A victim of the STAR SYSTEM of the golden years of Hollywood, Marilyn sold her body to several producers, and in her memoirs she acknowledged having slept with executives of the main film studios, such as Joseph Schenck, co-founder of 20th Century Fox, who opened the doors of stardom for her.

The star always felt trapped and typecast in the role of the dumb, frivolous, sensual blonde, but fought until her final breath to be able to play more complex characters.

Marilyn loved literature. This could explain the fact that one of her husbands was the famous playwright, Arthur Miller, and that her third and last husband and great friend, Truman Capote, was the author of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” a novella he wrote and dedicated to Marilyn, even though it was ultimately Audrey Hepburn who starred in the film.

«I like to be totally dressed, or if not, totally naked.
I don’t like half measures.»

And yet the image she projected was quite the opposite, more along the lines of the roles of the superficial woman and “husband-hunter” in which Hollywood typecast her. Marilyn was a character she created by herself, with enormous ingenuity.

There was something magical, yet despondent at the same time, about her. She was the most desired woman of the twentieth century. Her measurements: 94-58-92, 1.66 m and 53 kg…

She shocked men and women alike when she confessed that she did not wear underwear, or that Chanel No. 5 was all she wore in bed.

In the cinema, despite the praise of the critics and the compelling evidence of the screen, it was not until her part in NIAGARA that she obtained her first important role. The whole world would discover that Marilyn Monroe was much more than just a simple actress.

On August 5th, 1962, at 4:55 a.m., the head of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jack Clemmons, received a call from Dr. Greenson saying that the actress had died. On arriving at her home, Clemmons observed a series of inconsistencies in the testimonies of the doctors and her housekeeper, who was in a state of nerves. It was never discovered why she took so long to notify the authorities…

Her sudden and mysterious death at a crucial moment in her personal life made her ETERNAL.

Actresses, models and singers have all at some time wanted to put themselves in the shoes of the protagonist of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”.