Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Summary
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by her death in 1962.
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/* External links */ Category merged per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 21#Category:Converts to Reform Judaism]]
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Dan Aldwin Padilla|Dan Aldwin Padilla]] ([[User talk:Dan Aldwin Padilla|talk]]): Which part of "Please do NOT wikilink, see [[MOS:OVERLINK]]" was unclear?
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Sinbabad|Sinbabad]] ([[User talk:Sinbabad|talk]]): I'm not sure Distractify is a trustworthy source, try finding a stronger one than that
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Place under one collective heading, and name one subheading to something more specific that can be applied to all of its listings
rework, looks like 2022 DNA test was definitive, and either way it's hard to believe a full century has now passed since Norma Jeane here was first born
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Happy 100th birthday Marilyn
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1356779099|1356779099]] by [[Special:Contributions/Lolamelody123456|Lolamelody123456]] ([[User talk:Lolamelody123456|talk]]) It's an accurate statement of what most historians believe
