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American actress and model (1926–1962)

"Norma Jeane" redirects here. For other uses, see Norma Jean (disambiguation) and Marilyn Monroe (disambiguation).

Marilyn Monroe (MARR-ə-lin mən-ROH; 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 her death in 1962.

Born in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in a total of twelve foster homes and an orphanage before marrying James Dougherty at the age of 16. 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 film contracts with 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. She became a popular actress with roles in several comedies, i

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“Who knows what to think about Marilyn Monroe or about those who turn her sickness into metaphor?” Pauline Kael wrote in 1973. “I wish they’d let her die.”

Kael was reviewing Norman Mailer’s controversial bestseller Marilyn: A Biography, a massive, glossy book of photographs of the late star supplemented with a wild, rambling essay that theorized, among other things, that Monroe had been murdered by the FBI as a cover-up for her affairs with Jack and Robert Kennedy. Mailer ended up admitting he made that stuff up because he needed the money; in a fugue of arrogance and desperation, he used the project to write almost as much about himself as his subject. In the introduction, he proudly describes his project as“a species of novel ready to play by the rules of biography,” but as  Kael’s pan suggests, the formulation was inside out. Marilyn is a biography that plays by the rules of fiction, which is to say that it follows no rules at all. “This brilliant book,” Kael concluded, “gives off bad vibes … neither the world nor Marilyn Monroe should be seen in Norman Mailer’s image.”

As the ’70s wore on and the celebrity-industrial complex ramped up, plenty of other artists tried to remake Monroe in their image, from the Elton John of “Candle in the Wind” to Andy Warhol’s pop art silk screens. In his berserk rock opera Tommy, Ken Russell dragged out a massive, fiberglass statue of Monroe in her upskirt Seven Year Itch pose, only to have Roger Daltrey’s pinball wizard accidentally smash it: an ambiguous blow against the commodification of superstardom. By 1984, Madonna was literally remaking herself as Marilyn in the video for “Material Girl,” cleverly revising the can’t-buy-me love subtext of  “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” for an acquisitive, Reagan-era zeitgeist. Where John’s piano-man obituary was so drippily sentimental that

American actress Marilyn Monroe's life and persona have been depicted in film, television, music, the arts, and by other celebrities.

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• Absolut Vodka "Absolut Marilyn" (1995): by Chiat/Day.
• America250 "Public Service Announcement" (2021): Monroe is showcased as one of the iconic figures in American history as it pledges to reaffirm this spirit as the country approaches its 250th birthday.
• Antifom: Marilyn (2008): A print ad from Venezuela with a woman dressed as Monroe during the famous subway grate pose from The Seven Year Itch.
• Appenzeller Käse (2021): Monroe appears in the ad for the cheese brand from Switzerland played by Monroe's lookalike Suzie Kennedy.
• Bavaria (2014): Monroe hangs out with other dead celebrities on a desert island such as Elvis Presley, Tupac Shakur, Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon.
• Bentley Baths (2012): A local commercial for their walk-in style bathtubs featuring an appearance by Monroe in her signature Seven Year Itch outfit.
• Big Sexy Hair: Marilyn Monroe (2013) Monroe is the poster girl in the ads.
• Born This Way Foundation: "Pages" (2013) a brief video clip of Monroe can be seen in the ad.
• CBS: "The Nanny" (1998) in a brief ID bumper for her hit sitcom The Nanny, Fran Drescher (a.k.a. Fran Fine) in a black dress pays homage to Monroe and The Seven Year Itch by doing the famous "subway grate" posellac
• Cadillac: "Carry" (2017) An old pic of Monroe posing with her black Cadillac can be briefly seen in this commercial.
• Československá obchodní banka: "Marilyn" (2008) by MUW Saatchi & Saatchi
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• Chevrolet: "See the USA in Your Chevrolet" (1999) Monroe can be briefly seen blowing a kiss on the big screen at a