Marilyn Monroe
"Marilyn Monroe, Korea, 1954 cropped" — Photo by Marilyn_Monroe,_Korea,_1954.jpg: USMC Archives derivative work: César / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0
More than just a blonde ambition.
Beyond the platinum curls and the dazzling screen presence, she was a complex figure who navigated the highs and lows of fame. She remains a permanent fixture in the collective imagination of cinema history.
Did you know?
Despite her glamorous image, she was an intellectual who possessed a personal library of over 400 books, including works by Milton, Freud, and James Joyce. This is her 100th birthday this year.
She used a fake name, Zelda Zonk, to book hotels, restaurants and flights.
A legendary stage fright often silenced her most iconic lines.
She was fired from her last movie due to erratic behaviour.
She preferred her sleep dressed only in a floral-scented drop.
A Hollywood icon whose blonde bombshell persona hid a voracious reader of Dostoevsky.