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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; baptised Norma Jeane Baker June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, singer, model, and film producer. Her early roles were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All about Eve (both 1950) were well received, and as her career progressed she became known as a sex symbol. She was praised for her comedic ability in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire and The Seven Year Itch, and became one of Hollywood's most popular performers. t was more than a year before Monroe began her next film; during her hiatus she lived with Miller in and suffered a miscarriage. With Miller's encouragement she returned to Hollywood in August 1958, and filmed Some Like it Hot, directed by Billy Wilder, and co-starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Although Wilder had experienced Monroe's tardiness, stage fright, and inability to remember lines during production of The Seven Year Itch, her behaviour was more hostile, and was marked by refusals to participate in filming, and occasional outbursts of profanities. She consistently refused to take direction from Wilder, or insisted on numerous retakes of simple scenes until she was satisfied. She developed a rapport with Lemmon, but she disliked Curtis, who said that kissing her was "like kissing Hitler during filming, Monroe discovered that she was pregnant, but suffered a miscarriage as filming was completed.

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