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Marilyn Monroe
(1926-1962)
American actress and model
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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "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 2023) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a pop culture icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her as the sixth-greatest female screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Born Norma Jeane Mortenson
1 June 1926
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
5 August 1962 (aged 36)
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Zodiac Gemini
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  • Martin Mortenson
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  • Gladys Baker
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Gladys Baker and Martin Mortenson
Gladys Baker and Martin Mortenson · m. 1924; div. 1928

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  • Charles Farrell
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  • Andy Warhol
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  • Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford · Friend · 1905-1977 · American actress (190?-1977) edit info
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    Johnny Roselli · Friend · 1905-1976 · American mobster edit info
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  • Laszlo Willinger
    Laszlo Willinger · Friend · 1909-1989 · Jewish-German photographer edit info
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  • Norman Rosten
    Norman Rosten · Friend · 1913-1995 · American writer edit info
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  • Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach · Friend · 1915-2014 · American actor edit info
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  • Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra · Friend · 1915-1998 · American singer and actor edit info
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  • Betty Grable
    Betty Grable · Friend · 1916-1973 · American actress, pin-up girl edit info
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  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald · Friend · 1917-1996 · American jazz singer edit info
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  • Dean Martin
    Dean Martin · Friend · 1917-1995 · American singer and actor edit info
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  • Adele Jergens
    Adele Jergens · Friend · 1917-2002 · American actor edit info
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  • Bob Delmonteque
    Bob Delmonteque · Friend · 1919-2011 · American, Bodybuilder edit info
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  • Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters · Friend · 1920-2006 · Actress edit info
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  • Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift · Friend · 1920-1966 · American actor edit info
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  • Jane Russell
    Jane Russell · Friend · 1921-2011 · American actress and model edit info
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  • Judy Garland
    Judy Garland · Friend · 1922-1969 · American actress and singer edit info
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  • Dorothy Dandridge
    Dorothy Dandridge · Friend · 1922-1965 · American actress and singer edit info
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  • Lauren Bacall
    Lauren Bacall · Friend · 1924-2014 · American actress edit info
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  • Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon · Friend · 1925-2001 · American actor edit info
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  • Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis · Friend · 1925-2010 · American actor edit info
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  • Hugh Hefner
    Hugh Hefner · Friend · 1926-2017 · American, Business edit info
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  • Emma Evans
    Emma Evans · Friend · 1927-1957 · American, Actress edit info
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  • Andy Warhol
    Andy Warhol · Associate · 1928-1987 · American artist, film director, and producer edit info
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  • Laurette Luez
    Laurette Luez · Friend · 1928-1999 · Actress edit info
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  • Audrey Hepburn
    Audrey Hepburn · Friend · 1929-1993 · British actress edit info
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  • Marion Marshall
    Marion Marshall · Friend · 1929-2018 · American actress edit info
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  • Robert Wagner
    Robert Wagner · Friend · 1930- · American, Actor edit info
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  • Jeanne Carmen
    Jeanne Carmen · Friend · 1930-2007 · American model, actress and trick-shot golfer edit info
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  • Elizabeth Taylor
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