fireball (1950) [Polly] <8>
- The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Jill & Tony Curtis Story (2008) (archive footage) [Roslyn Taber]
- The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966) (archive footage) [Herself] <2>
- The Love Goddesses (1965) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Marilyn Files (1992) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Misfits (1961) [Roslyn Taber] <2>
- The People's Hollywood (2003) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) [Elsie] <8>
- The Prince, the Showgirl and Me (2004) (TV) (archive footage)
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) [The Girl] <1>
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (uncredited) [Telephone Operator]
- The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice (2008) (archive footage) [Herself]
- There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) [Vicky] <3>
- Trinity and Beyond (1995) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) (archive footage) [Lorelei Lee]
- Two Tragic Blondes (1989) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- University Challenge: The Story So Far (2006) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Vita da Star: Cristiano Malgioglio (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- We're Not Married! (1952) [Annabel Jones Norris] <4>
- WWE Tribute for the Troops (2008) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) [Herself]
- You Were Meant for Me (1948) (unconfirmed)
- Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959) (archive footage) [Herself]
- ¿De qué te ríes? (2006) (TV) (archive footage) [The Girl]
- "20 heures le journal" (1981) {(2007-10-31)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "20 to 1" (2005) {Adults Only 20 to 01: Hottest Stars on the Planet (#8.7)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "20 to 1" (2005) {Sexiest Movie Moments (#5.3)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [The Girl]
- "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" (2003) (archive footage) [Herself] <6>
- "50 años de" (2009) {Tradiciones (#1.10)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "ABC Stage 67" (1966) {The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (#1.10)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "American Masters" (1983) {Marilyn Monroe: Still Life (#19.4)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "American Masters" (1983) {None Without Sin} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Arsenal" (1985) {Elles, elles, elles (#2.3)} (archive footage)
- "Backstory" (2000) {Bus Stop} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Backstory" (2000) {The Seven Year Itch} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Doris Day: It's Magic} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Notorious Crime Profiles: Mickey Cohen} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Shirley MacLaine: This Time Around} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Blond in Hollywood" (2003) {Marilyn Monroe (#1.2)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "CNN NewsStand" (1998) {(#2.8)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {The Kennedys: Power, Seduction and Hollywood (#2.27)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {The Many Loves of Marilyn Monroe} (archive footage) [Herself] <1>
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2003-10-11)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "ESPN SportsCentury" (1999) {Joe DiMaggio} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Fame in the Twentieth Century" (1993) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Great Performances" (1972) {Making 'The Misfits' (#31.1)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Hannity" (2009) {(2009-07-24)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Hard Copy" (1989) {(1992-02-17)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Hard Copy" (1989) {(1992-02-18)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Hard Copy" (1989) {(1992-02-19)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Hollywood and the Stars" (1963) {Hollywood Goes to War (#1.18)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Inside Edition" (1988) {(1989-02-13)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Inside Edition" (1988) {(1989-02-14)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Intimate Portrait" (1993) {Marilyn Monroe} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "La imagen de tu vida" (2006) {(#1.12)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "La mandrágora" (1997) {(2006-03-01)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {(2002-12-12)} (archive footage) [The Girl/Pola Debevoise/Cherie]
- "Legenden" (1997) {Marilyn Monroe (#3.1)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Modern Marvels" (1994) {Diamond Mines (#7.28)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "On n'est pas couché" (2006) {(#1.13)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Person to Person" (1953) {(#2.32)} [Herself]
- "Private Screenings" (1996) {Lauren Bacall} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Protagonistas del recuerdo" (2006) {Irene Gutiérrez Caba (#1.1)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Protagonistas del recuerdo" (2006) {María Luisa Ponte (#1.3)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Revealed" (2002) {JFK's Women: The Scandals} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" (1999) {(#4.4)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Switch reloaded" (2007) {(#1.5)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1961) {USO - Wherever They Go! (#1.4)} (archive footage) [Herself/Narrator]
