As one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, Marilyn Monroe is frequently depicted and referenced in popular culture .
- 1999: E! Online's Sex Symbol of the Century;
- 1995: Empire's Sexiest Female Movie Star;
- Marian McKnight won the 1957 Miss America crown with a Marilyn act;
- 1999: People magazine's Sexiest Woman of the Century;
- 1998: Playboy's #1 Sex Star of the Century;
- The Seven Year Itch "subway grate" scene has been mimicked several times. These include Absolut vodka advertisements, Betty Boop, Donna Summer, Anna Kournikova, Geri Halliwell, Perrier, Anna Nicole Smith, The Simpsons , Pulp Fiction , Pokémon, "The House Bunny", and Tommy .
Music by Monroe
- In Ladies of the Chorus (1947), Monroe sang "Anyone Can See I Love You" and "Every Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy".
- In A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), she performed "Oh! What a Forward Young Man You Are" with a choir.
- In Niagara (1953), Monroe sang "Kiss."
- In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Monroe sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "Two Little Girls from Little Rock," "When Love Goes Wrong," and "Bye Bye Baby." Another song recorded but never shot called "Down Boy" was discovered in 2005.
- In River of No Return (1954), she sang "Down in the Meadow," "I'm Gonna File My Claim," "One Silver Dollar," and "River of No Return."
- In There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), she sang Irving Berlin's "Heat Wave," "Lazy," and "After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It."
- In 1954, Monroe recorded "A Fine Romance," "She Acts Like a Woman Should," and "You'd Be Surprised" on the RCA label.
- In The Seven Year Itch (1955), she sang "Chopsticks".
- In Bus Stop (1956), she sang "That Old Black Magic."
- In The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), she sang "I Found a Dream."
- In Some Like It Hot (1959), Monroe sang "I Wanna Be Loved by You," "I'm Through with Love" and "Running Wild". She also recorded a title song for the movie, but the producers used the instrumental version over the opening credits.
- In Let's Make Love (1960), she sang "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Incurably Romantic," "Specialization" and "Let's Make Love."
In Music
- Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- The Misfits' "Who Killed Marilyn?" and "Die Monster Die". The band takes its name from The Misfits
- Los Prisioneros' "¿Quién mató a Marilyn?"
- Ray Anthony's "My Marilyn"
- Marilyn Manson and the name of his band is from combining "Marilyn" and Charles Manson
- Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- The Distillers' "Gypsy Rose Lee"
- Tori Amos's "Father Lucifer"
- Madonna's "Material Girl" music video.
- Madonna's "Vogue"
- Suede's "Heroine" on Dog Man Star
- Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Gonna be Alright"
- Robbie Williams's "The Actor"
- Norma Jean is named after her
- The Kinks' "Celluloid Heroes"
- Def Leppard's "Photograph"
- Stereophonics' "She Takes Her Clothes Off"
- Blood Brothers has two songs called "Marylin Monroe"
- The Spice Girls' "The Lady is a Vamp"
- Jay-Z's "Hollywood"
- Dan Bern's "Marilyn"
- Michael Jackson's, "Tabloid Junkie"; referenced in the line, "Heroine and Marilyn as the headline story of all your glory"
- Roland Orzabal's "Dandelion"
- Kelly Rowland's "Stole"
- The Spice Girls' "Lady is a Vamp"
Film
- Insignificance : Nicolas Roeg's 1985 movie imagines four people based on Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joseph McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio crossing paths at a hotel in 1954.
- The Apartment : A man meets a girl at a bar who "looks like Marilyn Monroe" , played by Joyce Jameson.
- Fade to Black : A disturbed young man with a Monroe obsession stalks a girl who looks like her.
- The Ladies Man : In this 1961 comedy, one of the girls in the boarding house clearly looks and acts like Marilyn in a scene with Jerry Lewis.
- House Bunny : Shelley on her date with Oliver.
- Pulp Fiction : Monroe look-a-like is a waitress in a 50s-themed restaurant.
- The Tigger Movie : Tigger dresses up as Monroe, and apes the skirt-blowing pose from The Seven Year Itch .
- The Shawshank Redemption : Tim Robbins's character has a poster of Monroe in his jail cell.
- Tommy : The "Eyesight to the Blind" shows a preacher that leads a cult based on Monroe.
