Noun
United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)
Source: WordNetI want to be the new Marilyn Monroe and find my own Clark Gable. Anna Nicole Smith
Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her. Oscar Levant
Being blonde now doesn't mean Marilyn Monroe vulnerability. Blonde in the Eighties means being in control. Kim Wilde
But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which were happening in the pop genre and represent them to people so that they see them in a new way. I think the best example is Andy Warhol's work, the image of Marilyn Monroe or the Campbell's soup can. Pete Townshend
We think of Marilyn who was every man's love affair with America. Marilyn Monroe who was blonde and beautiful and had a sweet little rinky-dink of a voice and all the cleanliness of all the clean American backyards. Norman Mailer
If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let's all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best. Carlos Fuentes