Hollywood Icons Season 2 Episode 1 - Marilyn Monroe

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Episode summary:

A profile of the American actress, reassessing her life and career, and reveal how Marilyn was systematically underestimated by sexist studio bosses who refused to recognise her intelligence and creative contribution. Featuring rarely seen video and audio of Monroe herself, as well as interviews with Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend co-star George Chakiris, and John Strasberg of the Actors Studio in New York, who remembers how she came to live with his family when he was a boy.

About Hollywood Icons series:

Celebrities lives, which are often marked by extreme highs and lows, are explored.