Character Catalog

A musical film directed by Howard Hawks, in which Marilyn Monroe plays Lorelei Lee and performs 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend'. The film crystallized her image as the alluring, ambitious blonde, and cemented her status as an international star.

A comedy directed by Billy Wilder, famous for the iconic scene of the white dress billowing over a subway grate. The film is one of the most enduring images of American popular culture in the 1950s.

Considered one of the greatest comedies of all time, this Billy Wilder film earned Marilyn Monroe a Golden Globe. She plays Sugar Kane, a naive but endearing character, delivering a comic performance widely praised by critics.

Marilyn Monroe's last completed film, written expressly for her by her husband Arthur Miller. This dark dramatic film directed by John Huston marks the end of an era and a turn toward a dramatic acting career that her death cut short.

By creating her own production company, Marilyn Monroe became one of the first actresses to assert her artistic and financial independence in Hollywood, paving the way for other women in the industry.

A live performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City, at President Kennedy's birthday gala. This moment, captured by hundreds of photographers, remains one of the most talked-about public appearances of the twentieth century.

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

Norma Jeane Dougherty, henceforth known as Marilyn Monroe, agrees to perform exclusively for the company for a period of one year, renewable.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. What I really want is to be a good actress.

I want to be a real actress, not just an image. I want to feel things from the inside and show them to the audience in an authentic way.

I am tired of being exploited. I want the right to choose my own roles and to have a say in the making of my films.

The birthplace of Marilyn Monroe and the cradle of her Hollywood career. It was in Los Angeles that she was discovered, where she filmed her greatest movies, and where she died on August 4, 1962.

The legendary Hollywood theater where Marilyn Monroe pressed her handprints and footprints into the cement in 1953, joining the pantheon of American cinema's greatest stars.

The renowned acting school where Marilyn Monroe studied with Lee Strasberg from 1955, seeking to deepen her craft as an actress beyond her sex symbol image.

The iconic New York venue where Marilyn Monroe sang 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President' on May 19, 1962, at President Kennedy's birthday gala, before an audience of 15,000.

The burial place of Marilyn Monroe, where she was laid to rest on August 8, 1962. Joe DiMaggio arranged for red roses to be placed there three times a week for twenty years after her death.