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Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn attend the Premiere of The Seven Year...

Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn attend the Premiere of The Seven Year Itch on her 29th Birthday on June 1st 1955. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn at a Charity Benefit for The Actors Studio in March...

Marilyn at a Charity Benefit for The Actors Studio in March 1961. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn by Jean Howard in September 1954.

Marilyn by Jean Howard in September 1954. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn at the Premiere of The Prince and The Showgirl on June...

Marilyn at the Premiere of The Prince and The Showgirl on June 13th 1957. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn attends the Premiere of The Prince In The Showgirl on...

Marilyn attends the Premiere of The Prince In The Showgirl on June 13th 1957. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Yves Montand and Marilyn on the set of Let’s Make Love...

Yves Montand and Marilyn on the set of Let’s Make Love celebrate her 34th Birthday on June 1st 1960. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

George Cukor, Marilyn and Yves Montand celebrate Marilyn’s...

George Cukor, Marilyn and Yves Montand celebrate Marilyn’s 34th Birhtday on the set of Let’s Make Love on June 1st 1960. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn blows out a candle on a Birthday Cake given to her by...

Marilyn blows out a candle on a Birthday Cake given to her by reporters on her 30th Birthday on June 1st 1956. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn, Actor Frankie Vaughan and Director George Cukor...

Marilyn, Actor Frankie Vaughan and Director George Cukor celebrate her 34th Birthday on the set of Let’s Make Love on June 1st 1960. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn blows out a candle on her Birthday Cake given to her by...

Marilyn blows out a candle on her Birthday Cake given to her by reporters on her 30th Birthday on June 1st 1956. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn attend the Premiere of The Seven Year...

Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn attend the Premiere of The Seven Year Itch on her 29th Birthday on June 1st 1955. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

President Sukarno and Marilyn on her 30th Birthday on June 1st...

President Sukarno and Marilyn on her 30th Birthday on June 1st 1956. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Director Joshua Logan and Marilyn on her 30th Birthday on June...

Director Joshua Logan and Marilyn on her 30th Birthday on June 1st 1956. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn holds a copy of the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Soundtrack...

Marilyn holds a copy of the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Soundtrack on June 26th 1953. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Norma Jeane recreates Claudette Colbert’s famouse pose in It...

Norma Jeane recreates Claudette Colbert’s famouse pose in It Happened One Night (1933) in March 1941. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Norma Jeane and Jim in Catalina in 1943.

Norma Jeane and Jim in Catalina in 1943. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Can you tell us about those films in which Monroe was offered to act, but they never came out? What roles were offered to her?

Source; https://www.notstarring.com/actors/monroe-marilyn Roles turned down by Marilyn Monroe: Baby Doll (1956) Playwright Tennessee Williams’ first choice to play the childish bride in Elia Kazan’s bold film version. Actor who got the part: Carroll Baker The Big Heat (1953) Columbia wanted to borrow Monroe from Fox, but Fox’s asking price was too high. Actor who got the part: Gloria Grahame The Blue Angel (1959) Marilyn rejected 20th Century-Fox’s silly offer to remake the Marlene Deitrich film in the role of Lola-Lola. She chose to make Billy Wilder’s “Some Like it Hot” instead. Actor who got the part: May Britt Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) Author Truman Capote wanted Marilyn to play Holly Golightly, however Audrey Hepburn was cast in the lead role. Actor who got the part: Audrey Hepburn The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Marilyn’s Actor Studio aspirations to be a “serious actress” by playing Grushenka were not respected by Hollywood. Actor who got the part: Maria Schell Cat on a Hot Tin...

Jim and Norma Jeane in Catalina in 1943.

Jim and Norma Jeane in Catalina in 1943. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn’s 34th Birthday Card by Joseph Kautak, given to...

Marilyn’s 34th Birthday Card by Joseph Kautak, given to her on the set of Let’s Make Love on June 1st 1960. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn attend the Premiere of The Seven Year...

Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn attend the Premiere of The Seven Year Itch on her 29th Birthday on June 1st 1955. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Norma Jeane and friend Bette Westcott in 1940.

Norma Jeane and friend Bette Westcott in 1940. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Donald O'Connor, Marilyn and Ken Darby toast her 28th Birthday...

Donald O'Connor, Marilyn and Ken Darby toast her 28th Birthday on the set of There’s No Business Like Show Business on June 1st 1954. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn celebrates her 36th Birthday on the set of...

Marilyn celebrates her 36th Birthday on the set of Something’s Got To Give on June 1st 1962. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Norma Jeane in 1939.

Norma Jeane in 1939. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Norma Jeane in 1936.

Norma Jeane in 1936. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Norma Jeane and friends in 1933.

Norma Jeane and friends in 1933. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Sister In-Law Olyve, Marilyn’s mother Gladys, cousin Ida...

Sister In-Law Olyve, Marilyn’s mother Gladys, cousin Ida Mae, and Norma Jeane in 1928. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn’s foster brother, Lester Bolender and Norma Jeane...

Marilyn’s foster brother, Lester Bolender and Norma Jeane in 1931. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Baby Norma Jeane in 1928.

Baby Norma Jeane in 1928. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Baby Norma Jeane in 1927.

Baby Norma Jeane in 1927. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn as Jean Harlow by Richard Avedon for LIFE Magazine on...

Marilyn as Jean Harlow by Richard Avedon for LIFE Magazine on May 27th 1958. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .

Marilyn as Lillian Russell by Richard Avedon for LIFE Magazine...

Marilyn as Lillian Russell by Richard Avedon for LIFE Magazine on May 27th 1958. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate .