Marilyn Monroe in popular culture

Marilyn Monroe's life and persona have been used in film, television, music, the arts, and by other celebrities.

Contents 1 Advertising 2 Animation 3 Architecture 4 Art 5 Celebrities as Monroe 6 Editorial/Political Cartoons 7 Fashion 8 Film 9 Graphic Novels 10 Literature 11 Music 12 Music videos 13 Opera 14 Photography 15 Poetry 16 Polls 17 Popular culture 18 Television 19 Theater 20 See also 21 References 22 External links

Advertising

• Absolut vodka's 1995 "Absolut Marilyn" print campaign by Chiat/Day ^[1]
• Benetton's 1988 "United Superstars of Benetton" print and billboard campaign with Joan of Arc ^[2]
• Roberto Cavalli's 2009 Spring Collection print campaign with Daria Werbowy ^[3]
• Canal+ Sweden's 2005 "Sport or Film?" print campaign by Go. Garbergs ^[4]
• ČSOB's 2008 print campaign by MUW Saatchi & Saatchi ^[5]
• Chanel No. 5's 1994 TV campaign in which Carole Bouquet morphs into Monroe ^[6]
• Citroën's 2010 DS3 TV campaign ^[7]
• Close-Up Toothpaste's 2001 TV campaign by JWT ^[8]
• Dolce & Gabbana's 2009 print campaign with Scarlett Johansson ^[9]
• Fiat's 2007 "Fiat 500" print campaign ^[10]
• Gap's 1993 "Gap khakis" print campaign
• Go Daddy's Super Bowl XLIV TV campaign with Danica Patrick ^[11]
• HSBC 2008 print campaign by JWT ^[12]
• Hubba Bubba's 2008 interactive poster campaign by DDB Sydney ^[13]
• ICI-Dulux's 2005 "Paint" print campaign by Jung von Matt, Germany ^[14]
• Levi's 1998 "Our Models Can Beat Up Your Models" billboard campaign by Chiat/Day ^[15]
• Library of Congress's 2008 "Library of Congress Experience" print campaign by Huey+Partners ^[16]
• MasterCard's 2009 "Break in Your Jeans" TV campaign by McCann Erickson ^[17]
• Mercedes-Benz's 2008 GLK-Class TV campaign ^[18]
• NET Serviços's 2002 TV campaign ^[19]
• Nike's 1991 "Dialogue (Statistics Lie)" print campaign by Wieden+Kennedy ^[20]
• Rapicold's 2006 print campaign by Diamond Ogilvy ^[21]
• Science World's 2006 "We Can Explain" print campaign by Rethink ^[22]
• Sunsilk's 2008 "Life Can't Wait" TV and billboard campaign
• Tampax's 2006 print campaign by Vitruvio/Leo Burnett ^[23]
• Veet Hair Removal Cream's 2006 print campaign by JWT Brazil ^[24]
• Visa's 2004 "Visa Signature Card" TV campaign by BBDO ^[25]
• Volkswagen's 2004 TV campaign ^[26]

Animation

• Knight-mare Hare: Bugs Bunny squares off against wizard Merlin of Monroe

Architecture

• Absolute World by Yansong Ma. Building #4 and Building #5 are nicknamed "Marilyn Monroe" ^[27]

Art

• William Anastasi's "Untitled" (1995) and "Untitled" (1996)
• Clive Barker's "MM series" (1999)
• Peter Hill Beard's "Marilyn Monroe" (1972)
• Pierre Bellocq's "Canvas of Stars" mural for Gallagher's Steak House (2006)
• Maurice Bennett's "Marilyn Monroe" (2011) ^[28]
• Pierre Bismuth's "Following the Right Hand of Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot" (2005) and "Following the Right Hand of Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits" (2006)
• Peter Blake's "Marilyn Monroe Over a Painting No 1" (1989–1990), "Marilyn Monroe Wall No 2", "MM Red Yellow" (1990), "M for Marilyn Monroe", and "H.O.M.A.G.E. – JJ MM RR KS" (1991)
• Pauline Boty's "The Only Blonde in the World" (1963) ^[29]
• Charles Bragg's "Chasen's Jockey Club"
• Marcel Broodthaers's "Tour Marilyn" (1965)
• Erik Bulatov's "Marilyn" (2000) ^[30]
• Silvano Campeggi's "Marilyn Monroe" (1957) and "Nano in Marilyn's Eyes" (2000)
• Reginald Case's "Tropical Marilyn", "First Version X and Flowers", and "Marilyn-Green Dress"
• Christo's "Wrapped Magazine Marilyn" (1962) ^[31]
• Bruce Conner's "Marilyn Times Five"
• Salvador Dali's "Twenty-five Colored Marilyns" (1962), "Self-Portrait" (1967), ^[32] "Mao Monroe" (1972), and "Marilyn Monroe" installation ^[33]
• Allan D'Arcangelo's "Marilyn" (1962), and "Marilyn Found" (1962)
• E. V. Day's "Marilyn's Dress in 4 Stages: From Detonation to Disintegration" (2004)
• Olivia De Berardinis's "Marilyn Monroe Nude" (1990), and "Marilyn" (1991)
• Jerry De La Cruz's "Monroe" series (2002)
• Willem de Kooning's "Marilyn Monroe" (1954)
• Devon Dikeou's "Marilyn Monroe Wanted to be Buried in Pucci" installation (2008) ^[34]
• Erró's "Daydream" (2001), "The Forgotten Future" (2001), "House of Gore" (2001), "Not Far Enough" (2001), "Your Love Don't Pay My Bills" (2001), and "Sad Movies Make Me Cry" (2001) ^[35]
• Shepard Fairey's "Marilyn Warhol" (2000) ^[36]
• Charles Fazzino's "Forever Marilyn" series (1998), and "Love and Kisses, Marilyn" (2008)
• Audrey Flack's "Marilyn: Golden Girl" (1978)
• Howard Finster's "Marilyn Monroe" (1999)
• James Gill's "Marilyn Tryptych" (1962) ^[37]
• Douglas Gordon's "Self-Portrait: as Kurt Cobain as Andy Warhol as Myra Hindley as Marilyn Monroe" (1996)
• Vladimir Gorsky's "Marilyn Monroe"
• Richard Hamilton's "My Marilyn" (1966)
• Keith Haring's "Marilyn Monroe" (1981) ^[38]
• Margaret Harrison's "Anonymous Was a Woman: From Rosa Luxemburg to Janis Joplin" (1977)
• Gottfried Helnwein's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (1984), and "Marilyn" (1992)
• Al Hirschfeld's "1954 Movies" (1954) and various works ^[39]
• Jonathan Horowitz's "Talking Without Thinking (in the Voice of Marilyn Monroe)" (2001)
• Robert Indiana's "The Metamorphosis of Norma Jean" (1998), "Marilyn, Marilyn" (1999), and "Sunburst Marilyn" (2001) ^[40]
• John Seward Johnson II's Forever Marilyn (1996) (a 26' replica was unveiled at Chicago's Pioneer Court on 15 July 2011) ^[41]
• Ray Johnson's "Dear Marilyn Monroe" (1972) and "Dear Marilyn Monroe/Chuck Close" (1980)
• Allen Jones's "Marilyn Monroe" (1960-1961) ^[42]
• Steve Kaufman's "Marilyn Monroe State" series (1995-1999) and "Pop Marilyn" series ^[43]
