Marilyn Monroe MOVIE ACTRESS

Marilyn Monroe Facts  

ABOUTIcon and sex symbol who starred in Some Like It Hot and became the most famous woman in the world during the 1950s. Her other famous films include 1955's The Seven Year Itch and 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953

BEFORE FAMEShe modeled for Blue Book before changing her name from Norma Jeane Mortenson to Marilyn Monroe.

TRIVIA FACTShe started out as a farm girl, but ended up a glamorous blonde in Hollywood who had affairs with JFK and Robert Kennedy.

FAMILY LIFEShe married Joe DiMaggio in 1954; the marriage ended in divorce nine months later.

ASSOCIATED WITHTony Curtis co-starred with her in the 1959 film Some Like it Hot.