Marilyn Monroe - Famous Singer

Marilyn Monroe Net Worth

$10,000,000

Famous Hollywood actress and model Marilyn Monroe had an estimated net worth of $800 thousand at the time of her unfortunate death in 1962 and earned a little under $3 million from her films. Despite her earnings, Monroe was not particularly responsible with money, often spending lavishly.

Key facts:

  • Marilyn Monroe was an actress, model, and singer who appeared in more than 30 films throughout her career.
  • Monroe launched her own production company called Marilyn Monroe Productions, with photographer Milton Greene in the mid-195s. She served as an executive producer on the movie 'The Prince and the Showgirl.'
  • After her passing away in 1962, Lee Strasberg, her acting coach, reportedly inherited 75% of her intellectual property rights or 'residual estate,' and Marilyn's therapist, Dr. Marianne Kris received the remaining 25%. Later in 1982, when Lee died, his wife Anna Mizrahi inherited his stake in her estate, which she used to create a multimillion-dollar licensing empire.
  • Marilyn's most valued asset was a home she purchased eight months before her death in Brentwood neighborhood, worth $7-10 million today. In 2017, the house was sold for $7.25 million.
  • Monroe's life lasted only 36 years, but even after death, she is still a prominent figure represented on lists such as '100 Most Terrible Americans' by Smithsonian Nat Geo TV or ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's list of the 50 greatest female American screen legends.

Basic Information About Marilyn Monroe

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Model, Singer, Showgirl, Film Producer
Net worth$10,000,000
Date of birth1926-06-01
Place of birthLos Angeles
Date of death1962-08-05 (aged 36)
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksPlatinum blond hair
Voluptuous figure
Beauty mark on cheek
SpouseArthur Miller - (29 JuneΒ 1956 - 20 JanuaryΒ 1961)Β (divorced)
Joe DiMaggio - (14 JanuaryΒ 1954 - 31 OctoberΒ 1955)Β (divorced)
James Dougherty - (19 JuneΒ 1942 - 13 SeptemberΒ 1946)Β (divorced)
GenderFemale
Height5 ft 5 in (1.66 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Marilyn Monroe roles

Movie / Series Role
L.A. ConfidentialSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
VolunteersSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
UnacknowledgedSelf (archive footage)
Skin: A History of Nudity in the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
The MisfitsRoslyn Taber

Marilyn Monroe's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
The Shocking Miss PilgrimΒ (1947)$75 /week
Dangerous YearsΒ (1947)$75 /week
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!Β (1948)$75 /week
Ladies of the ChorusΒ (1948)$125 /week
Love HappyΒ (1949)$100
The Asphalt JungleΒ (1950)$1,050
All About EveΒ (1950)$500 /wk, 1-wk guarantee
Clash by NightΒ (1952)$500 /week
We're Not Married!Β (1952)$750 /wk
Gentlemen Prefer BlondesΒ (1953)$1,250 /wk
There's No Business Like Show BusinessΒ (1954)$1,000 /wk
The Seven Year ItchΒ (1955)$1,500 /wk
Bus StopΒ (1956)$100,000 + $500/week expenses
Some Like It HotΒ (1959)$300,000 + 10% gross over $4,000,000
The MisfitsΒ (1961)$300,000
Something's Got to GiveΒ (1962)$100 -500K

Marilyn Monroe's Quotes

  • I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another - it shows an inner life. I like to see that there's something going on inside them.
  • My problem is that I drive myself... I'm trying to become an artist, and to be true, and sometimes I feel I'm on the verge of craziness, I'm just trying to get the truest part of myself out, and it's very hard. There are times when I think, 'All I have to be is true'. But sometimes it doesn't come out so easily. I always have this secret feeling that I'm really a fake or something, a phony.
  • [on living with the Bolenders when she was a little girl] They were terribly strict. They didn't mean any harm . . . it was their religion. They brought me up harshly.
  • [on meeting Joe DiMaggio for the first time] I was surprised to be so crazy about Joe. I expected a flashy New York sports type, and instead I met this reserved guy who didn't make a pass at me right away! He treated me like something special. Joe is a very decent man, and he makes other people feel decent, too.
  • [on why Joe DiMaggio didn't accompany her on one of her USO tours] Joe hates crowds and glamor.