• Barbara Kruger's "Not Stupid Enough" (1997)
• Sebastian Krüger's "Marilyn Monroe"
• David LaChapelle's "Amanda Lepore as Andy Warhol's Marilyn" series (2007)
• Jean-Jacques Lebel's "Taking a Real Good Peek at Marilyn's Amazing Offer: Mass Produced Like All Show Biz's Ice Cubes in the Shapes of Luscious Nudes" (1961)
• Zoe Leonard's "Marilyn" (1990-1995) ^[44]
• Richard Lindner's "Marilyn Was Here" series (1970) ^[45]
• Gina Lollobrigida's "My Friend, Marilyn Monroe" (2003)
• Christopher Makos's "Andy Warhol Looks Like Marilyn Monroe" (1982), "Andy Warhol 'I'm not Marilyn Monroe'" (1982), and "Altered Images" series (1982) ^[46]
• Louis Marchetti's "Marilyn Monroe"
• Derek Marlowe's "A Slight Misfit" (1962) ^[47]
• Earl Moran's "Lady in the Light" (1945)
• Yasumasa Morimura's "Self Portrait After Marilyn Monroe" (1995) and "Red Marilyn" (1996) ^[48]
• Mr. Brainwash's "Marilyn Monroe" (2008), ^[49], "Spock Marilyn Monroe" (2009) serigraph ^[50] and Nolita mural (2010) ^[51]
• Vik Muniz's "Marilyn (after Andy Warhol)" (2001), "Bloody Marilyn" (2001), and "Marilyn (Pictures of Diamonds)" (2004)
• LeRoy Neiman's "The President's Birthday" (1962)
• Shelley Niro's "The 500 Year Itch" (1992) ^[52]
• Claes Oldenburg's "Ghost Wardrobe (for M.M.)" (1967)
• Eduardo Paolozzi's "Bash" (1971), and "Dear Marilyn Monroe" ^[53]
• Ed Paschke's "Pink Lady 2" (1993)
• Pier Paolo Pasolini's "La Rabbia" (1963)
• Raymond Pettibon's "No Title (Happy Birthday to)" (1990–2003)
• Paul Pfeiffer's "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: 1" (2000)
• Peter Phillips's "For Men Only, Starring MM and BB" (1961)
• Arnulf Rainer's "Mythos Marilyn" series (2002) ^[54]
• Mel Ramos's "Peek-a-Boo" series (2002)
• Robert Rauschenberg's "Test Stone #1" (1967)
• Tom Richmond's "Marilyn Monroe" (1998) ^[55]
• Faith Ringgold's "Marilyn Monroe" (1997)
• James Rosenquist's "Marilyn Monroe I" (1962) ^[56]
• Mimmo Rotella's "Marilyn Monroe" (1962), "Marilyn Decollage" (1964), "I Vilti" series (1998), "Marilyn II" (1979), and "La Magnifica Preda" series (2004)
• George Segal's "The Film Poster" (1967)
• Richard Serra's "Marilyn Monroe-Greta Garbo" (1981)
• Cindy Sherman's "Untitled" (1986)
• Roger Shimomura's "Heroine, Hammer, Hibachi" (1987)
• Hajime Sorayama's "Sexy Robot in Yellow" (for the album cover of Aerosmith's "Just Push Play")
• Daniel Spoerri's "The Spirit of Marilyn Captured by Merlin" (2003), "Merlin Meets Marilyn" (2003), and "Der Teddybar von MM" (2003) ^[57]
• John Stango's "Marilyn Monroe" (2010)
• Brett-Livingstone Strong's "Tribute to Marilyn Monroe" (1989)
• Harold Town's "Superstar" (1970)
• Jacques Villeglé's "Marilyn" (1982)
• Wolf Vostell's "Marilyn Monroe" (1962) ^[58]
• Kerry Waghorn's "Marilyn Monroe" ^[59]
• Petrus Wandrey's "Memento-Marilyn-Monroe" (2003) ^[60]
• Andy Warhol's "Marilyn Diptych" (1962)
• Tom Wesselmann's "Marilyn in Bed" (1984) ^[61]
• Jon Whitcomb's "Untitled" (1958) (owned by Joe DiMaggio) ^[62]
• Susan Dorothea White's "The Crowning with Sexism" (1994)
• Willard Wigan's "Marilyn Monroe on a Diamond" (2007–2008)
• James Dillon Wright's "Model Monroe" (2011) ^[63] and various works ^[64]
• Erwin Wurm's "Thinking About Marilyn" (2003) ^[65]

