Monroe, Marilyn (1926–1962)
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A picture of the US actor Marilyn Monroe and British actor Laurence Olivier in 1957 when both were involved in the production of the film The Prince and the Showgirl.
US film actor. The voluptuous blonde sex symbol of the 1950s, she made adroit comedies such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Bus Stop (1956), and Some Like It Hot (1959).
Her third husband was the playwright Arthur Miller, who wrote The Misfits (1960) for her, a serious film that became her last. She died as a result of an overdose of sleeping pills.
| Monroe was born in Los Angeles, California. After a childhood spend in several foster homes and an orphanage, she became a factory worker and then a model. Her second husband was the baseball star Joe DiMaggio. She had a small part in Joseph Mankiewicz's classic All About Eve (1950); her other films include The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Clash by Night (1952), Don't Bother to Knock (1952), Monkey Business (1952), Niagara (1953), River of No Return (1954), and The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). |
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