Marilyn Monroe's Birth Anniversary

Marilyn Monroe, born on 1 June 1926, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., was an American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950s. These included Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Some Like It Hot (1959). Behind the scenes, however, Monroe struggled to find happiness, and in 1962 she died from a drug overdose. She later became a pop culture icon.