See also: Marilyn in Art Roger Taylor (Ed.), Chaucer Press (2006), ISBN 1904957021; ISBN 978-1904957027

See also: Elvis + Marilyn: 2x Immortal Geri DePaoli (Ed.), Rizzoli (1994), ISBN 0847818403

Celebrities as Monroe

• Drew Barrymore posed as Monroe for the September 1996 cover of John Kennedy Jr.'s George
• Lara Bingle posed as Monroe for the August 2008 Australian Cosmopolitan
• Retouched photo of Hillary Clinton aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch on the October 1995 cover of Spy
• Cindy Crawford, Daryl Hannah, Ashley Judd, and Heather Locklear posed as Monroe for the May/June 1997 American Photo
• James Franco glamed up as Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the 83rd Academy Awards
• French and Saunders aped "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" number from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ^[66]
• Jade Goody posed as Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych for The Daily Star
• Rudolph Giuliani glamed up as Monroe for the 1997 New York Inner Circle press dinner ^[67]
• Paris Hilton for the August 2010 launch of her perfume, Tease ^[68]
• Nicole Kidman posed as Monroe for the March 2008 Harper's Bazaar Australia
• Lady Gaga performed as Monroe at the William J. Clinton Foundation's "Decade of Difference" concert
• Lindsay Lohan and Bert Stern recreated The Last Sitting for the 25 February 2008 New York
  • posed as Monroe for the July 2009 Vogue España
• Jennifer Lopez aped "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on the 22 April 2010 Lopez Tonight ^[69]
• Madonna posed as Monroe for the April 1991 Vanity Fair shot by Steven Meisel
• Kylie Minogue aped "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" on stage, and has posed as Monroe ^[70]
• Lisa Marie Presley posed as Monroe for Herb Ritts, made up by Kevyn Aucoin ^[71]
• The Seven Year Itch "subway grate" pose has been aped by numerous celebrities: Annalise Braakensiek, Melissa George, Geri Halliwell, Anna Kournikova ^[72], Tiffany Pollard, Samantha Riley, and Anna Nicole Smith ^[73]

Editorial/Political Cartoons

• Michael Ramirez:
  • Ali Khamenei apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch (23 June 2009)
  • Monroe as the national debt croons "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" (5 August 2009)

Fashion

• Dolce & Gabbana's Fall-Winter 2009-2010 collection ^[74]
• Betsey Johnson's "Mary-Lynn" tote bag line ^[75]
• Lindsay Lohan's 6126 Collection is named after Monroe's birthdate
• Monroe piercings
• Nike's 2009 Warhol/Monroe Air Max 90 ^[76]
• Warner's 1996 Marilyn Monroe intimate apparel line ^[77]

