How old was Marilyn Monroe in the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
Marilyn Monroe was 26 in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes when she played the character 'Lorelei Lee'.
That was over 71 years ago in 1953.
In 1962 she died aged just 36, starring in 94 films in her career, 73 of those after Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was first released. If she were alive today she would be 97.
How old do you think she looks in the movie?
In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, I think Marilyn Monroe looks:
Did you know?
- Director Howard Hawks has worked with Marilyn Monroe a total of 3 times in her career.
- Marilyn Monroe's first movie was as 'Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)' in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, released in 1947 when she was 19
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes scores 7.4 out of 10 on TMDB.
