The career and personal life of Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model & singer, famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. However, her troubled private life received much attention including her struggles with addiction and mood disorders, her highly publicized marriages and divorces, and long after her death, Marilyn remains a major pop culture icon.
