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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Los Angeles, California 1926 – Brentwood, California 1962). was an American actress. She was reportedly pregnant four times, but was not able or allowed to carry any to birth.[1] Andy Warhol's silkscreen painting of Monroe fetched a record-breaking $195 million at a charity auction in 2022.[2] The movie Blonde (2022) is a fictionalized biopic about her, with a pro-life theme.
On June 19, 1942 she married Jimmy Dougherty. On August 26, 1946 she signed her first studio contract with Twentieth Century Fox. Her performance in 1953's Niagara, delivered her to stardom. Photoplay magazine voted Monroe the Best New Actress of 1953. On January 14, 1954, she married baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio. For 1959's Some Like It Hot, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. On June 29, 1956, Monroe married playwright Arthur Miller, which the Variety reported with its headline “Egghead weds hourglass.”[3] In fact, Monroe was more intelligent than some wanted to believe. Tragically, she died in 1962 from an overdose of sleeping pills under very questionable circumstances, and her surprise death was a shock to the world. Elton John's 1973 song Candle in the Wind was about her, and was ranked by Rolling Stone as #347 of the 500 greatest songs ever.
"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
The Postal Service featured her on a 32 cent commemorative postage stamp in 1995.
Movies
During her career, Monroe made 30 films. One of her breakthrough movies was John Huston's critically acclaimed The Asphalt Jungle (1950).
Some of them are:
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Let's Make It Legal (1951)
- As Young As You Feel (1951)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
- Niagara (1953)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
- There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
- Bus Stop (1956)
- The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) - a critically acclaimed movie and commercial success, despite a tumultuous, conflict-ridden filming)`
- The Misfits (1961)
See also
- Ingmar Bergman
- Joe DiMaggio
- Salma Hayek
- New York Yankees
- Jayne Mansfield
- Hollywood values
- Rudolf Valentino