Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, was an American actress and singer who became one of the best-known film stars of the 1950s. She spent much of her childhood in foster homes and began her career as a model before signing with 20th Century-Fox in 1946. Her breakthrough came in 1953 with Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which showed her gift for comic timing and song. Determined to be taken seriously as an actress, she studied at the Actors Studio in New York and in 1955 established her own production company, a rare step for a performer of her time. Her role in Some Like It Hot (1959) earned a Golden Globe Award, and The Misfits (1961) was her final completed film. Her screen presence remains a lasting part of Hollywood's classic era.
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Screen Legends of Classic Hollywood
Each was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of classic American cinema. Clark Gable starred in Gone with the Wind (1939), and John Wayne defined the Western from Stagecoach (1939) onward. Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for Roman Holiday (1953) opposite Gregory Peck and starred with Cary Grant in Charade (1963). Marilyn Monroe, a leading comedic star of the 1950s, made her last completed film, The Misfits (1961), with Gable.
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