Marilyn Monroe Quotes


No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.


Citations

Monroe, Marilyn, and Ben Hecht. My Story. Stein and Day, 1974.

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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
  • Born: June 1, 1926
  • Died: August 4, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actress, Model, Singer

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2019) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, she continues to be a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Monroe sixth on its list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood.