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Portrait of Marilyn Monroe with platinum blonde hair, red lipstick, pearl earrings, and a white fur wrap, posing against a dark background. All About Eve A marriage of two stars Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, and Donald O'Connor in a lively scene from There's No Business Like Show Business, sitting and posing playfully on a red chaise lounge. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe stands over a subway grate as her white dress billows up, smiling, while Tim Ewell watches in the iconic scene from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. Marilyn Monroe as The Girl stands on a staircase holding a fan, smiling down at Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman in a scene from the film The Seven Year Itch. Don Murray stands behind Marilyn Monroe at a counter in a diner scene from the film Bus Stop (1956), directed by Joshua Logan. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe dressed as musicians with a band in a train car in a scene from the 1959 film Some Like It Hot. Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in a scene from The Misfits. Monroe, in a sleeveless blouse, leans forward smiling while Gable, in a cowboy hat and western shirt, stands holding a drink.
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Asphalt Jungle (1950) Movie scene of actress Marilyn Monroe as Angela Phinlay in an early film career appearence with actor Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in movie directed by John Huston.
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Asphalt Jungle (1950) Movie scene of actress Marilyn Monroe as Angela Phinlay in an early film career appearence with actor Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in movie directed by John Huston.
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Marilyn Monroe

American actress
Also known as: Norma Jean Baker, Norma Jeane Baker, Norma Jeane Mortenson(Show More)
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Quick Facts Marilyn Monroe (born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—found dead August 5, 1962, Los Angeles) was an American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950s. These included Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Some Like It Hot (1959). Behind the scenes, however, Monroe struggled to find happiness, and in 1962 she died from a drug overdose. She later became a pop culture...

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