Marilyn: The Untold Story

Marilyn: The Untold Story
Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Norman Mailer (novel) Dalene Young
Directed by	Jack Arnold John Flynn Lawrence Schiller
Starring	Catherine Hicks Richard Basehart Frank Converse Jason Miller
Music by	William Goldstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Lawrence Schiller
Cinematography	Terry K. Meade
Editor(s)	Jack Gleason Patrick Roark
Running time	156 minutes
Production company(s)	Schiller Productions Inc.
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 28, 1980

Marilyn: The Untold Story is a 1980 television film, about the life of the 1950s sex symbol-movie star, Marilyn Monroe. The feature stars Catherine Hicks as Monroe; Richard Basehart as her early-career agent Johnny Hyde; Frank Converse as her second husband Joe DiMaggio; Jason Miller as her third husband Arthur Miller; Kevin Geer as her first husband James Dougherty; Viveca Lindfors as her acting coach Natasha Lytess; and Sheree North as her mother Gladys Baker.

The movie premiered in late-1980, and was greeted with positive reviews. Catherine Hicks was praised by the critics for her portrayal of Monroe, as were others including Richard Basehart, Frank Converse, Sheree North and Jason Miller, playing fellow playwright Arthur Miller.

The movie begins with a young Marilyn (then Norma Jeane), as an orphan in California. The feature progresses with the young girl growing up and superstar dreams fill her head, and she eventually marries, starts modelling, divorces, signs a contract with 20th Century Fox, and changes her moniker to Marilyn Monroe. The movie also takes a view of her personal life; with her husbands, baseball-star Joe DiMaggio, and with playwright Arthur Miller. As with her personal life, the movie shows a great deal of Monroe's life in the public eye, showing her rise to stardom, her career peak, and her tragic final years. The film ends with the mysterious death of the star.

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