- "The Early Show" (1999) {(2006-04-21)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "The Fifties" (1997) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself (with GIs in Korea)]
- "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) {Honolulu Trip (#4.1)} [Herself]
- "The Moviemakers" (1983) {The Films of Frank Capra} (uncredited)
- "The O'Reilly Factor" (1996) {(2008-02-19)} (archive footage) [Herself/Various roles]
- "The Rat Pack" (1999) (archive footage) [Herself]
- "The Robert MacNeil Report" (1975) {(1999-03-08)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "The World's Most Photographed" (2005) (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#10.40)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#14.17)} (archive footage) [Roslyn Taber]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#8.13)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Video on Trial" (2005) {(#2.8)} (archive footage) [Herself]
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- 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv) (29 June 1956 - 20 January 1961) (divorced)
- 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) (14 January 1954 - 27 October 1954) (divorced)
- 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv) (19 June 1942 - 13 September 1946) (divorced)
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- _Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Say Goodbye to the President (1988) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Hollywood Remembers Marilyn Monroe (1989) (V)_ (qv)
- _Marilyn Monroe Was Here (1997)_ (qv)
- _Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder (2003) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) (TV)_ (qv)
- _The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)_ (qv)
- _Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)_ (qv)
- _Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)_ (qv)
- _Blonde (2001) (TV)_ (qv)
- _"History's Mysteries" (1998) {The Death of Marilyn Monroe (#1.1)}_ (qv)
- _"Biography" (1987) {Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess}_ (qv)
- _"Intimate Portrait" (1993) {Marilyn Monroe}_ (qv)
- _"E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {The Many Loves of Marilyn Monroe}_ (qv)
- _We Remember Marilyn (1996) (V)_ (qv)
- _"American Masters" (1983) {Marilyn Monroe: Still Life (#19.4)}_ (qv)
- _Marilyn Monroe: Life After Death (1994)_ (qv)
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- _Another Chance (1989)_ (qv)
- _Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)_ (qv)
- _Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987) (TV)_ (qv)
- _This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Jerry and Tom (1998)_ (qv)
- _Company Man (2000)_ (qv)
- _My Fellow Americans (1996)_ (qv)
- _L.A. Confidential (1997)_ (qv)
- _Red Lipstick (2000)_ (qv)
- _Evil Hill (1999)_ (qv)
- _The Island (1998)_ (qv)
- _With Honors (1994)_ (qv)
- _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv)
- _Insignificance (1985)_ (qv) (as The Actress)
- _The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Mondo New York (1988)_ (qv)
- _Insignificance (1985)_ (qv)
- _Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV)_ (qv)
- _The Rat Pack (1998) (TV)_ (qv)
- _James Dean (2001) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Blonde (2001) (TV)_ (qv)
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- _Love Happy (1950)_ -> $100
- _The Asphalt Jungle (1950)_ (qv) -> $1,050
- _Clash By Night (1952)_ -> $500 / wk
- _We're Not Married! (1952)_ (qv) -> $750/wk
- _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv) -> $1,250/wk
- _The Seven Year Itch (1955)_ (qv) -> $1,500/wk
- _The Misfits (1961)_ (qv) -> $250,000
- _All About Eve (1950)_ (qv) -> $500/wk, 1-wk guarantee
- _Something's Got to Give (1962)_ (qv) -> $100,000
- _Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv) -> $200,000 + 10% gross over $4 million.
- _Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)_ (qv) -> $75/week
- _There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)_ (qv) -> $1,000/wk
- _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv) -> $18,000
- _The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)_ (qv) -> $75/week
- _Dangerous Years (1947)_ (qv) -> $75/week
- _Clash by Night (1952)_ (qv) -> $500/week
- _Bus Stop (1956)_ (qv) -> $100,000+500/week expenses
- _Bus Stop (1956)_ (qv) -> $100,000 + $500/week expenses
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- "The Independent on Sunday" (UK), 10 May 2009, Iss. 1002, pg. 3, by: Andrew Johnson, "Magic of Marilyn"
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- William Carroll. _Norma Jeane: Marilyn Monroe._ Coda, 2004.
- Jock Carroll. _Falling for Marilyn: The Lost "Niagara" Collection._ Virgin, 1994.
- James Goode. _The Making of "The Misfits"._ Limelight, 1986.
- Lucy Freeman. _Why Norma Jean Killed Marilyn Monroe._ Global Rights, 1992.
- Ed Feingbersh, Bob LaBrasca. _Marilyn: Fifty-Five._ Bloomsbury, 1990.
- 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv). _To Marilyn with Love, Jimmie._ Beach House Books, 2001.
- Andre de Dienes. _Marilyn Mon Amour._ Sedgwick & Jackson, 1986.
- 'Roger Kahn (I)' (qv). _Joe and Marilyn._
- Eunice Murray. _Marilyn: The Last Months._
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- (1950) (TV commercial: Union Oil Royal Triton
- Released many records. Most of the time it was music from some of her movies. Her biggest hits are "Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend", "My Heart Belongs To Daddy", "Bye Bye Baby" and "I Wanna Be Loved By You".
- (2000) Print ad: Mikimoto limited edition legendary pearls
- (11/9/52) Radio episode: "The Charlie McCarthy Show")
- (1948) Print ad (poster): Pabst beer
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- Lisp, breathless voice
- Platinum blonde hair
- Voluptuous figure.
