1. Marilyn Monroe Powerpoint Show by Doina She has one of the most recognized faces in the world. Over thirty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe is still a household name. Her trademark platinum hair and beauty mark, her famous skirt-blowing scene from The Seven-Year Itch, all of these things are a part of our culture. Marilyn Monroe is an icon, a legend. Who was this luminous woman, this glamorous star? Behind the glitter and the smiles, who was the woman who made it all possible? The pictures are from Net; no commercial presentation...

3. " I want to be a big star more than anything. It's something precious" Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe

4. Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career. Marilyn Monroe

5. To this day, she is one of the 20th century's most famous movie stars, sex symbols and pop icons. In 1946, she began using the stage name Marilyn Monroe, but did not legally change her name until February 23, 1956. Marilyn Monroe

6. Marilyn Monroe "Marilyn is a kind of ultimate. She is uniquely feminine. Everything she does is different, strange, and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso. She makes a man proud to be a man." Clark Gable

8. Marilyn Monroe She's become a mythical figure. So many books have been written about her, so many stories constructed about her, that she seems more like a made-up character than a real person. But she was a genuine star - she may even be Hollywood's last great and legendary star.

9. Marilyn Monroe In 1999, Marilyn was named the Number One Sex Star of the 20th Century by Playboy magazine In 1999, Marilyn was voted the 'Sexiest Woman of the Century' by People Magazine. Issued on June 1, 1995, Marilyn was featured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp.

10. Marilyn Monroe Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Marilyn Monroe

11. Marilyn Monroe "I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I never had belonged to anything or anyone else.“ Marilyn Monroe

12. Favorites: Colors: Beige, black, white and red Actors: Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Laughton Will Rogers, Cary Grant, John Barrymore, Tyrone Power and Richard Widmark Actresses: Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Marie Dressler and Olivia DeHavilland Artists: Goya, Picasso, El Greco, Michelangelo and Botticelli Beverage: Dom Perignon 1953 Book: How Stanislavsky Directs by Michael Gorchakov Female Singer: Ella Fitzgerald Male Singer: Frank Sinatra Film Performances: The Asphalt Jungle and Don't Bother to Knock Photograph: Cecil Beaton's photo of Marilyn in her white dress Musicians: Louis Armstrong, Earl Bostick, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Plays: A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman Playwrights: Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams Poets: John Keats and Walt Whitman Restaurant: Romanoff's (in Hollywood) Store: Bloomingdale's Writers: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, J.D. Salinger, George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Wolfe Personal Remembrance: Korea Perfume: Chanel No. 5 Beauty Product: Nivea moisturizer Marilyn Monroe

13. Marilyn Monroe "People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one." Marilyn Monroe

14. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour with an unparalleled glow and energy that enamored the world. Although she was an alluring beauty with voluptuous curves and a generous pout, Marilyn was more than a '50s sex goddess. Her apparent vulnerability and innocence, in combination with an innate sensuality, has endeared her to the global consciousness. She dominated the age of movie stars to become, without question, the most famous woman of the 20th Century.

15. Marilyn Monroe Sadly, in a shocking turn of events on the early morning of August 5, 1962, 36-year-old Marilyn died in her sleep at her Brentwood, California home. The world was stunned. Marilyn's vibrant spirit and beauty made it impossible to believe she was gone. On August 8, 1962, Marilyn's body was laid to rest in the Corridor of Memories, #24, at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.