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).
151 movies · 16 shows
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2026·0.0
Marilyn Monroe: The Rise of an Icon
2026·7.0
Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe
2026·6.0
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
2026·9.0
Bardot
2025·8.3
Crushtime
2025·6.0
Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed
2024·0.0
The Myth of Marilyn Monroe
2023·0.0
My Life as Marilyn
2023·7.0
Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe
2022·0.0
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022·7.8
Becoming Marilyn
2022·7.6
Marilyn, Her Final Secret
2022·6.8
Marilyn, a woman of today
2022·7.0
Una foto de Marilyn
2022·0.0
Rat Pack
2022·9.0
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021·7.5
Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain
2021·6.0
Signoret and Montand, Monroe and Miller: Two couples in Hollywood
2020·7.9
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020·0.0
Marilyn and I
2019·10.0
Marilyn Monroe for Sale
2018·6.0
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017·7.1
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
2017·7.7
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
2017·0.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017·4.5
Mansfield 66/67
2017·4.8
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016·7.4
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
2015·8.0
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015·7.5
Marilyn Monroe Declassified
2015·6.9
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015·6.4
Love, Marilyn
2013·6.6
Footsteps on the Ceiling
2013·0.0
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012·7.0
Marilyn despite herself
2012·8.0
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012·7.2
Marilyn
2012·0.0
Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage
2012·5.0
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
Marilyn Monroe: The Story of Her Iconic Life
2012·0.0
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Torments
2011·0.0
Marilyn at the Movies
2011·0.0
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011·7.6
Hollywood Invasion
2011·6.0
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010·6.7
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
2010·0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009·0.0
Marilyn, dernières séances
2008·7.0
The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe
2006·0.0
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006·7.2
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
2006·0.0
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006·7.0
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006·8.5
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
2006·2.0
Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
2005·0.0
Marilyn's Man
2004·7.0
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
2004·5.5
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
2004·0.0
The Body of Marilyn Monroe
2004·8.0
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004·7.5
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003·0.0
Making 'The Misfits'
2002·7.0
Marilyn vs Marilyn
2002·10.0
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001·7.0
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001·6.8
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001·7.2
The Complete Marilyn Monroe
2001·0.0
Marilyn on Marilyn
2001·9.5
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000·9.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999·8.3
Prayer for Marilyn Monroe
1998·8.0
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998·7.9
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998·0.0
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997·7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·7.7
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996·10.0
We Remember Marilyn
1996·8.0
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995·7.2
Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
1995·6.0
The Casting Couch
1995·8.3
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994·6.9
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
The Marilyn Files
1992·7.0
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
1992·10.0
Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years
1992·3.0
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992·8.0
Faces of Death VII
1992·0.0
The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe
1991·0.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991·6.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991·7.5
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
1990·5.0
Death In Hollywood
1990·6.8
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990·5.7
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989·9.0
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989·7.8
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988·6.0
Remembering Marilyn
1988·9.0
Hollywood Uncensored
1987·5.4
Eve and Marilyn
1987·8.0
Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe
1987·9.0
Voyage to Nowhere
1986·7.5
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986·7.4
Marilyn Monroe
1986·10.0
Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys
1985·0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·7.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·6.0
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979·10.0
Mi Marilyn
1975·6.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973·6.8
Marilyn Magdalene
1972·0.0
Marilyn
1970·0.0
Fake Newsreal
1970·0.0
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966·6.7
The Marilyn Monroe Story
1963·4.0
Marilyn
1963·7.5
La Rabbia
1963·7.0
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962·7.8
Lykke og krone
1962·9.0
The Misfits
1961·7.0
Let's Make Love
1960·6.4
Some Like It Hot
1959·8.1
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959·10.0
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957·6.3
Bus Stop
1956·6.1
The Seven Year Itch
1955·7.0
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954·6.1
River of No Return
1954·6.7
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953·6.8
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953·7.3
Niagara
1953·6.8
O. Henry's Full House
1952·6.9
Monkey Business
1952·6.7
Don't Bother to Knock
1952·6.6
We're Not Married!
1952·5.9
Clash by Night
1952·6.7
Let's Make It Legal
1951·5.7
Love Nest
1951·5.5
As Young as You Feel
1951·6.4
Home Town Story
1951·4.9
All About Eve
1950·8.1
The Fireball
1950·6.0
Right Cross
1950·7.3
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950·6.0
The Asphalt Jungle
1950·7.5
Love Happy
1949·5.8
Ladies of the Chorus
1948·6.7
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948·6.8
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948·6.6
Dangerous Years
1947·6.2
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947·8.8