Becoming Marilyn
The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth of a myth.
Cast
Agnès Jaoui
Self - Narrator (voice)
Georgia Scalliet
Marilyn (voice)
Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Ingrid Bergman
Anita Ekberg
Rita Hayworth
Jane Russell
Mae West
Betty Grable
Sharon Stone
Jean Hagen
Cary Grant
Joan Collins
Joe DiMaggio
Storyline
The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth of a myth.
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