Becoming Marilyn

Becoming Marilyn (2022)

July 7th, 20220h 53min

Documentary, History, TV Movie
76%

Overview

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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