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I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.

Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe
Age: 36 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 1
Died: 1962
Died: August 5
Actor
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Playboy Playmate
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LA
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Norma Jeane Dougherty
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Norma Jean Miller
Mėrilin Monro
Norma Jean Mortenson Miller
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Norma Jean Mortenson
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