Marilyn Monroe's photos

Interesting Facts about Marilyn Monroe

  1. Voted 'Sexiest Woman of the Century' by People Magazine. [1999]
  2. Was 1947's Miss California Artichoke Queen.
  3. Was roommates with Shelley Winters when they were both starting out in Hollywood.
  4. Ranked #8 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
  5. Voted Empire's (UK) "sexiest female movie star of all time" in 1995.
  6. She was Playboy's first "Sweetheart of the Month" in December 1953.
  7. When she died in 1962 at age 36, she left an estate valued at $1.6 million. In her will, Monroe bequeathed 75% of that estate to Lee Strasberg, her acting coach, and 25% to Dr. Marianne Kris, her psychoanalyst. A trust fund provided her mother, Gladys Baker Eley, with $5,000 a year. When Dr. Kris died in 1980, she passed her 25% on to the Anna Freud Centre, a children's psychiatric institute in London. Since Strasberg's death in 1982, his 75% has been administered by his widow, Anna, and her lawyer, Irving Seidman.
  8. The licensing of Marilyn's name and likeness, handled world-wide by Curtis Management Group, reportedly nets the Monroe estate about $2 million a year.
  9. Was named the Number One Sex Star of the 20th Century by Playboy magazine in 1999.
  10. Started using the name Marilyn Monroe in 1946, but did not legally change it until 1956.
  11. Appeared on the first cover of Playboy in 1953.
  12. Given a dog she named Tippy by foster father Albert Bolender. In her final, unfinished film Something's Got to Give (1962), the dog was also named Tippy.
  13. Interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Corridor of Memories, crypt #24.
  14. Hundreds of items of memorabilia auctioned off in late October 1999 by Christie's, with her infamous 'JFK' birthday-gown fetching over $1 million.
  15. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#2). [1995]
  16. Hugh Hefner owned the closest burial vault next to hers.
  17. She was discovered dead at her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, Brentwood, California. She had a phone in one of her hands, her body was completely nude and face down, on her bed.
  18. Ex-husband Joe DiMaggio put fresh roses at her memorial site, for numerous years after her death.
  19. When putting her imprints at Grauman's she joked that Jane Russell was best known for her large front-side and she was known for her wiggly walk, so Jane could lean over, and she could sit in it. It was only a joke, but she dotted the "I" in her name with a rhinestone, which was stolen within days.
  20. Redheaded actress Tina Louise played the character role of Ginger Grant on the television series Gilligan's Island (1964), was loosely based on her personality, but a different hair color.

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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_monroe_as_an_infant_brightened.jpg
  • Original Source: File:Monroe as an infant.png
  • Author: By Dell Publications, Inc. New York, publisher of Modern Screen (Page 34) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • Date taken: 1927
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monroe_and_James_Dougherty.jpg
  • Original Source: Page 52
  • Author: Dell Publications, Inc. New York, publisher of Modern Screen
  • Date taken: December 1952
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarilynMonroe_-_YankArmyWeekly.jpg
  • Original Source: Yank, the Army Weekly, via [1] and [2]
  • Author: U.S. Army photographer David Conover's shot
  • Date taken: 26 June 1945
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_Monroe_postcard.JPG
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  • Author: Teichnor Bros., Boston
  • Date taken: Not mailed. The publisher's address has a Boston zone number, not a Zip Code. Zip Codes started being used circa 1963. These chrome postcard started replacing the older style linen ones in popularity starting in the late 1940s. Monroe began modeling circa late 1940s, doing various things like calendar photos. The photo was taken before she became a major star.
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn-by_Cronenweth.JPG
  • Original Source: http://www.argentic.fr/productdetails-4302.html
  • Author: Columbia Pictures. Photo by (Edward William) Cronenweth
  • Date taken: 1948
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_Monroe_Asphalt_Jungle.jpg
  • Original Source: page 20
  • Author: Macfadden Publications New York, publisher of Radio-TV Mirror
  • Date taken: May 1961
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monroe_and_Andes_in_Clash_By_Night.jpg
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  • Author: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Date taken: 1952
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monroe_in_Don%27t_Bother_to_Knock_(1952).jpg
  • Original Source: Page 33
  • Author: Dell Publications, Inc.Β New York, publisher of Modern Screen
  • Date taken: July 1953
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_Monroe_Niagara.png
  • Original Source: Digital trailer from SabuCat Productions. Capture by uploader.
  • Author: Trailer distributed by 20th Century Fox.
  • Date taken: 1953
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_Movie_Trailer_Screenshot_(34).jpg
  • Original Source: source This is a screenshot from a trailer which can be viewed here.
  • Author: 20th Century Fox
  • Date taken: 1953
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_Monroe,_Betty_Grable_and_Lauren_Bacall_in_How_to_Marry_a_Millionaire_trailer.jpg
  • Original Source: How to Marry a Millionaire trailer
  • Author: Trailer screenshot
  • Date taken: 1953

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