Marilyn Monroe in Popular Culture - Film

Film

• The Apartment: Dobisch tells Baxter that a girl he's trying to pick up at a bar "looks like Marilyn Monroe"
• Asso (1981): a gust of air makes Silvia ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Blades of Glory: Fairchild skates as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• Blonde Ambition: Katie apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Bordello of Blood: Lilith apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Broken Embraces: Lena apes Monroe
• Bruce Almighty: Bruce makes a girl ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen: Mary Elizabeth is dressed as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch in a fantasy sequence
• Cool World: Holli sings the title song of Let's Make Love at a rehearsal
• Deck the Halls: The Finch's Christmas tree angel apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Fade to Black: Binford is obsessed with Monroe
• Grease 2: Paulette is obsessed with Monroe and John F. Kennedy's alleged affair
• Happy Feet: Nicole Kidman's character is named Norma Jean
• Hercules: a Muse apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• The House Bunny: Shelly apes Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• I Heart Huckabees: Dawn apes "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" in a Huckabees ad
• How High
• L.A. Confidential: one of Patchett's girls has been "cut" to look like Monroe
• The Ladies Man: a girl Heebert delivers mail to apes Monroe
• A Life Less Ordinary: Lewis works on a novel about Monroe and Robert F. Kennedy's love child
• Man on Fire: Rayburn owns a statue of Monroe aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Mini's First Time: Mini unwittingly apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Mister Lonely: Samantha Morton's character claims to be Monroe
• Monkeybone: Monkeybone impersonates Monroe in his performance at The Coma Club
• Pulp Fiction: a waitress is dressed as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• The Seven Year Itch:
  • The Girl's photo in U.S. Camera is a reference to Monroe's nude calendar
  • when MacKenzie asks about the "blonde in the kitchen" (The Girl), Sherman retorts: "Oh, wouldn't you like to know! Maybe it's Marilyn Monroe!"
• The Shawshank Redemption: Dufresne has a poster of Monroe in his cell
• Shrek 2: The Fairy Godmother makes Fiona ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• The Smurfs: Smurfette apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch while standing over a floor heater
• Stroker Ace: a pit crew member makes Pembrook ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle: Jo Lynn gives her class presentation as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• The Tigger Movie: Tigger dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch
• Tommy: The Preacher leads a cult based on Monroe
• Town & Country: Auburn glams up as Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Up in the Cellar (1970): Tracy talks about Monroe
• White Palace: Nora is a Monroe fan
• Wonder Boys: James steals the jacket Monroe wore the day she married Joe DiMaggio from Gaskell, who is obsessed with the DiMaggio-Monroe marriage
• Younger and Younger: Younger has a vision of a girl aping Monroe from The Seven Year Itch

Based on her:

• "Emily Ann Faulkner/Rita Shawn" in Paddy Chayefsky's The Goddess (Kim Stanley)
• "The Actress" in Insignificance (Theresa Russell)

See also: imdb.com Marilyn Monroe (Character) page