Actor
Marilyn Monroe
Born 1 June 1926 · Los Angeles, California, USA — died 5 August 1962
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American actress and one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1950s. She became famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" roles and was a defining sex symbol of her era. She remains one of cinema's most enduring pop-culture icons.
Key films
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Small but striking role in John Huston's crime classic that helped launch her move from bit parts to notice.
Niagara (1953)
Her first major starring dramatic role, cast as a femme fatale in a Technicolor thriller.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Musical comedy that cemented her screen persona, featuring her famous 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' number.
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Billy Wilder comedy containing the iconic subway-grate dress scene, one of cinema's most famous images.
Some Like It Hot (1959)On Cinespective
Wilder's classic comedy, often ranked among the greatest films ever, and a career-best comic performance.
Key awards
- 1954 Golden Globe: World Film Favorite – Female
- 1960 Golden Globe: Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Some Like It Hot)
- 1962 Golden Globe: World Film Favorite – Female
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 153
- 1947Dangerous Years · as EvieActor
- 1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim · as Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1948Ladies of the Chorus · as Peggy MartinActor
- 1948Green Grass of Wyoming · as Extra at Square Dance (uncredited)Actor
- 1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! · as Betty (uncredited)Actor
- 1949Love Happy · as Grunion's ClientActor
- 1950All About Eve · as Miss CaswellActor
- 1950The Asphalt Jungle · as Angela PhinlayActor
- 1950A Ticket to Tomahawk · as ClaraActor
- 1950The Fireball · as PollyActor
- 1950Right Cross · as Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)Actor
- 1951Let's Make It Legal · as Joyce ManneringActor
- 1951As Young as You Feel · as HarrietActor
- 1951Love Nest · as Bobbie StevensActor
- 1951Home Town Story · as Iris MartinActor
- 1952Monkey Business · as Lois LaurelActor
- 1952Don't Bother to Knock · as Nell ForbesActor
- 1952Clash by Night · as PeggyActor
- 1952O. Henry's Full House · as Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")Actor
- 1952We're Not Married! · as Annabel JonesActor
- 1953Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · as Lorelei LeeActor
- 1953How to Marry a Millionaire · as Pola DebevoiseActor
- 1953Niagara · as Rose LoomisActor
- 1954River of No Return · as Kay WestonActor
- 1954There's No Business Like Show Business · as VickyActor
- 1955The Seven Year Itch · as The GirlActor
- 1956Bus Stop · as CherieActor
- 1957The Prince and the Showgirl · as ElsieActor
- 1959Some Like It Hot · as Sugar Kane KowalczykActor
- 1959Zwischen Glück und Krone · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1960Let's Make Love · as Amanda DellActor
- 1961The Misfits · as Roslyn TaberActor
- 1962President Kennedy's Birthday Salute · as SelfActor
- 1962Lykke og krone · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1963La Rabbia · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1963Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1963The Marilyn Monroe Story · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1966The Legend of Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1970MarilynActor
- 1970Fake Newsreal · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1972Marilyn MagdaleneActor
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1975Mi Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1979Arthur Miller on Home Ground · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1985Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1986Voyage to Nowhere · as (archive footage)(uncredited)Actor
- 1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend · as archive footageActor
- 1986Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1987Hollywood Uncensored · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1987Eve and Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1987Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe · as archive footageActor
- 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1988Remembering Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1989Batmania: From Comics to Screen · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1989Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1990Marilyn: Something's Got to Give · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1990Death In Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1991The Discovery Of Marilyn MonroeActor
- 1992Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1992The Marilyn Files · as Self(archive footage)Actor
- 1992Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1992Faces of Death VII · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1994That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1995Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1995The Casting CouchActor
- 1995Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?Actor
- 1996We Remember Marilyn · as archive footageActor
- 1996The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults · as Self (Archival Footage)Actor
- 1998Marilyn in Manhattan · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1998Prayer for Marilyn MonroeActor
- 1998Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn MonroeActor
- 1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000Backstory: 'All About Eve' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days · as archive footageActor
- 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Marilyn on Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001The Complete Marilyn Monroe · as SelfActor
- 2002Making 'The Misfits' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Marilyn vs Marilyn · as archive footageActor
- 2003Playboy's 50th Anniversary CelebrationActor
- 2004Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Marilyn's Man · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004The Body of Marilyn Monroe · as archive footageActor
- 2004The Prince, The Showgirl and Me · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2005James Dean: Forever Young · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2005Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures · as SelfActor
- 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess · as Self - Actress (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe · as HerselfActor
- 2006Marilyn Monroe: Still Life · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Marilyn, dernières séances · as Self(archive footage)Actor
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical · as Self (archive)Actor
- 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2010Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved · as archive footageActor
- 2011Bert Stern - Original MadmanActor
- 2011Marilyn Monroe: The Last Torments · as archive footageActor
- 2011Marilyn at the Movies · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Marilyn despite herselfActor
- 2012Marilyn Monroe: In The MoviesActor
- 2012Marilyn Monroe: The Story of Her Iconic Life · as SelfActor
- 2012Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2013Love, Marilyn · as archive footageActor
- 2013Footsteps on the Ceiling · as Miss Caswell (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Marilyn Monroe Declassified · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century · as Self - Miller's 2nd Wife (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…Actor
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone · as The Girl (archive footage)Actor
- 2016Andy Warhol, Fluorescent · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Arthur Miller: Writer · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Mansfield 66/67 · as Self - Actress(archive footage)Actor
- 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum · as Self(archive footage) (voice)Actor
- 2017Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Marilyn Monroe for Sale · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Marilyn and I · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Signoret and Montand, Monroe and Miller: Two couples in Hollywood · as Self(archive footage)Actor
- 2020Beautiful Like a Poem · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, LeidenschaftActor
- 2022Becoming Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Marilyn, Her Final SecretActor
- 2022Marilyn, a woman of today · as archive footageActor
- 2022Rat Pack · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Andy Warhol's AmericaActor
- 2022Una foto de Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2023My Life as Marilyn · as archive footageActor
- 2023The Myth of Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archival footage)Actor
- 2024Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Bardot · as archive footageActor
- 2025Crushtime · as L'actrice blondeActor
- 2026Marilyn Monroe: The Rise of an Icon · as SelfActor
- 2026Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness · as Self (archival footage)Actor
- 2026100 Years of Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2026Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2027Portrait of Norma Jeane · as (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.