Acting
Marilyn Monroe
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).
Filmography
Portrait of Norma Jeane
Film · 2027
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2026
Marilyn Monroe: The Rise of an Icon
Film · 2026
Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2026
Marilyn and the Mob
Series · 2026
Bardot
Film · 2025
Crushtime
Film · 2025
Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed
Film · 2024
My Life as Marilyn
Film · 2023
The Myth of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Series · 2023
Una foto de Marilyn
Film · 2022
Becoming Marilyn
Film · 2022
Rat Pack
Film · 2022
Marilyn, Her Final Secret
Film · 2022
Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2022
Marilyn, a woman of today
Film · 2022
Andy Warhol's America
Film · 2022
The Century of Icons
Series · 2022
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
Series · 2022
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Series · 2022
Andy Warhol's America
Series · 2022
Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain
Film · 2021
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Film · 2021
Beautiful Like a Poem
Film · 2020
Signoret and Montand, Monroe and Miller: Two couples in Hollywood
Film · 2020
First Ladies
Series · 2020
Marilyn and I
Film · 2019
Scandalous: The Death of Marilyn Monroe (Director's Cut)
Series · 2019
Marilyn Monroe for Sale
Film · 2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
Film · 2017
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Film · 2017
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
Film · 2017
Mansfield 66/67
Film · 2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Film · 2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Film · 2016
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
Film · 2016
Marilyn Monroe Declassified
Film · 2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Film · 2015
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
Film · 2015
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Film · 2015
Footsteps on the Ceiling
Film · 2013
Love, Marilyn
Film · 2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2012
Marilyn
Film · 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 2012
Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage
Film · 2012
Marilyn despite herself
Film · 2012
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
Film · 2012
Marilyn Monroe: The Story of Her Iconic Life
Film · 2012
Marilyn at the Movies
Film · 2011
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Film · 2011
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Torments
Film · 2011
Mentiras verdaderas
Series · 2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Film · 2010
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Film · 2010
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Film · 2009
Marilyn, dernières séances
Film · 2008
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Film · 2006
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Film · 2006
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Film · 2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Film · 2006
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
Film · 2006
The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2006
Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
Film · 2005
James Dean: Forever Young
Film · 2005
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
Film · 2004
Marilyn's Man
Film · 2004
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Film · 2004
The Body of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2004
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
Film · 2004
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 2003
Un film et son époque
Series · 2003
Making 'The Misfits'
Film · 2002
Marilyn vs Marilyn
Film · 2002
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Film · 2001
Marilyn on Marilyn
Film · 2001
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Film · 2001
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Film · 2001
The Complete Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2001
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Film · 2000
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Film · 1999
Marilyn in Manhattan
Film · 1998
Prayer for Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1998
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1998
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Film · 1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Film · 1997
We Remember Marilyn
Film · 1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Film · 1996
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Film · 1995
Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
Film · 1995
The Casting Couch
Film · 1995
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Film · 1994
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
Film · 1992
Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years
Film · 1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Film · 1992
Faces of Death VII
Film · 1992
The Marilyn Files
Film · 1992
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Film · 1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Film · 1991
The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1991
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
Film · 1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Film · 1990
Death In Hollywood
Film · 1990
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Film · 1989
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Film · 1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Film · 1988
Remembering Marilyn
Film · 1988
Hollywood Uncensored
Film · 1987
Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1987
Eve and Marilyn
Film · 1987
Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Film · 1986
Voyage to Nowhere
Film · 1986
Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys
Film · 1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Film · 1982
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Film · 1979
Mi Marilyn
Film · 1975
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Film · 1973
Marilyn Magdalene
Film · 1972
Fake Newsreal
Film · 1970
Marilyn
Film · 1970
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1966
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
Marilyn
Film · 1963
La Rabbia
Film · 1963
The Marilyn Monroe Story
Film · 1963
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Film · 1962
Lykke og krone
Film · 1962
The Misfits
Film · 1961
Let's Make Love
Film · 1960
Some Like It Hot
Film · 1959
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Film · 1959
The Prince and the Showgirl
Film · 1957
Bus Stop
Film · 1956
The Seven Year Itch
Film · 1955
River of No Return
Film · 1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
Film · 1954
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Film · 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
Film · 1953
Niagara
Film · 1953
O. Henry's Full House
Film · 1952
We're Not Married!
Film · 1952
Clash by Night
Film · 1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Film · 1952
Monkey Business
Film · 1952
Let's Make It Legal
Film · 1951
Home Town Story
Film · 1951
Love Nest
Film · 1951
As Young as You Feel
Film · 1951
All About Eve
Film · 1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Film · 1950
The Fireball
Film · 1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Film · 1950
Right Cross
Film · 1950
The Jack Benny Program
Series · 1950
The Bob Hope Show
Series · 1950
Love Happy
Film · 1949
Green Grass of Wyoming
Film · 1948
Ladies of the Chorus
Film · 1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Film · 1948
Dangerous Years
Film · 1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Film · 1947
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944