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- I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another - it shows an inner life. I like to see that there's something going on inside them.
- My problem is that I drive myself... I'm trying to become an artist, and to be true, and sometimes I feel I'm on the verge of craziness, I'm just trying to get the truest part of myself out, and it's very hard. There are times when I think, 'All I have to be is true'. But sometimes it doesn't come out so easily. I always have this secret feeling that I'm really a fake or something, a phony.
- [on living with the Bolenders when she was a little girl] They were terribly strict. They didn't mean any harm . . . it was their religion. They brought me up harshly.
- [on meeting 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) for the first time] I was surprised to be so crazy about Joe. I expected a flashy New York sports type, and instead I met this reserved guy who didn't make a pass at me right away! He treated me like something special. Joe is a very decent man, and he makes other people feel decent, too.
- [on why 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) didn't accompany her on one of her USO tours] Joe hates crowds and glamor.
- [on why she divorced 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv)] My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.
- [on why her marriage to 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) didn't work] I didn't want to give up my career, and that's what Joe wanted me to do most of all.
- I want to be a big star more than anything. It's something precious.
- [on her favorite actress] 'Jean Harlow' (qv) was my idol.
- [on drifting in and out of orphanages when she was little] The world around me then was kind of grim. I had to learn to pretend in order to - I don't know - block the grimness. The whole world seemed sort of closed to me . . . [I felt] on the outside of everything, and all I could do was to dream up any kind of pretend game.
- [on her early marriage to 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv)] Grace McKee arranged the marriage for me, I never had a choice. There's not much to say about it. They couldn't support me, and they had to work out something. And so I got married.
- I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.
- A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
- Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die, young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know yourself...
- A dollar for your thoughts...
- I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
- No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
- In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty.
- Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
- Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
- Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, Fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle.
- I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I never had belonged to anything or anyone else.
- People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
- A sex-symbol becomes a thing, I just hate being a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of.
- The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them---and fooling them.
- To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.
- If I had observed all the rules, I'd never have gotten anywhere.
- I want to grow old without face-lifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face that I have made.
- It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
- I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me and that I've made of myself, as a sex symbol. Men expect so much, and I can't live up to it.
- It stirs up envy, fame does. People you run into feel that, well, who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe? They feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you, you know, of any kind of nature - and it won't hurt your feelings.
- Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has it's compensations but it also has it's drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.
- My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!
- If I play a stupid girl, and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?
- [on her famous nude calendar pose in 1949] My sin has been no more than I have written, posing for the nude because I desperately needed 50 dollars to get my car out of hock.
- An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. 'Isaac Stern (I)' (qv) takes good care of his violin. What if everyone jumped on his violin?
- There was my name up in lights. I said, "God, somebody's made a mistake!" But there it was in lights. And I sat there and said, "Remember, you're not a star". Yet there it was up in lights.
- Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.
- I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted. I did sort of think, you know, marriage did that. You see, I was brought up differently from the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy - that's it, successful, happy, and on time.
- You know, when you grow up you can get kind of sour, I mean, that's the way it can go.
- Wouldn't it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt and sleep with most attractive men and not get emotionally involved?
- I used to think as I looked at the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."
- The trouble with censors is they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
- I used to say to myself, "What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?" And I'd answer, "Everything, everything".
- [on stardom] It scares me. All those people I don't know, sometimes they're so emotional. I mean, if they love you that much without knowing you, they can also hate you the same way.
- ['Johann Wolfgang Goethe' (qv)] said, "Talent is developed in privacy", you know? And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't think most people realize for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting.
- Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity.
- I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
- [on 'John F. Kennedy' (qv)] It would be so nice to have a president who looks so young and good-looking.
- I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public -- talent in private.
- Talent is developed in privacy... but everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk at you. They'd kind of like to take pieces out of you.
- I want to be an artist... not an erotic freak. I don't want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiacal.
- [about 'Montgomery Clift' (qv)] He's the only person I know that is in worse shape than I am.
- I've never liked the name Marilyn. I've often wished that I had held out that day for Jean Monroe. But I guess it's too late to do anything about it now.
- If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
- A smart girl leaves before she is left.
- [on 'Marlon Brando' (qv) and 'Montgomery Clift' (qv)] Marlon's kinda hard to tie down, they say. He's never sure what he wants to do. He and Monty Clift have a lot in common, though they're totally different people, but they don't plan their careers too well and they're not ambitious enough for their talents.
- Personally, I react to 'Marlon Brando' (qv). He's a favorite of mine.
