Norma Jean & Marilyn

Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)

Marilyn Monroe was our fantasy. Norma Jean was her reality.

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.

Date of release
1996-05-18
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (37)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
TV Movie, Drama, History
Director
Tim Fywell

Casting

Interesting facts

Norma Jean & Marilyn is a 1996 American biographical drama television film directed by Tim Fywell and written by Jill Isaacs, based on the 1985 book Goddess, the Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Anthony Summers. The film stars Ashley Judd as Norma Jean Dougherty and Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe. It premiered on HBO on May 18, 1996.

Production

A cherry-adorned dress Sorvino wore in the film, from The Misfits (1961), was actually worn by Monroe during the filming of the original film. It was provided to the production by designer and cinema costume collector Gene London.

While filming the movie, Sorvino acquired a small dog whom she named Deer, after its uncanny resemblance to a deer. She adored the dog, and kept it in her trailer while filming, so it would be there waiting for her between shots. Once, while filming at the International School of Los Angeles, in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, a crew member inadvertently let the dog escape while cleaning Sorvino's trailer as she was on-set filming a shot.

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