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    Marilyn Monroe was an iconic Hollywood star and sex symbol of the 1950s. Over 30 years after her death, she remains one of the most famous movie stars and pop culture icons of the 20th century. Some of her most memorable roles included The Seven Year Itch, where her skirt was blown upwards in a famous scene. While she struggled personally with her fame and identity, not knowing who her father was, Monroe became a legendary star through her memorable performances and beauty that still enamors people today.

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    Marilyn Monroe was an iconic Hollywood star and sex symbol of the 1950s. Over 30 years after her death, she remains one of the most famous movie stars and pop culture icons of the 20th century. Some of her most memorable roles included The Seven Year Itch, where her skirt was blown upwards in a famous scene. While she struggled personally with her fame and identity, not knowing who her father was, Monroe became a legendary star through her memorable performances and beauty that still enamors people today.

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    Marilyn Monroe was an iconic Hollywood star and sex symbol of the 1950s. Over 30 years after her death, she remains one of the most famous movie stars and pop culture icons of the 20th century. Some of her most memorable roles included The Seven Year Itch, where her skirt was blown upwards in a famous scene. While she struggled personally with her fame and identity, not knowing who her father was, Monroe became a legendary star through her memorable performances and beauty that still enamors people today.

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    Marilyn Monroe was an iconic Hollywood star and sex symbol of the 1950s. Over 30 years after her death, she remains one of the most famous movie stars and pop culture icons of the 20th century. Some of her most memorable roles included The Seven Year Itch, where her skirt was blown upwards in a famous scene. While she struggled personally with her fame and identity, not knowing who her father was, Monroe became a legendary star through her memorable performances and beauty that still enamors people today.

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    She has one of the most recognized faces in the world.

    Over thirty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe is still a household name. Her trademark platinum hair and beauty mark, her famous skirt-blowing scene from The Seven-Year Itch, all of these things are a part of our culture. Marilyn Monroe is an icon, a legend. Who was this luminous woman, this glamorous star?

    Marilyn Monroe

    As Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 (Los Angeles, California)


    Born: Died:

    August 5, 1962 (Los Angeles, California) Model, Singer, Film Actress

    Occupation: Spouse:

    James Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller


    (Marilyn never knew the true identity of her father. )

    Marilyn Monroe

    "I want to be a big star more than anything. It's something precious"
    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years.

    Marilyn Monroe

    To this day, she is one of the 20th century's most famous movie stars, sex symbols and pop icons. In 1946, she began using the stage name

    Marilyn Monroe

    "Marilyn is a kind of ultimate. She is uniquely feminine. Everything she does is different, strange, and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso. She makes a man proud to be a man."

    Awards and nominations:


    1952 Photoplay Award: Special Award 1953 Golden Globe Henrietta Award: World Film Favorite Female 1953 Photoplay Award: Most Popular Female Star 1956BAFTA Film Award nomination: Best Foreign Actress for The Seven Year Itch 1957Golden Globe nomination: Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Bus Stop 1958BAFTA Film Award nomination: Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl

    Marilyn Monroe

    1958 David di Donatello Award (Italian): Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl 1959 Crystal Star Award (French): Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl 1960 Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Some Like It Hot Golden Laurel, Top Female Comedy Performance for Some Like It Hot. 1962 Golden Globe, World Film Favorite: Female Star on the Hollywood Walk of

    Marilyn Monroe

    She's become a mythical figure. So many books have been written about her, so many stories constructed about her, that she seems more like a made-up character than a real person. But she was a genuine star - she may even be Hollywood's last great and legendary star.

    Marilyn Monroe

    In 1999, Marilyn was named the Number One Sex Star of the 20th Century by Playboy magazine In 1999, Marilyn was voted the 'Sexiest Woman of the Century' by People Magazine. Issued on June 1, 1995, Marilyn was featured on a 32 US commemorative postage stamp.

    Marilyn Monroe

    Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss

    Marilyn Monroe

    "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

    Favorites:
    Colors: Beige, black, white and red Actors: Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Laughton Will Rogers, Cary Grant, John Barrymore, Tyrone Power and Richard Widmark Actresses: Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Marie Dressler and Olivia DeHavilland Artists: Goya, Picasso, El Greco, Michelangelo and Botticelli Beverage: Dom Perignon 1953 Book: How Stanislavsky Directs by Michael Gorchakov Female Singer: Ella Fitzgerald Male Singer: Frank Sinatra Film Performances: The Asphalt Jungle and Don't Bother to Knock Photograph: Cecil Beaton's photo of Marilyn in her white dress

    Marilyn Monroe

    Musicians: Louis Armstrong, Earl Bostick, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Plays: A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman Playwrights: Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams Poets: John Keats and Walt Whitman Restaurant: Romanoff's (in Hollywood) Store: Bloomingdale's Writers: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, J.D. Salinger, George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Wolfe

    Marilyn Monroe

    "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

    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour with an unparalleled glow and energy that enamored the world. Although she was an alluring beauty with voluptuous curves and a generous pout, Marilyn was more than a '50s sex goddess. Her apparent vulnerability and innocence, in combination with an innate sensuality, has endeared her to the global

    Marilyn Monroe

    Sadly, in a shocking turn of events on the early morning of August 5, 1962, 36-year-old Marilyn died in her sleep at her Brentwood, California home. The world was stunned. Marilyn's vibrant spirit and beauty made it impossible to believe she was gone. On August 8, 1962, Marilyn's body was laid to rest in the Corridor of Memories, #24, at Westwood Memorial Park in

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