- [on 'Frank Sinatra' (qv)] He is a man at the top of his profession and is a fine actor as well. You know, he got an Oscar for _From Here to Eternity (1953)_ (qv). He has helped more people anonymously than anybody else. And the miserable press smears him with lies about his being involved with the Mafia and gangsters. And Frank just takes it.
- [on 'Mae West' (qv)] A nice lady even though she turned down making a picture with me. That just shows how smart she is.
- Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing my partners I was in the throes of ecstasy.
- [on 'Laurence Olivier' (qv) on the set of _The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)_ (qv)] Olivier came into my dressing room to give me hell for screwing up. I soothed him by telling him I thought his _Hamlet (1948)_ (qv) was one of the greatest films ever made. You know he won an Oscar for it.
- When 'Clark Gable' (qv) died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.
- [on 'Sigmund Freud' (qv)] I read his "Introductory Lectures," God, what a genius. He makes it so understandable. And he is so right. Didn't he say himself that ['William Shakespeare (I)' (qv)] and ['Fyodor Dostoyevsky' (qv)] had a better understanding of psychology than all the scientists put together? Damn it, they do.
- [on 'James Joyce (I)' (qv) and the character of Molly Bloom in Ulysses] Here is Joyce writing what a woman thinks to herself. Can he, does he really know her innermost thoughts? But after I read the whole book, I could better understand that Joyce is an artist who could penetrate the souls of people, male or female. It really doesn't matter that Joyce doesn't have...or never felt a menstrual cramp. To me Leopold Bloom is a central character. He is the despised Irish Jew, married to an Irish Catholic woman. It is through them Joyce develops much of what he wants to say. Do you agree that the scene where Bloom is looking at the little girl on the swing is the most erotic in the book?
- [on 'John F. Kennedy' (qv)] When he has finished his achievements, he will take his place with Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and ['Franklin Delano Roosevelt' (qv)] as one of our greatest Presidents. I'm glad he has ['Robert F. Kennedy' (qv)]. It's like the Navy. The President is the Captain and Bobby is his Executive Officer. Bobby would do absolutely anything for his brother. And so would I. I'll never embarrass him. As long as I have memory, I have John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
- I remember when I got the part in _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv). 'Jane Russell (I)' (qv), she was the brunette in it and I was the blonde. She got $200,000 for it, and I got my $500 a week, but that to me was, you know, considerable. She by the way, was quite wonderful to me.
- Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle.
- [on Sunday being the loneliest day of the week for her] All the men I know are spending the day with their wives and families, and all the stores in Los Angeles are closed. You can't wander through looking at all the pretty clothes and pretending to buy something.
- [on 'Marlon Brando' (qv)] He's very sweet and tender, not at all the Stanley Kowalski rapist people think he is.
- 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv) wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
- I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
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- (1999) Voted 'Sexiest Woman of the Century' by People Magazine.
- Was 1947's Miss California Artichoke Queen.
- In her autobiography "My Story," she recounted her guardian told her she was a direct descendant of 'James Monroe (II)' (qv). Her mother's maiden name was Monroe, but there is no evidence she was a descendant of the president.
- Was roommates with 'Shelley Winters' (qv) when they were both starting out in Hollywood.
- (October 1997) Ranked #8 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
- Voted Empire's (UK) "sexiest female movie star of all time" in 1995.
- Playboy "Sweetheart" of the Month, December 1953.
- When she died in 1962 at age 36, she left an estate valued at $1.6 million. In her will, Monroe bequeathed 75% of that estate to 'Lee Strasberg' (qv), her acting coach, and 25% to Dr. Marianne Kris, her psychoanalyst. A trust fund provided her mother, Gladys Baker Eley, with $5,000 a year. When Dr. Kris died in 1980, she passed her 25% on to the Anna Freud Centre, a children's psychiatric institute in London. Since Strasberg's death in 1982, his 75% has been administered by his widow, Anna, and her lawyer, Irving Seidman.
- The licensing of Marilyn's name and likeness, handled world-wide by Curtis Management Group, reportedly nets the Monroe estate about $2 million a year.
- Was named the Number One Sex Star of the 20th Century by Playboy magazine in 1999.
- Started using the name Marilyn Monroe in 1946, but did not legally change it until 1956.
- Appeared on the first cover of Playboy in 1953.
- Given a dog she named Tippy by foster father 'Albert Bolender' (qv). Her final, unfinished film, _Something's Got to Give (1962)_ (qv), the dog was also named Tippy.
- Interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Corridor of Memories, crypt #24.
- Hundreds of items of memorabilia auctioned off in late October, 1999 by Christie's, with her infamous 'JFK' birthday-gown fetching over $1 million.
