Marilyn: The Untold Story

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• 1980
• 2 hr 36 mins
• Documentary, Drama

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The movie begins with Marilyn (then Norma Jean) as a child, once an orphan, in Hollywood, California. It progresses with her growing up with superstar dreams inside her head, and she eventually marries, starts modeling, divorces, signs a contract with 20th Century Fox, and changes her moniker to Marilyn Monroe. It also views her personal life, with her husbands, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, and with playwright Arthur Miller. As with her personal life, it shows a great deal of her life in the public eye, showing her rise to stardom, career peak, and tragic final years. It ends with her death under mysterious circumstances.