![]() Tired of being cast as the blonde bombshell, Monroe decided to take classes from Lee Strasberg at the Actor’s Studio. Her image was forever burned into our memories thanks to the scene where she stands over a subway grate and a passing train blows her billowing white dress upwards. ![]() ![]() She became iconic thanks to Billy Wilder‘s “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), in which she played a young woman tantalizing her married neighbor ( Tom Ewell). She became a leading lady with a trio of 1953 titles: the noir “Niagara,” the musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the romantic comedy “How to Marry a Millionaire.” In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.īorn in 1926, Monroe started off as a model before moving into acting with a series of bit parts, most notably in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” both released in 1950. ![]() Yet she managed to enter the pop culture lexicon with just a handful of films, becoming Hollywood’s most memorable sex symbol. Marilyn Monroe‘s star burned brightly and briefly before her untimely death in 1962 at age 36. ![]()
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