Monroe, Marilyn

A twentieth-century American actress who became the leading sex symbol of the 1950s. While still in her thirties, she died of an overdose of sleeping pills. Among her best-known films are The Seven-Year Itch , Bus Stop , and Some Like It Hot .

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I was on Charlie Rose recently, and in discussing Marilyn Monroe he asked, what do you think was her great appeal?

The actor transformed from a sensual Marilyn Monroe to a whimsical Salvador Dali to a starving migrant mother, seamlessly.

He loves Marilyn Monroe because she “had the guts of a lion.”

Context: The Yankees slugger was speaking of his ex-wife, Marilyn Monroe.

The most famous actress who did the “dumb blond” routine was Marilyn Monroe, but she was a genius actress.

To me, she looks as good as Marilyn Monroe looks to the average man.

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