Film

• The Apartment: Ray Walston's character tells Jack Lemmon's character that a girl he's met at a bar "looks like Marilyn Monroe"
• Asso (1981): a gust of air makes Edwige Fenech's character ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Blades of Glory: Amy Poehler's character skates as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• Blonde Ambition: Jessica Simpson's character apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Bordello of Blood: Angie Everhart's character apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Broken Embraces: Penélope Cruz's character apes Monroe
• Bruce Almighty: Jim Carrey's character makes a girl ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen: Lindsay Lohan's character is dressed as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch in a fantasy sequence
• Deck the Halls: The Finch's Christmas tree angel apes Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• Fade to Black: Dennis Christopher's character is obsessed with Monroe
• Grease 2: Lorna Luft's character is obsessed with Monroe and John F. Kennedy's alleged affair
• Happy Feet: Nicole Kidman's character is named Norma Jean
• Hercules: a Muse apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• The House Bunny: Anna Faris's character apes Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• I Heart Huckabees: Naomi Watts's character apes "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" in a Huckabees ad
• L.A. Confidential: one of Patchett's girls has been "cut" to look like Monroe
• The Ladies Man: a girl Jerry Lewis's character delivers mail to apes Monroe
• A Life Less Ordinary: Ewan McGregor's character works on a novel about Monroe and Robert F. Kennedy's love child
• Man on Fire: Christopher Walken's character owns a statue of Monroe aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Mini's First Time: Nikki Reed's character unwittingly apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Mister Lonely: Samantha Morton's character claims to be Monroe
• My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams portrays Monroe during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl
• Pulp Fiction: a waitress dressed as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch apes the "subway grate" pose
• The Seven Year Itch:
  • The Girl's photo in U.S. Camera is a reference to Monroe's nude calendar
  • when Tom MacKenzie asks about the "blonde in the kitchen" (The Girl), Richard Sherman retorts: "Oh, wouldn't you like to know! Maybe it's Marilyn Monroe!"
• The Shawshank Redemption: Tim Robbins's character has a poster of Monroe in his cell
• Shrek 2: The Fairy Godmother makes Fiona ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Stroker Ace: a pit crew member with an air hose makes Loni Anderson's character ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• The Smurfs: Smurfette apes the "subway grate" pose while standing over a heater on the floor
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle: Marisa Coughlan's character gives her class presentation as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• The Tigger Movie: Tigger dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• Tommy: Eric Clapton's character leads a cult based on Monroe
• Town & Country: Jenna Elfman's character glams up as Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Up in the Cellar (1970): Catlin Adams's character talks about Monroe
• White Palace: Susan Sarandon's character is a Monroe fan
• Wonder Boys: Tobey Maguire's character steals the jacket Monroe wore the day she married Joe DiMaggio from Richard Thomas's character, who is obsessed with the DiMaggio-Monroe marriage
• Younger and Younger: Donald Sutherland's character has a vision of a girl aping Monroe from The Seven Year Itch

Based on her:

• "Emily Ann Faulkner/Rita Shawn" in Paddy Chayefsky's The Goddess (Kim Stanley)
• "The Actress" in Insignificance (Theresa Russell)

See also: imdb.com Marilyn Monroe (Character) page

Graphic Novels

• The Red Diaries by Gary Reed, and Laurence Campbell (1997)
• Son of Celluloid by Clive Barker (1984)

Literature

• Mort Castle's "I Am Your Need" (2001)
• Douglas Coupland's Polaroids from the Dead
• Edward Gorman's The Marilyn Tapes (1995)
• Doris Grumbach's "The Missing Person" (1981)
• Allan Gurganus's Blessed Assurance (1990)
• Michael Korda's The Immortals (1992)
• Norman Mailer's Of Women and Their Elegance (1980)
• Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde (2000) and "Three Girls" (1996)
• Andrew O'Hagan's The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe (2010)
• John Rechy's Marilyn's Daughter (1989)
• Lee Siegel's Who Wrote the Book of Love? (2005)

Based on her:

• "Wanda Oliver" in Alvah Bessie's novel The Symbol

See also: Mondo Marilyn: An Anthology of Fiction and Poetry Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole (Eds), St. Martin's Press (1995), ISBN 0312118538; ISBN 978-0312118532

See also: Marilyn: Shades of Blonde Carole Nelson Douglas (ed.), Tor Books (1997), ISBN 0312857373; ISBN 9780312857370