- Childhood photos show she was born blonde, but her hair turned "mousy" as she grew older.
- (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#2).
- 'Hugh M. Hefner' (qv) owns the burial vault next to hers.
- Died with the phone in her hand.
- Ex-husband 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) put fresh roses at her memorial site for years after her death.
- When putting her imprints at Grauman's she joked that 'Jane Russell (I)' (qv) was best known for her large front-side and she was known for her wiggly walk, so Jane could lean over, and she could sit in it. It was only a joke, but she dotted the "I" in her name with a rhinestone, which was stolen within days.
- The character of red-head actress, "Ginger Grant", portrayed by 'Tina Louise' (I)' in TV's _"Gilligan's Island" (1964)_ (qv) was loosely based on her personality.
- Her first modeling job paid only five dollars.
- Frequently used Nivea moisturizer.
- During the filming of _Niagara (1953)_ (qv), she was still under contract as a stock actor, thus, she received less salary than her make-up man. This was also the only film in which her character died. The film was reworked to highlight her after 'Anne Bancroft (I)' (qv) withdrew.
- Often carried around the book, "The Biography of Abraham Lincoln."
- Was an outstanding player on the Hollygrove Orphanage softball team.
- Because the bathing suit she wore in the movie _Love Nest (1951)_ (qv) was so risque (for the time period) and caused such a commotion on the set, director 'Joseph M. Newman' (qv) had to make it a closed set when she was filming.
- Fearing blemishes, she washed her face fifteen times a day.
- She was suggested as a possible wife for 'Prince Rainier of Monaco' (qv). But he picked actress, 'Grace Kelly (I)' (qv), to be his wife.
- Thought the right side of her face was her "best" side.
- The first time she signed an autograph as Marilyn Monroe, she had to ask how to spell it. She didn't know where to put the "i" in "Marilyn".
- Born at 9:30 am.
- Suffered from endometriosis, a condition in which tissues of the uterus lining (endometrium) leave the uterus, attach themselves to other areas of the body, and grow, causing pain, irregular bleeding, and, in severe cases, infertility.
- Divorced first husband, 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv), in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Divorced last husband, 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv), in Juarez, Mexico.
- Wore glasses.
- On Thursday, February 23rd, 1956, she obtained order from the City Court of the State of New York to legally change her name from Norma Jeane Mortenson to Marilyn Monroe.
- Married 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv) twice: the 1st time in a civil ceremony, then in a Jewish (to which she had converted) ceremony 2 days later.
- Won an interlocutory decree from 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) on 27 October 1954, but, under California law, the divorce was not finalized until exactly 1 year later.
- Offered to convert to Catholism in order to marry 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) in a Church ceremony, but she was turned down because she was divorced. Subsequently, when the divorced DiMaggio married Marilyn in a civil ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, he was automatically excommunicated by the Church; this edict was struck down by Pope John XXIII's Ecumenical Council (Vatican II) in 1962.
- Although it's believed that her mother, 'Gladys Baker (II)' (qv), named her after 'Norma Talmadge' (qv), Gladys reportedly told her daughter, Bernice (Marilyn's half-sister), that she named Marilyn after Norma Jeane Cohen, a woman Gladys knew while she lived in Kentucky with Bernice's father.
- The first stamp released in the USPS's Legends of Hollywood series, issued on Friday, June 1st, 1995.
- Went to Van Nuys High School (Los Angeles) in the early 1940s but never graduated.
- 'Elton John' (qv) and 'Bernie Taupin' (qv) wrote a tribute to her entitled "Candle in the Wind". In 1997 it was re-recorded with updated lyrics in memory of 'Princess Diana' (qv).
- Her behavior on the unfinished _Something's Got to Give (1962)_ (qv) dimmed her reputation in the industry, but she was still big box office at the time of her death. _What a Way to Go! (1964)_ (qv) and _The Stripper (1963)_ (qv) were being developed for her.
- When told she was not the star in _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv) Marilyn was quoted "Well whatever I am, I'm still the blonde."
- The famous nude photo of her by 'Tom Kelley (I)' (qv) originally appeared as anonymous on a calendar entitled "Miss Golden Dreams." In 1952, a blackmailer threatened to identify the model as Marilyn, but she shrewdly thwarted the scheme by announcing the fact herself. 'Hugh M. Hefner' (qv) then bought the rights to use the photo for $500. She became "The Sweetheart of the Month" in the first issue of Hefner's magazine, Playboy. Neither Kelley or Monroe ever saw a dime of the millions the calendar made for its publisher.
