Astrology Birth Chart of Marilyn Monroe (Movie Actress) 2024

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage; she married at age sixteen. She was working in a factory during World War II when she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and began a successful pin-up modeling career, which led to short-lived film contracts with 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures.

Icon and sex symbol who rose to fame after starring in the classic comedy Some Like It Hot and becoming the world's most recognized woman in the 1950s. Her other notable films are The Seven Year Itch from 1955 and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes from 1953. Late in her career, she struggled with personal issues, and at the age of 36, she died of a barbiturates overdose.