There's a sucker born every minute. - P.T. Barnum

Actress and model                          

Selected Works:

Dangerous Years - 1947
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!	- 1947
Green Grass of Wyoming - 1947		
Ladies of the Chorus - 1947
Love Happy - 1949		
A Ticket to Tomahawk - 1949
The Asphalt Jungle - 1949
The Fireball - 1949
All About Eve - 1950
Right Cross - 1950
Home Town Story - 1950
As Young as You Feel - 1950	
Love Nest - 1951
Let's Make It Legal - 1951
Clash by Night - 1951
We're Not Married! - 1951
Don't Bother to Knock - 1952	
Monkey Business - 1952
O. Henry's Full House - 1952
Niagara - 1952
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire - 1953	
River of No Return - 1953		
There's No Business Like Show Business - 1954
The Seven Year Itch - 1955
Bus Stop - 1956
The Prince and the Showgirl - 1957	
Some Like It Hot - 1959
Let's Make Love - 1960
The Misfits - 1961
Something's Got to Give - 1962.                                              

Mother Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker.
Monroe's birth father was never identified
It was believed that Gladys's second husband Martin Edward Mortenson (1897-1981) was Monroe's father. His name was listed on her birth certificate. However this has been disputed with Monroe herself believing a salesman named Charles Stanley Gifford was her father. Whatever the case, Monroe had no father in her life.
Husband one James Dougherty June 19, 1942-September 13, 1946
Husband two Joe DiMaggio  January 14, 1954-October 27, 1954
Husband three Arthur Miller  June 29, 1956-January 20, 1961                                              

Marilyn Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.

Photoplay Award: Special Award - 1952
Golden Globe Henrietta Award: World Film Favorite Female - 1953
Photoplay Award: Most Popular Female Star - 1953
Playboy Sweetheart of The Month - 1953
BAFTA Film Award nomination: Best Foreign Actress for The Seven Year Itch - 1956
Golden Globe nomination: Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Bus Stop - 1956
BAFTA Film Award nomination: Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl - 1958
David di Donatello Award (Italian): Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl - 1958
Crystal Star Award (French): Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl - 1959
Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Some Like It Hot - 1960
Golden Globe, World Film Favorite: Female
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 6104 Hollywood Blvd. - 1962

Ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute in their list AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars - 1999


Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Some Like It Hot - 1960                                              

Baptized Norma Jeane Baker

Took the stagename of Marilyn Monroe in 1946, she did not legally change her name to Marilyn Monroe 1956.