- Formed her own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, with 'Milton H. Greene' (qv), on Saturday, December 31st, 1955.
- Appears on sleeve of 'The Beatles' (qv)' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.
- Batman writer/artist 'Bob Kane (I)' (qv) used Marilyn's likeness as a reference when he drew Vicki Vale.
- She is mentioned in the song "Lady Nina" by rock band 'Marillion' (qv).
- Her USO Entertainer Identification Card listed her name as "Norma Jean DiMaggio".
- She was "discovered" by press photographers during a WWII photo shoot at the Radioplane plant in California owned by actor 'Reginald Denny (I)' (qv). She was one of the plant's employees. She left her job and signed with 'Emmeline Snively' (qv)'s modeling agency.
- Was referenced in the dialogue of _La dolce vita (1960)_ (qv), in the context of dieting.
- Measurements: 37C-24-35 (definitive measurements for the majority of her career) / (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- The Emily Ann Faulkner/Rita Shawn character (played by 'Kim Stanley (I)' (qv)) in the 'John Cromwell (I)' (qv) film _The Goddess (1958)_ (qv) was based on her.
- The first Playboy magazine cover, featuring her, is pictured on one of six stamps issued in a souvenir sheet, issued by Grenada & the Grenadines on 1 December 2003 to celebrate Playboy's 50th anniversary.
- When she wasn't working she preferred wearing nothing but a bathrobe.
- 'Def Leppard' (qv)'s 1983 #1 hit single "Photograph" from their Pyromania album was written about her.
- "Candle in the Wind", the 'Elton John' (qv) song written about her, was lyrically changed to fit 'Princess Diana' (qv) upon her death. Coincidentally, both legends died at age 36.
- Named 2nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premier Magazine, behind #1 'Cary Grant' (qv) and after #3 'Tom Cruise' (qv).
- The punk band 'The Misfits' got their name from her last movie, _The Misfits (1961)_ (qv).
- The punk band 'The Misfits' recorded a song called "Who Killed Marilyn?" inspired by lead singer 'Glenn Danzig' (qv)'s belief that she had been murdered.
- Featured on a 1.11 euro postage stamp issued by French Post Office on Saturday, November 8th, 2003.
- The very popular version of "Santa Baby" (also found in the film, _Party Monster (2003)_ (qv)) thought to be sung by her was instead recorded by 'Cynthia Basinet' (qv) for 'Jack Nicholson (I)' (qv) as a Christmas gift.
- On May 19, 1962 she performed for president 'John F. Kennedy' (qv) at his 45th birthday tribute in his honor at Madison Square Garden. She sang "Happy Birthday".
- Discovering her dress was torn at the 1950 Academy Awards, she burst into tears.
- Was named #6 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends.
- Is portrayed by 'Mira Sorvino' (qv) and 'Ashley Judd' (qv) in _Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV)_ (qv).
- Portrayed by: 'Barbara Niven' (qv) in _The Rat Pack (1998) (TV)_ (qv); 'Holly Beavon' (qv) in _James Dean (2001) (TV)_ (qv); 'Constance Forslund' (qv) in _This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV)_ (qv); 'Susan Griffiths (I)' (qv) in _Marilyn and Me (1991) (TV)_ (qv); 'Catherine Hicks' (qv) in _Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV)_ (qv); 'Sophie Monk' (qv) in _Mystery of Natalie Wood, The (2004) (TV)_; 'Poppy Montgomery' (qv) in _Blonde (2001) (TV)_ (qv); 'Kerri Randles' (qv) in _Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)_ (qv); 'Heather Thomas (I)' (qv) in _Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987) (TV)_ (qv); 'Melody Anderson' (qv) in _Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993) (TV)_ (qv); Eve Gordon (I)' in _"A Woman Named Jackie" (1991)_ (qv); 'Samantha Morton' (qv) in _Mister Lonely (2006)_; 'Mary Gross' (qv) on _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).
- Is one of the many movie stars mentioned in 'Madonna' (qv)'s song "Vogue".
- The dress Marilyn wore to serenade 'John F. Kennedy' (qv) at his birthday celebration was so tight she had to be sewn into it.
- 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv), her fist husband, died of complications of leukemia in San Rafael, California, at age 84, on Monday, August 15th, 2005.
- In 1999, a make-up kit that she had owned sold for $266,500.
- Died at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, California.
- One of the first Los Angeles natives to become a major movie star.