Music

• Tori Amos's "Father Lucifer" references Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
• Ray Anthony's "My Marilyn"
• Bon Jovi's "Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars" references Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
• Dan Bern's "Marilyn"
• David Bowie's "Jean Genie" references Monroe
• Citizen Cope's "Healing Hands" references Monroe ^[78]
• Def Leppard's "Photograph"
• The Distillers' "Gypsy Rose Lee" references Monroe
• Bryan Ferry's "Goddess of Love"
• Grinderman's "Palaces of Montezuma" references Monroe and John F. Kennedy
• Michael Jackson's "Tabloid Junkie" references Monroe
• Jay-Z's "Hollywood" references Monroe
• Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" references Monroe
• Elton John's "Candle in the Wind"
  • "Wrap Her Up" (with George Michael) references Monroe
• The Kinks's "Celluloid Heroes" references Monroe
• Lady GaGa's "Dance In The Dark" references Monroe (from The Fame Monster
  • "Government Hooker" (from Born This Way) is about Monroe's alleged affair with John F. Kennedy
• Laze & Royal's "Marilyn Monroe" ^[79]
• Phoebe Legere's "Marilyn Monroe"
• Valery Leontiev's "Marilyn"
• Amanda Lepore's "Marilyn"
• Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Gonna be Alright" references Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
• Madonna's "Vogue" references Monroe
• Man From Delmonte's "Beautiful People" references Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
• Marilyn Manson and the name of his band is taken from "Marilyn" and Charles Manson
• The Misfits' "Who Killed Marilyn?"
  • The band takes its name from The Misfits
• Norma Jean takes its name from Monroe's real name, Norma Jeane
• Roland Orzabal's "Dandelion" references Monroe
• Perez Prado's "Marilyn Monroe Mambo"
• Los Prisioneros' "¿Quién mató a Marilyn?"
• Brian Protheroe's "Pinball"
• Kelly Rowland's "Stole" references Monroe
• Brian Setzer Orchestra's "Americano" references Monroe
• On the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Sleeper's "Romeo Me" references Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
• The Spice Girls' "The Lady is a Vamp" references Monroe
• Stereophonics' "She Takes Her Clothes Off" references Monroe
• Suede's "Heroine" references Monroe (from Dog Man Star)
• Tom Waits's "Jitterbug Boy" and "A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun" references Monroe
• Robbie Williams's "The Actor" references Monroe

Music videos

• Christina Aguilera: "Ain't No Other Man"
• Pat Benatar: "Sex as a Weapon", features archival footage of Monroe
• Mariah Carey:
  • "Don't Forget About Us", apes Monroe's swimming pool scene from Something's Got to Give
  • "I Still Believe", recreates Monroe's 1954 performance for troops in Korea
• Def Leppard: "Photograph", an actress is glammed up as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• The Human League: "Love Action", features archival footage of Monroe and Arthur Miller
• Amanda Lepore: "Marilyn", Lepore apes Monroe ^[80]
• Elton John: "In Neon", features Monroe's Hollywood Walk of Fame star
• Kool & the Gang: "Fresh", The Fairy Godmother is glammed up as Monroe
• Cyndi Lauper: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", a girl friend has a poster of Monroe on her wall
• Madonna: "Material Girl", apes the "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" sequence from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Opera

• Marilyn (1979) by Lorenzo Ferrero ^[81]
• Marilyn (1993) by Ezra Laderman and Norman Rosten for the New York City Opera ^[82]
• Anyone Can See I Love You (2010) by Marilyn Bowering and Gavin Bryars ^[83]

Photography

• Slim Aarons, Richard Avedon, Eve Arnold, George Barris, Peter Basch, Cecil Beaton, Carlyle Blackwell, Cornell Capa, Jack Cardiff, Jock Carroll, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Conover, Bruce Davidson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, John Engstead, Elliott Erwitt, J. R. Eyerman, Robert Frank, Milton H. Greene, Ernst Haas, Philippe Halsman, Erich Hartmann, Bob Henriques, Jean Howard, George Hurrell, Joseph Jasgur, Tom Kelley, Douglas Kirkland, Harold Lloyd, Richard C. Miller, Earl Moran, Inge Morath, Nickolas Muray, Arnold Newman, Gordon Parks, George Silk, Lawrence Schiller, Peter Stackpole, Bert Stern, Phil Stern, Dennis Stock, Gene Trindl, John Vachon, Weegee, Leigh Wiener, Laszlo Willinger, Bob Willoughby, Garry Winogrand, and Jerome Zerbe were among the photographers who shot Monroe
• The American Masters documentary "Marilyn Monroe: Still Life" claims that she was the most photographed person in history
• American Photo May/June 1997 issue was devoted to Monroe

See also: Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold, Harry N. Abrams (2005), ISBN 081095933X; ISBN 978-0810959330

