Marilyn Monroe performances and awards

Monroe as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American actress who appeared in 29 films between 1946 and 1961.^[1][2][3] After a brief career in modeling she signed short-term film contracts, first with 20th Century Fox, then Columbia Pictures, and appeared in minor roles for the first few years of her career. In 1950, she made minor appearances in two critically acclaimed films, The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve.^[4] The parts in the two films were against many of the roles into which she was typecast, that of the dumb blonde. Margot A. Henriksen, her biographer with the American National Biography, considers the typecast "an unfair stereotype that bothered her throughout her career".^[3]

Her major breakthrough came in 1953, when she starred in three pictures: the film noir Niagara, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire. Sarah Churchwell, Monroe's biographer, notes that "unconscious, rather than conscious, sexuality would become the Marilyn hallmark after 1953",^[5] and the actress became one of the most popular and recognizable people in America.^[3] In 1955 Monroe appeared in the Billy Wilder–directed comedy The Seven Year Itch, in which she becomes the object of her married neighbor's sexual fantasies. In it, Monroe stands on a subway grate with the air blowing up the skirt of her white dress, which became one of the most famous scenes of her career.^[6]

After appearing in Bus Stop (1956),^[7] Monroe founded her own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955; the company produced one film independently, The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).^[8] Monroe then appeared in Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Misfits (1961). She was suspended from the filming of Something's Got to Give in June 1962, and the film remained uncompleted when she died in August.^[3] Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962.^[9]

Monroe won, or was nominated for, several awards during her career. Those she won included the Henrietta Award for Best Young Box Office Personality (1951) and World Film Favorite (1953),^[10][11] and a Crystal Star Award and David di Donatello Award for The Prince and the Showgirl (1958).^[12][13] She was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960^[14] and a Golden Palm Star was dedicated at the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 1995.^[15] In the 1999 American Film Institute's list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, she was ranked as the sixth greatest film star;^[16] two of the films in which she appeared—Some Like It Hot and The Asphalt Jungle—have been added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry,^[17] and the former earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress.^[11] She continues to be considered a major icon in American popular culture.^[18]

Filmography

In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

In How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Posing for photographers to promote The Seven Year Itch (1954)

In Some Like It Hot (1959)

Monroe completed 29 films in her career. In 1962 she was filming her thirtieth film, Something's Got to Give, when she was fired by the studio; she died before it was completed with others in the role.^[19][20]

Year[21][22][23]	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1947	Dangerous Years	Evie		[24]
1948	Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!	Betty	Uncredited	[25]
1948	Ladies of the Chorus	Peggy Martin		[26]
1949	Love Happy	Grunion's client		[27]
1950	A Ticket to Tomahawk	Clara	Uncredited	[28]
1950	The Asphalt Jungle	Angela Phinlay		[29]
1950	All About Eve	Miss Claudia Caswell		[30]
1950	The Fireball	Polly		[31]
1950	Right Cross	Dusky Le Doux	Uncredited	[32]
1951	Home Town Story	Iris Martin		[33]
1951	As Young as You Feel	Harriet		[34]
1951	Love Nest	Roberta Stevens		[35]
1951	Let's Make It Legal	Joyce Mannering		[36]
1952	Clash by Night	Peggy		[37]
1952	We're Not Married!	Annabel Jones Norris		[38]
1952	Don't Bother to Knock	Nell Forbes		[39]
1952	Monkey Business	Lois Laurel		[40]
1952	O. Henry's Full House	Streetwalker		[41]
1953	Niagara	Rose Loomis		[42]
1953	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Lorelei Lee		[43]
1953	How to Marry a Millionaire	Pola Debevoise		[44]
1954	River of No Return	Kay Weston		[45]
1954	There's No Business Like Show Business	Victoria Hoffman		[46]
1955	The Seven Year Itch	The Girl		[47]
1956	Bus Stop	Cherie		[48]
1957	The Prince and the Showgirl	Elsie Marina	Produced by Marilyn Monroe Productions[lower-alpha 1]	[49]
1959	Some Like It Hot	Sugar Cane Kowalczyk		[50]
1960	Let's Make Love	Amanda Dell		[51]
1961	The Misfits	Roslyn Taber		[52]

Television

Monroe singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on television in May 1962

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
September 13, 1953	The Jack Benny Program	Herself	CBS		[53]
1954	The Bob Hope Show	Herself	NBC		[54]
April 8, 1955	Person to Person	Herself	CBS	Interview with Edward R. Murrow	[55]
May 19, 1962	President Kennedy's Birthday Salute	Herself	CBS	Singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"	[56][57]