- Aside from her birth name of Norma Jean Mortensen, she was baptized and mainly known throughout her life as Norma Jeane Baker. During her modeling days she was also known as Norma Jeane Dougherty (her first marriage name), and also as Jean Norman. When she signed with 20th Century-Fox, studio casting executive 'Ben Lyon (I)' (qv) had first chosen the name Carol Lind as her stage name, although she disliked that. Eventually she chose her mother's maiden name of Monroe. Three names were drawn up as possible stage names. The first was Norma Jeane Monroe, although that sounded awkward; the second was Jean Monroe, and the third was Marilyn Monroe, the latter first name being chosen by Lyon who thought Norma Jeane resembled famed stage actress Marilyn Miller. Norma Jeane liked Jean Monroe, for it preserved some of her name, but Lyon convinced her that Marilyn Monroe sounded more alliterative and so it was chosen.
- She took acting lessons from 'Michael Chekhov' (qv).
- 'Sergei Parajanov' (qv) made collages of Monroe, 'Charles Chaplin' (qv), Mona Lisa, and other famous personages and many were featured in 'Mikhail Vartanov' (qv)'s _Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)_ (qv).
- A 1982 review into the original inquest of Marilyn's death, conducted on its 20-year anniversary, concluded that the actress committed suicide or accidentally overdosed, and was not murdered--rumors that were fueled by the sloppy handling of evidence, the delay in securing the scene and the disappearance of tissue samples.
- The ADR stage at Twentieth Century Fox is named after her.
- In 1972, actress 'Veronica Hamel' (qv) and her husband became the new owners of Marilyn's Brentwood home. They hired a contractor to replace the roof and remodel the house, and the contractor discovered a sophisticated eavesdropping and telephone tapping system that covered every room in the house. The components were not commercially available in 1962, but were in the words of a retired Justice Department official, "standard FBI issue." This discovery lent further support to claims of conspiracy theorists that Marilyn had been under surveillance by the Kennedys and the Mafia. The new owners spent $100,000 to remove the bugging devices from the house.
- Was good friends with 'Dorothy Dandridge' (qv) and 'Ava Gardner' (qv) when they were all young, struggling actresses in Hollywood.
- When budding actresses 'Shelley Winters' (qv) and Marilyn were roommates in the late 1940s in Hollywood, Shelley said that one day she had to step out and asked Marilyn to "wash the lettuce" for a salad they were to share for dinner. When she got back to the apartment, Marilyn (aparently new to the art of cooking) had the leaves of lettuce in a small tub of soapy water and was scrubbing them clean.
- Her real father was Charles Stanley Gifford. From his side, she was, ironically, descended from the celebrated Puritan preacher and pioneer and founder of Rhode Island and pioneer of The Bronx Anne Marbury-Hutchinson, from whom she is still related to First Lady Lucretia Rudolph and to Presidents 'Grover Cleveland (I)' (qv), 'William Howard Taft' (qv), 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt' (qv), 'Richard Nixon' (qv), 'Jimmy Carter (I)' (qv), 'George Bush (I)' (qv) and 'George W. Bush' (qv), as well as to Governor Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II, Senators Daniel Webster, Daniel Robert Graham and Stephen Arnold Douglas, to Shanghai Pearce and to Lizzie Andrew Borden.
- In _How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)_ (qv), her character Pola is reading a book called "Murder By Strangulation" on the plane. Coincidentally, this is how her character was murdered in _Niagara (1953)_ (qv).
- Friend of 'James Haspiel' (qv).
- _Don't Bother to Knock (1952)_ (qv) (her 18th film) was an attempt to prove to critics that she could act.
- In Italy, her films were dubbed at the beginning of her career by 'Miranda Bonansea' (qv). As she matured she was dubbed by the marvellous and prolific 'Rosetta Calavetta' (qv) with immense success, particularly in _Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv). 'Zoe Incrocci' (qv) lent her voice to Monroe once: in _All About Eve (1950)_ (qv).
- Her lifelong bouts with depression and self-destruction took their toll during filming _The Seven Year Itch (1955)_ (qv). She frequently muffed scenes and forgot her lines, leading to sometimes as many as 40 takes of a scene before a satisfactory result was produced. Her constant tardiness and behavioral problems made the budget of the film swell to $1.8 million, a high price for the time. The film still managed to make a nice profit. The classic shot of her dress blowing up around her legs as she stands over a subway grating in this film was originally shot on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue at 52nd St., On Wednesday, September 15th, 1954, at 1:00 a.m. Five thousand onlookers whistled and cheered through take after take as Marilyn repeatedly missed her lines. This occurred in presence of an increasingly embarrassed and angry 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv) (her husband at the time; the nine-month-old marriage officially ended during the shooting of this film). The original footage shot on that night in New York never made it to the screen; the noise of the crowd had made it unusable. Director 'Billy Wilder' (qv) reshot the scene on the 20th Century-Fox lot, on a set replicating Lexington Avenue, and got a more satisfactory result. However, it took another 40 takes for Marilyn to achieve the famous scene. Amazingly, her very narrow spike heels don't get stuck or break in the subway grating, although this was a universal problem at the time for the countless women wearing that very popular style heel in New York City in that era. An important promotional campaign was released for this mainstream motion picture, including a 52-foot-high cutout of Marilyn (from the blowing dress scene) erected in front of Loews State Theater, in New York City's Times Square. The movie premiere was on Wednesday, June 1st, 1955, which was also her 29th birthday.
