Marilyn Monroe Movies: 5 Great Performances

AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire's 5 great movie performances by Marilyn Monroe:

_ "Some Like It Hot" (1959): It's the best film she was ever in – the Billy Wilder classic is listed as the greatest comedy ever by the American Film Institute – but also, the role of Sugar Kane Kowalczyk is just so quintessentially "her."
_ "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953): Describing her performance as gold-digging Lorelei Lee as iconic would not be hyperbole. Her rendition of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" remains so enduring
_ "The Seven Year Itch" (1955): Here's Monroe again at the center of one of film's most famous images: standing over a New York City subway grate, letting the wind from a passing train send her ivory, pleated halter dress billowing all around her. But the whole performance is a great example of her screen presence in a nutshell: naive, sweet, beguiling and irresistible.
_ "Bus Stop" (1956): A rare opportunity for Monroe to show some dramatic ability. But really, everything she can do is on display here: Joshua Logan's film, based on the William Inge play, offers the full range of Monroe's abilities.
_ "The Misfits" (1961): A poignant pop culture time capsule: This is not just Monroe's final film but Clark Gable's, too. Co-star Montgomery Clift would be dead a few years later. Monroe's then-husband, playwright Arthur Miller, wrote the script for her to give her a meatier role.

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Marilyn Monroe died 50 years ago on August 5th.
Except for The Misfits all movies listed are available from Netflix.