Awards and nominations

Monroe (left) and Jane Russell at Garuman's Chinese Theater

Year	Award	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
1951	Henrietta Award	–	Best Young Box Office Personality	Won	[10]
1952	Photoplay Award	–	Fastest Rising Star of 1952	Won	[58]
1952	Look American Magazine Award	–	Most Promising Female Newcomer of 1952	Won	[59]
1953	Henrietta Award	–	World Film Favorite: Female	Won	[11]
1953	Photoplay Award	–	Most Popular Female Star	Won	[60]
1954	Photoplay Award	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire	Best Actress	Won	[61]
1956	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	The Seven Year Itch	Best Foreign Actress	Nominated	[62]
1956	Golden Globe	Bus Stop	Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical	Nominated	[11]
1958	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	The Prince and the Showgirl	Best Foreign Actress	Nominated	[63]
1958	David di Donatello Award	The Prince and the Showgirl	Best Foreign Actress	Won	[12]
1959	Crystal Star Award	The Prince and the Showgirl	Best Foreign Actress	Won	[13]
1959	Laurel Award	The Prince and the Showgirl	Top Female Comedy Performance	Fourth place	[13]
1960	Golden Globe	Some Like It Hot	Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical	Won	[11]
1960	Laurel Award	Some Like It Hot	Top Female Comedy Performance	Second place	[64]
1962	Henrietta Award	–	World Film Favorite: Female	Won	[11]

Notes and references

Notes

1. The Prince and the Showgirl was the only film made by her company.^[8]

References

1. Spoto 2001, p. 677.
2. Lefkowitz 1995, p. 120.
3. Henriksen, Margot A. "Monroe, Marilyn". American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved July 15, 2016. (subscription required)
4. Churchwell 2004, pp. 59–60.
5. Churchwell 2004, p. 61.
6. Spoto 2001, pp. 283–84.
7. Spoto 2001, p. 352.
8. Schneider 2011, p. 92.
9. Hertel, Howard; Heff, Don (August 6, 1962). "Marilyn Monroe Dies; Pills Blamed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
10. Rollyson 2014, p. 87.
11. "Marilyn Monroe". Golden Globes. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
12. Spoto 2001, p. 409.
13. Vogel 2014, p. 131.
14. "Marilyn Monroe". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
15. "Palm Springs Walk of Stars" (PDF). Retrieved July 12, 2016.
16. "AFI's 50 Greatest American Screen Legends". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
17. "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
18. Chapman 2001, pp. 542–543; Hall 2006, p. 468.
19. "Something's Got to Give (1962)". British Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
20. Spoto 2001, pp. 681–82.
21. "Marilyn Monroe". British Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
22. "Marilyn Monroe". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
23. Spoto 2001, pp. 677–82.
24. "Dangerous Years". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
25. "Scudda-hoo! Scudda-hay! (1948)". British Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
26. "Ladies of the Chorus". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
27. "Love Happy". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
28. "A Ticket to Tomahawk". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
29. "Asphalt Jungle". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
30. "All About Eve". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
31. "The Fireball". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
32. "Right Cross". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
33. "Home Town Story". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
34. "As Young As You Feel". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
35. "Love Nest". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
36. "Let's Make It Legal". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
37. "Clash by Night". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
38. "We're Not Married!". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
39. "Don't Bother to Knock". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
40. "Monkey Business". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
41. "O. Henry's Full House". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
42. "Niagara". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
43. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
44. "How to Marry a Millionaire". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
45. "River of No Return". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
46. "There's No Business Like Show Business". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
47. "The Seven Year Itch". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
48. "Bus Stop". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
49. "The Prince and the Showgirl". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
50. "Some Like It Hot". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
51. "Let's Make Love". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
52. "The Misfits". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
53. Burkhead 2013, p. 142.
54. Hyatt 2006, p. 142.
55. Rollyson 2014, p. 149.
56. Rollyson 2014, p. 263.
57. Vogel 2014, p. 163.
58. Vogel 2014, p. 21.
59. Kidder 2011, p. 42.
60. Rollyson 2014, p. 106.
61. Super 2005, p. 367.
62. "Foreign Actress in 1956". British Film Institute. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
63. "Foreign Actress in 1958". British Film Institute. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
64. Vogel 2014, p. 143.

Sources

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External links

• Marilyn Monroe filmography at the Internet Movie Database