- Portrayed by 'Misty Rowe (I)' in _Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)_ (qv).
- Was originally set to play Holly Golightly in _Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)_ (qv), but 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv) played the role instead.
- _What a Way to Go! (1964)_ (qv) initially intended as a vehicle for her, 'Shirley MacLaine' (qv) played Louisa May Foster instead. Producer 'Arthur P. Jacobs' (qv) was her publicist and 'J. Lee Thompson' (qv) was on her list of approved directors.
- She resided at the Hollywood Rossevelt while she was breaking into the acting business.
- Her "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress sold for $1,267,500.00, a world record for the most expensive piece of clothing ever sold, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- She left Hollywood to pursue serious acting by studying under 'Lee Strasberg' (qv) at his Actors' Studio in New York City.
- Her classic shape, according to her dressmaker, is actually measured at 37-23-36.
- In 1946, she signed her first studio contract with 20th Century Fox and dyed her hair.
- Spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages because her mother was committed to a mental institution. At 16, when a family friend could no longer take care of her, she got married to avoid returning to the orphanage.
- Producer 'Keya Morgan' (qv) owns her bible.
- When she married 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv), the couple moved into a home at 508 N. Palm Drive in Beverly Hills next door to 'Jean Harlow' (qv)'s last home.
- Tried 9 different shades of blond hair color before settling on platinum.
- Her personal library contained over 400 books on topics ranging from art to history, psychology, philosophy, literature, religion, poetry, and gardening. Many of the volumes, auctioned in 1999, bore her pencil notations in the margins.
- There are over 600 books written about her.
- Nearly 11 years after her death, she appeared on the cover of the Tuesday, July 17th, 1973 edition of "Time Magazine" in a full-color portrait taken by 'Bert Stern (I)' (qv), from the last photographic sitting before her death. The cover-story heralds the publication of "Marilyn," the biography of her by 'Norman Mailer' (qv). On the cover, her image dwarfs a black & white photo of Mailer. Mailer reportedly was displeased that "Time" chose to play up Monroe and diminish him, visually on the cover. The publication of the coffee table biography, which contained many photographs including several by Stern, was a major event of that publishing season. The book retailed for $19.95, which is approximately $100 in 2008 money, when factored for inflation.
- "Time Magazine" reported in 1973 that Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi, the doctor who performed Monroe's autopsy, said that contrary to rumors, Monroe's stomach was never pumped after her death. The level of Nembutal in her bloodstream was 4.5 milligrams per 100, which is the equivalent of 40 or 50 capsules indicating suicide.
- At 168, Marilyn's IQ was significantly higher than John F. Kennedy's 129. (A score of 100 is considered average and 150 to be highly gifted).
- In 1961, after her divorce from Arthur Miller, she purchased a 2900 square foot hacienda style house in Brentwood, for $77,500.
- Featured in "Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (McFarland, 1998).
- Champagne was her drink of choice and Dom Perignon was her particular favorite.
- Her last film. _Something's Got to Give (1962)_ (qv), was finally released in 2003. In the swimming pool scene, Marilyn reveals much more to the camera than she did in her then controversial calendar photo from the early '50s.
- When she was 15, she had her ears pierced by Grace McKee, a family friend who became her legal guardian after her mother's breakdown.
- In 1947, while briefly involved with 'Orson Welles' (qv), she joined Welles in his popular magic stage show, the Mercury Wonder Show, being sawed in half by Welles using the "Buzz Saw" illusion he had previously used on both 'Rita Hayworth' (qv) and 'Marlene Dietrich' (qv).
- Was in consideration for the part of Adelaide in _Guys and Dolls (1955/I)_ (qv), but 'Vivian Blaine (I)' (qv) was cast instead.
- Although she was perhaps the most famous actress of the 1950-s, she never made more than $100,000 per picture upfront. Actresses such as 'Elizabeth Taylor (I)' (qv) and 'Barbara Stanwyck' (qv) were earning significantly more.
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