英語(yǔ)名人堂：瑪麗蓮·夢(mèng)露

瑪麗蓮·夢(mèng)露(Marilyn Monroe，1926-1962)，1926年6月1日出生在加利福尼亞州洛杉磯市，美國(guó)女演員。

1946年7月19日，瑪麗蓮·夢(mèng)露第一次到20世紀(jì)?？怂?，開(kāi)始出演電影。1949年，夢(mèng)露參與拍攝影片《夜闌人未靜》。1950年，夢(mèng)露出演了《火球》和《彗星美人》。

1952年5月7日，夢(mèng)露首次成為《生活》雜志的封面人物，并于同年10月4日成為影片《如何嫁給一個(gè)百萬(wàn)富翁》一片的女主角。1960年，夢(mèng)露憑借《熱情似火》獲得金球獎(jiǎng)音樂(lè)及喜劇類(lèi)最佳女演員。1962年5月19日，夢(mèng)露在麥迪遜公園廣場(chǎng)上為約翰?肯尼迪總統(tǒng)演唱《生日快樂(lè)歌》。1962年8月5日，夢(mèng)露在洛杉磯布萊登木寓所的臥室內(nèi)被發(fā)現(xiàn)已經(jīng)去世，終年36歲。

1999年，她被美國(guó)電影學(xué)會(huì)選為百年來(lái)最偉大的女演員排名第6名。

Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in the charity ward of a Los Angeles hospital in 1926. Her career as an actor and singer made her an icon of the twentieth century. Hertrademark looks helped her become one of Hollywood’s greatest ever sex symbols. Her death in 1962 remains a mystery; officially it was suicide but many say she was murdered.

Norma Jeane had a poor childhood and grew up in foster homes and orphanages. She married at 16 to escape life in government care but divorced four years later. In 1946, she joined a modelling agency and took singing and acting lessons. She soon caught the eye of a Hollywood movie executive, who offered her a six-month acting contract.

Norma Jeane changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. She spent seven years taking on small roles and doing part-time modelling. In 1953, she starred in the film ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ and sang thelegendary ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’. She became a Hollywood sensation. All her movies were instant box office hits. She won a Golden Globe Award in 1959 for ‘Some Like It Hot’.

Monroe became an American superstar. She married baseball great Joe Di Maggio and thenplaywright Arthur Miller. Many believe she was involved with President John F. Kennedy. Her last significant appearance was singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for him in New York. Monroe’s looks and personality have inspired generations of performers since her death.