See also: Marilyn Monroe and the Camera by Georges Belmont, Te Neues Publishing (2000), ISBN 3823854674; ISBN 978-3823854678

See also: Marilyn by André de Dienes Steve Crist (Ed.), Taschen (2002), ISBN 3822811998; ISBN 978-3822811993

See also: LIFE: Remembering Marilyn (2009), ISBN 1603200797; ISBN 978-1603200790

See also: The Last Sitting by Bert Stern

Poetry

• Steven Berkoff's "You Remind Me of Marilyn Monroe" (2009)
• Frank Bidart's "Marilyn Monroe" (2006)
• Marilyn Bowering's "Anyone Can See I Love You" (1987)
• Ernesto Cardenal's "Marilyn Monroe" (1975)
• Victor di Suvero's "Marilyn, My Marilyn" (2003)
• Judy Grahn's "I Have Come to Claim Marilyn Monroe's Body" (1971)
• Lyn Lifshin's "Marilyn Monroe" (1994)
• Edwin Morgan's "The Death of Marilyn Monroe" (1982)
• Sharon Olds's elegy "The Death of Marilyn Monroe" (1984)
• Norman Rosten's "Who Killed Norma Jeane?" (1963)
• Delmore Schwartz's "Love and Marilyn Monroe"
• John Whitworth's "Making Love to Marilyn Monroe" (1990)

Polls

• E! Online's Sex Symbol of the Century (1999)
• Empire's Sexiest Female Movie Star (1995)
• Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century (1998)
• People's Sexiest Woman of the Century (1999)
• Playboy's #1 Sex Star of the Century (1998)
• Premiere's #2 Greatest Movie Star of All Time (2005)
• Time's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century (1998)

Popular culture

• Betty Boop collectibles features the skirt-blowing pose from The Seven Year Itch ^[84][85]
• Mattel's Barbie as Marilyn "Hollywood Collections" line (1997), and the "Timeless Treasures" Monroe line (2002) ^[86]
• Marian McKnight aped Monroe in the talent portion of the 1957 Miss America pageant.

