This is a very nice review of Monroe's career. I would rank "The Misfits" as her best movie & performance, but having it at #3 isn't a mistake. She was a much better actor than she was given credit for being during her lifetime. And, compared to some of her contemporaries, she has been neglected since her death.
I was never much of a MM fan, nor paid much attention to her in movies, until How to Marry a Millionaire. A rather minor movie, but I think she stole that show. She had a superb intuitive feel for comedic timing and acting. As famous as she became, I still think she was under-estimated and under-appreciated by the movie industry and by herself.
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This is a very nice review of Monroe's career. I would rank "The Misfits" as her best movie & performance, but having it at #3 isn't a mistake. She was a much better actor than she was given credit for being during her lifetime. And, compared to some of her contemporaries, she has been neglected since her death.
Had no idea she was in so many movies.
John Duke
She's excellent in all of the top 3 and not bad in many of the others.
I'd still put SOME LIKE IT HOT as #1.
I was never much of a MM fan, nor paid much attention to her in movies, until How to Marry a Millionaire. A rather minor movie, but I think she stole that show. She had a superb intuitive feel for comedic timing and acting. As famous as she became, I still think she was under-estimated and under-appreciated by the movie industry and by herself.
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