- Wonder Boys : The jacket Monroe wore on the day she married Joe DiMaggio is stolen from a collector by Tobey Maguire's character and makes subsequent appearances in the film.
Portrayed in:
- Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) (Misty Rowe)
- Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989) (Paula Lane and Misty Rowe)
- Death Becomes Her (1992) - Marilyn is among some famous people considered dead (Stéphanie Anderson)
- Calendar Girl (1993) (Stéphanie Anderson)
- Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (Ashley Judd as Norma Jean, Mira Sorvino as Marilyn)
- The Island (1998) (Sally Kirkland)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1998) (Kerri Randles)
- Blonde (2000) (Poppy Montgomery)
Based on her:
- Paddy Chayefsky's The Goddess (1958) played by Kim Stanley
- Happy Feet (2006) (Nicole Kidman portrays the penguin, Norma Jean)
Television
- The Critic : Jay imagines himself as a female impersonator dressed as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
- Full House : Jesse dates a Marilyn Monroe impersonater
- The Ernie Kovacs Show : Edie Adams regularly impersonated Monroe;
- Gilligan's Island : "The Producer," Ginger impersonates Monroe;
- Gilmore Girls : Luke states "The Kennedys did not kill Marilyn."
- I Love Lucy : "Ricky's Movie Offer," Lucy glams up as Monroe;
- M*A*S*H : "Bombshells," Hawkeye and Charles start a rumor that Monroe is coming to thank the staff for caring for her cousin;
- The Name's the Same :
- 19 November 1952 and 12 January 1954 had a contestant whose actual name was Marilyn Monroe;
- 22 June 1954 guest Van Johnson's "secret wish" was for Marilyn to sit on his lap;
- 31 August 1954 guest Charles Coburn's "secret wish" was to dance the rumba with her again as he did in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ;
- Saturday Night Live :
- Mary Gross played Monroe as a recurring character (1981-1985);
- Teri Garr played Monroe where John F. Kennedy (Joe Piscopo) tries to keep her hidden during briefings (Season 9, Episode 5);
- Madonna recreated "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" (Season 18, Episode 11); played Monroe in a sketch (Season 11, Episode 1);
- Charlize Theron played Monroe in a sketch of the filming of the skirt blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch (Season 26, Episode 4);
- The Simpsons :
- In "Rosebud", Smithers imagines Mr. Burns popping out of a cake singing a breathy variation of Happy Birthday, Mr. President to him;
- A photo slide of Burns shows him aping the skirt blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch ;
- "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" featured a Monroe robot;
- In "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Professor Frink tells Bart and Lisa how his father "worked on the atom bomb by day, slept with Marilyn Monroe by night, and sold secrets to the Russians at lunch";
- In the Menu of Disk 4 of the Season 6 DVD set, Moe apes the skirt blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch ;
- Marvin Monroe's first name was originally Marilyn;
- What's My Line? : 21 August 1960 guest Buddy Hackett signed in as Monroe;
- Batman: The Animated Series : Randa from "Heart of Steel" is based on Monroe;
- South Park : "Pink Eye", Mr. Garrison dressed up as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
- Futurama : "I Dated a Robot", a teenager makes out with a "Marilyn Monrobot";
- Nip/Tuck : "Joyce & Sharon Monroe", two Monroe Lookalikes have cosmetic surgery to look more like their idol;
- New York Goes to Hollywood : Tiffany apes the skirt blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch in a commercial promoting the show
- NCIS : "Witch Hunt", Abby Sciuto dresses as Marilyn Monroe for Halloween.
Portrayed in:
- Blonde 2001 CBS miniseries (Poppy Montgomery)
- Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War 1987 (Heather Thomas)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999 HBO (Kerri Randles)
- Marilyn: The Untold Story 1980 ABC (Catherine Hicks)
- Norma Jean & Marilyn 1996, HBO (Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino)
- Quantum Leap episode "Goodbye Norma Jean: April 4, 1960"
- The Rat Pack 1998 HBO (Barbara Niven)
- Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair 1993 USA (Melody Anderson)
- This Year's Blonde 1980 NBC, (Constance Forslund)
- James Dean 2001 TNT (Holly Beavon)
- The Mystery of Natalie Wood 2004 ABC (Sophie Monk)
- Red Dwarf : a character in two episodes;
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
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