英语名人堂：玛丽莲·梦露
1946年7月19日，玛丽莲·梦露第一次到20世纪福克斯，开始出演电影。1949年，梦露参与拍摄影片《夜阑人未静》。1950年，梦露出演了《火球》和《彗星美人》。
1952年5月7日，梦露首次成为《生活》杂志的封面人物，并于同年10月4日成为影片《如何嫁给一个百万富翁》一片的女主角。1960年，梦露凭借《热情似火》获得金球奖音乐及喜剧类最佳女演员。1962年5月19日，梦露在麦迪逊公园广场上为约翰・肯尼迪总统演唱《生日快乐歌》。1962年8月5日，梦露在洛杉矶布莱登木寓所的卧室内被发现已经去世，终年36岁。
1999年，她被美国电影学会选为百年来最伟大的女演员排名第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.
