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MARILYN MONROE - Stage name of Norma Jean Mortenson or Baker 1926 - 1962.
US film actress who made commedies such as Gentleman Prefer Blondes 1953, How To Marry a Millionaire 1953, The Seven year Itch 1955, and Some Like It Hot 1959. Her second husband was baseball star Jo Di Maggio, and her third husband was playwright Authur Miller who wrote her last film The Misfits 1961. Combining a vibrant sex appeal with a fragile vulnerability she became the ultimate Hollywood sex symbol.