
Marilyn Monroe
Acting
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. 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).
TV Shows(14)

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023

The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
2022

Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix
Self (archive) - actress, subject
2022

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
2022

First Ladies
Self (archive footage)
2020

Код доступа
Self
2017

Mentiras verdaderas
Self (archive footage)
2011

Un film et son époque
Self (archive footage)
2003

Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993

Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974

ABC Stage 67
Self (archive footage)
1966

The Jack Benny Program
Marilyn Monroe
1950

The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(142)

Portrait of Norma Jeane
Self(archive footage)
2025

Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed
Self (archive footage)
2024

My Life as Marilyn
archive footage
2023

Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
2022

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022

Becoming Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
2022

Marilyn, Her Final Secret
2022

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022

Marilyn, a woman of today
archive footage
2022

Una foto de Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
2022

Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022

Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021

Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain
Self (archive footage)
2021

Signoret and Montand, Monroe and Miller: Two couples in Hollywood
Self(archive footage)
2020

Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
2020

Marilyn and I
Self (archive footage)
2019

Marilyn Monroe for Sale
Self (archive footage)
2018

Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
Self(archive footage) (voice)
2017
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Self (archive footage)
2017

Mansfield 66/67
Self - Actress(archive footage)
2017

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
The Girl (archive footage)
2016

Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
2015

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Miller's 2nd Wife (archive footage)
2015

Marilyn Monroe Declassified
Self (archive footage)
2015

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
(archive footage)
2015

Love, Marilyn
archive footage
2013

Footsteps on the Ceiling
Miss Caswell (archive footage)
2013

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012

Marilyn despite herself
2012

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
2012

Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage
Self (archive footage)
2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Torments
archive footage
2011

Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011

Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
2010

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
archive footage
2010

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
2009

Marilyn, dernières séances
Self(archive footage)
2008

The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe
Herself
2006

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2006

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
Self (archive footage)
2006

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
2006

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
2006

Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Self (archive footage)
2006

Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
Self
2005

Marilyn's Man
Self (archive footage)
2004

Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
Self (archive footage)
2004

The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
2004

The Body of Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
2004

Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003

Making 'The Misfits'
Self (archive footage)
2002

Marilyn vs Marilyn
archive footage
2002

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self (archive footage)
2001

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
archive footage
2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2001

Marilyn on Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
2001

Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Self (archive footage)
2000

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (archive footage)
1999

Prayer for Marilyn Monroe
1998

Marilyn in Manhattan
Self (archive footage)
1998

Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (Archival Footage)
1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997

We Remember Marilyn
archive footage
1996

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage)
1995

Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
1995

The Casting Couch
1995

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self (archive footage)
1994

That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994

The Marilyn Files
Self(archive footage)
1992

Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
Self (archive footage)
1992

Playboy Playmates: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
1992

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992

Faces of Death VII
1992

The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe
1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
1991

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
Self (archive footage)
1990

Death In Hollywood
1990

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
1990

Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989

Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Self (archive footage)
1989

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1988

Remembering Marilyn
1988

Hollywood Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
1987

Eve and Marilyn
archive footage
1987

Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
1987

Voyage to Nowhere
Self (archive footage)
1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
arhive footage
1986

Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
1986

Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys
Self (archive footage)
1985

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982

Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979

Mi Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
1973

Marilyn Magdalene
1972

Marilyn
1970

Fake Newsreal
Self (archive footage)
1970

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
1966

The Marilyn Monroe Story
Self (archive footage)
1963

Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
1963

La Rabbia
Self (archive footage)
1963

Something's Got to Give
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1962

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Self
1962

Lykke og krone
1962

The Misfits
Roslyn Taber
1961

Let's Make Love
Amanda Dell
1960

Some Like It Hot
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
1959

Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959

The Prince and the Showgirl
Elsie
1957

Bus Stop
Cherie
1956

The Seven Year Itch
The Girl
1955

There's No Business Like Show Business
Vicky
1954

River of No Return
Kay Weston
1954

How to Marry a Millionaire
Pola Debevoise
1953

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Lorelei Lee
1953

Niagara
Rose Loomis
1953

Monkey Business
Lois Laurel
1952

O. Henry's Full House
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952

Don't Bother to Knock
Nell Forbes
1952

We're Not Married!
Annabel Jones
1952

Clash by Night
Peggy
1952

Let's Make It Legal
Joyce Mannering
1951

Love Nest
Roberta 'Bobbie' Stevens
1951

As Young as You Feel
Harriet
1951

Home Town Story
Iris Martin
1951

All About Eve
Miss Caswell
1950

The Fireball
Polly
1950

Right Cross
Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk
Clara
1950

The Asphalt Jungle
Angela Phinlay
1950

Love Happy
Grunion's Client
1949

Ladies of the Chorus
Peggy Martin
1948

Green Grass of Wyoming
Extra at Square Dance (uncredited)
1948

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Betty (uncredited)
1948

Dangerous Years
Evie
1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1947