Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

60 mins | Documentary | Nov. 1, 1987

Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

60 mins | Documentary | Nov. 1, 1987

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers
Original title Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Directors Suzette Winter, Gene Feldman
Writers Suzette Winter, Gene Feldman

Cast

Lauren Bacall

as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

Scotty Beckett

as Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)

Eric Blore

as Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)

Louis Calhern

as Self (from The Asphalt Jungle [1950]) (archive footage)

Charles Coburn

as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)

Bette Davis

as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Joe DiMaggio

as Self (archive footage)

Tom Ewell

as Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)

Clark Gable

as Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage)

Clarke Gordon

as Self

Betty Grable

as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

Milton H. Greene

as Self (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

as Self (archive footage)

Darryl Hickman

as Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)

Celeste Holm

as Self

Taylor Holmes

as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Buster Keaton

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Lemmon

as Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)

Joshua Logan

as Self

Dean Martin

as Self (from Something's Got to Give [1962]) (archive footage)

Groucho Marx

as Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)

Victor Mature

as Self (archive footage)

Gary Merrill

as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Arthur Miller

as Self (archive footage)

Augusta Miller

as Self - Arthur Miller's Mother (archive footage)

Isidore Miller

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum

as Self

Marilyn Monroe

as Self (archive footage)

Don Murray

as Self

Edward R. Murrow

as Self (archive footage)

Patricia Newcomb

as Self (archive footage)

Tommy Noonan

as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Sheree North

as Self

Arthur O'Connell

as Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier

as Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [1957]) (archive footage)

Jean Peters

as Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

Gregory Ratoff

as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Jane Russell

as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Robert Ryan

as Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)

George Sanders

as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Max Showalter

as Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)

Phil Silvers

as Self (archive footage)

John Springer

as Self

Barbara Stanwyck

as Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)

Susan Strasberg

as Self

Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

David Wayne

as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

Richard Widmark

as Self - Narrator

Shelley Winters

as Self