 Complete the following phrase:  Marilyn Monroe ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926  August 4, 1962 was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic blonde bombshell characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the eras sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed 200 million equivalent to  billion in  by the time of 