Television

• Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps: "Angelina's Gift for Ms. Mimi", a gust of wind makes Angelina ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• The Beverly Hillbillies: In "The Clampetts Go Hollywood", Elly May glams up as Monroe.
• Cagney & Lacey: "Jane Doe #37", a girl Cagney and Lacey arrest gives her name as "Norma Jean Baker", Monroe's real name
• Clone High: Monroe hangs out at The Grassy Knoll with Nostradamus
• The Critic: "Marathon Mensch", Jay imagines himself as a Monroe impersonator aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Desperate Housewives: "Excited and Scared", Renee dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch for Halloween
• Dexter's Laboratory: "Blonde Leading the Blonde", Dexter apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Doctor Who: "A Christmas Carol", The Doctor gets engaged to Monroe
• The Ernie Kovacs Show: Edie Adams regularly impersonated Monroe
• Full House: "Mad Money", Jesse brings home a Monroe impersonator
• Futurama: "I Dated a Robot", a teenager makes out with "Marilyn Monrobot"
• Gilligan's Island: "The Producer", Ginger glams up as Monroe
• Gilmore Girls: "Red Light on the Wedding Night", a character impersonates Monroe
• Golden Girls:"Letters To Gorbachev", Blanche(Rue McClanahan) sings "Happy Birthday Mr.President" to Mikhail Gorbachev but says" Mr. Number One Communist" instead of "Mr.President".
• Growing Pains: "Happy Halloween: Part 2", a character dresses as Monroe
• I Love Lucy: "Ricky's Movie Offer", Lucy glams up as Monroe
• Mad Men:
  • "Maidenform", Monroe and Jackie Kennedy inspire the agency's campaign for Playtex
  • "Six Month Leave", Monroe's death affects Hollis, Joan, and the office girls
• Married... with Children: "It's a Bundyful Life", Al asks his guardian angel if Monroe is laughing at him because he caved to Peg's demand that he toss out his Playboys
• M*A*S*H: "Bombshells", Hawkeye and Charles start a rumor that Monroe is coming to the 4077 to thank the staff for caring for her cousin
• The Name's the Same:
  • "19 November 1952", a contestant's actual name is Marilyn Monroe
  • "12 January 1954", two contestants' actual names are Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
  • "22 June 1954", Van Johnson's "secret wish" is for Marilyn to sit on his lap
  • "31 August 1954", Charles Coburn's "secret wish" is to dance the rumba with Monroe as he did in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• NCIS:
  • "Kill Ari, Part 1", DiNozzo has Caitlin ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch in his fantasy
  • "Minimum Security", Ducky tells Abby his mother has worn nothing except Chanel No. 5 to bed ever since Monroe said it's the only thing she wears to bed
  • "Witch Hunt", Abby dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch for Halloween
• Nip/Tuck: "Joyce & Sharon Monroe", two Monroe Look-alikes want to undergo cosmetic surgery to look more like her
• One Tree Hill: "Pictures of You", Brooke impersonates Monroe for a class assignment
• The Real Ghostbusters: "Janine, You've Changed", Janine insinuates that she has claimed Monroe
• Roseanne: "Skeleton in the Closet", Nancy dresses as Monroe for the diner's Halloween party
• Saturday Night Live:
  • Teri Garr played Monroe with Joe Piscopo as John F. Kennedy (Season 9, Episode 5)
  • Mary Gross played Monroe as a recurring character (1981–1985)
  • Madonna played Monroe (Season 11, Episode 1)
    • aped "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" (Season 18, Episode 11)
  • Charlize Theron as Monroe with Jimmy Fallon as Joe DiMaggio (Season 26, Episode 4)
• The Simpsons:
  • "The Homer They Fall", a picture of Monroe is seen on a jacket
  • "Rosebud", Smithers imagines Mr. Burns singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. Smithers" à la "Happy Birthday, Mr. President
    • a photo slide of Mr. Burns shows him aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
  • "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" features a Monroe robot
  • "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Professor Frink tells Bart and Lisa that his father "worked on the atom bomb by day, slept with Marilyn Monroe by night, and sold secrets to the Russians at lunch"
  • Moe apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch on Disk 4 of the Season 6 DVD set menu
  • Dr. Marvin Monroe's original first name was Marilyn
• Smash: The main plot concerns the planning of a Broadway musical about Monroe
• Sordid Lives: The Series: "The Fall and Rise of Brother Boy", Henry shows Ty Monroe's ukulele from Some Like It Hot
• What's My Line?: "21 August 1960", mystery guest Buddy Hackett signs in as "Marilyn Monroe"
• Zoey 101: "Haunted House", Zoey dresses as Monroe for Halloween

Based on her:

• "Roberta Rhodes" in the Quincy, M.E. episode "A Star Is Dead" (Season 1, Episode 3) (Donna Mills)
• "Kelly Williams" in The Sex Symbol (1974) ABC (Connie Stevens)

See also: imdb.com Marilyn Monroe (Character) page

Theater

• Blood Brothers has two songs called "Marylin Monroe"
• Miss Golden Dreams (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates
• Marilyn (1975) by Adam Darius
• Marilyn: An American Fable (1983) by Jeanne Napoli, Doug Frank, Gary Portnoy, Beth Lawrence, Norman Thalheimer, and Patricia Michaels
• Marilyn and Ella (2008) by Bonnie Greer
• Strawhead (1981) by Norman Mailer and Richard Hannum

Based on her:

• "Maggie" in After the Fall and "Kay" in Finishing the Picture by Arthur Miller

See also

• Jayne Mansfield in popular culture
• Jane Russell in popular culture
• Dorothy Dandridge

References

External links

• Marilyn did NOT have six toes on one foot!
• Tate Collection, Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
• Hefner to be Buried With Monroe 24 June 2007
• "A New Marilyn Monroe Script Helps Plot 'Augmented Reality'" Investor's Business Daily via finance.yahoo.com 19 February 2010