Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American actor, model, and singer whose film roles and carefully cultivated public image made her a major Hollywood star and enduring cultural icon.

Some Like It Hot: A 1959 comedy film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, directed by Billy Wilder. Monroe’s performance as singer Sugar Kane became one of her most celebrated comic roles.
Arthur Miller: An American playwright whose works include Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Miller married Monroe and wrote The Misfits, linking her personal life to one of her final films.
Norma Jeane Mortenson: The birth name recorded for Marilyn Monroe, who was born in Los Angeles in 1926. Monroe’s early life under this name preceded her studio-created public identity.
Celebrity culture: A social system in which public attention and media coverage make famous individuals objects of widespread fascination. Monroe’s private life and screen image became inseparable subjects of mass-media attention.
The Seven Year Itch: A 1955 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. Its subway-grate scene crystallized Monroe’s screen image and became an iconic publicity image.
Joe DiMaggio: An American baseball player who spent his career with the New York Yankees. His marriage to Monroe became a closely followed episode in both their public lives.
World War II: A global war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Allied and Axis powers. Wartime labor brought Monroe into a factory job where a photographer first noticed her.
Feminist film theory: A field of film criticism examining how cinema represents gender and structures looking and power. Critics use Monroe’s roles and image to examine the sexualization and agency of women onscreen.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: A 1953 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Monroe’s performance of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” fused musical spectacle with her comic persona.
Billy Wilder: An Austrian-American film director and screenwriter known for films including Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot. Wilder directed Monroe in two major comedies and helped shape her screen persona.

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