Blonde (film)
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| Blonde | |
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| Genre | biographical/drama |
| Directed by | Joyce Chopra |
| Written by |
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Eliason |
| Starring |
Poppy Montgomery Patricia Richardson Patrick Dempsey Kirstie Alley Ann-Margret |
| Country | United States |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Release date | May 13, 2001 |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
Blonde is a 2001 American made-for-television film on the life of Marilyn Monroe, with Australian actress Poppy Montgomery in the lead role.
Plot
A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with a series of real events in her life. With glimpses into her childhood years, teenaged marriage to first husband James Dougherty, meeting with photographer Otto Ose, career with 20th Century Fox, relationship with her mother, foster parents, life wasters Charles Chaplin Jr (Cass), Edward G. Robinson Jr (Eddie G), and her marriages to baseball player Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller.
Cast
- Poppy Montgomery as Norma Jeane Baker/Marilyn Monroe
- Patricia Richardson as Gladys Baker
- Patrick Dempsey as Cass
- Wallace Shawn as I.E. Shinn
- Titus Welliver as the Baseball Player - Joe DiMaggio
- Griffin Dunne as the Playwright - Arthur Miller
- Eric Bogosian as Otto Ose
- Niklaus Lange as Bucky Glazer - James Dougherty
- Skye McCole Bartusiak as Young Norma Jeane
- Jensen Ackles as Eddie G.
- Richard Roxburgh as Mr. R
- Ann-Margret as Della Monroe
- Kirstie Alley as Elsie - Grace Goddard
- Emily Browning as Fleece
- Matthew O'Sullivan as Lee Strasberg
- Andrew Clarke as Laurence Olivier
- Bruce Hughes as Clark Gable
- Renee Henderson as Jane Russell
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