“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out
of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at
my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Marilyn Monroe
born : in The United States
June 01, 1926
died : August 05, 1962
gender : female
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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma
Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress,
model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number
of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early
1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes,
Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946
with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but
her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950),
drew attention. By 1952 she had her first leading role in Don't Bother
to Knock and 1953 brought a lead in Niagara, a melodramatic film noir
that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to
comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch
(1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to
broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was
hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production
company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the
Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won
a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her
performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was
The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her
then-husband, Arthur Miller.
Marilyn was a passionate reader, owning four hundred books at the time of her death, and was often photographed with a book.
The
final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems,
and a reputation for unreliability and being difficult to work with.
The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have
been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a
"probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well
as of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as
the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film
Institute. In the decades following her death, she has often been cited
as both a pop and a cultural icon as well as the quintessential American
sex symbol.
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“I'm
selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you
sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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