Acting · Writing · 1926 to 1962

Marilyn Monroe

Best rated: Some Like It Hot (8.2)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Marilyn Monroe, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era

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194823 films1961

Current formLast 5: 6.90 vs career 6.72 (+0.18)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.72

22 rated films

Vote weighted

6.81

bigger films count more

Median

6.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.70

rating spread

Career

14y

1948 to 1961

Total votes

732K

across every film

Best

8.2

Some Like It Hot

Worst

6.3

Bus Stop

Newest first

Acting filmography

1961	The Misfits	Roslyn Taber	7.2	24,947
1960	Let's Make Love	Amanda Dell	6.4	8,815
1959	Some Like It Hot	Sugar Kane Kowalczyk	8.2	308K
1957	The Prince and the Showgirl	Elsie	6.4	9,976
1956	Bus Stop	Chérie	6.3	13,879
1955	The Seven Year Itch	The Girl	7.0	46,176
1954	River of No Return	Kay Weston	6.6	14,441
1954	There's No Business Like Show Business	Vicky Parker	6.4	7,470
1953	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Lorelei Lee	7.1	47,171
1953	How to Marry a Millionaire	Pola Debevoise	6.8	27,202
1953	Niagara	Rose Loomis	7.0	22,886
1952	Clash by Night	Peggy	7.0	8,483
1952	Don't Bother to Knock	Nell Forbes	6.9	9,799
1952	Monkey Business	Miss Lois Laurel	6.9	16,979
1952	O. Henry's Full House	Streetwalker (segment: The Cop and the Anthem)	7.2	3,466
1952	We're Not Married!	Annabel Jones Norris	6.3	2,670
1951	As Young as You Feel	Harriet	6.5	1,806
1951	Home Town Story	Iris Martin	4.9	1,232
1951	Let's Make It Legal	Joyce Mannering	6.1	1,592
1951	Love Nest	Roberta 'Bobbie' Stevens	6.2	1,619

Better together?

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

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