To Norma Jean, with love.(Marilyn Monroe: Still Life)(Brief article)

ACROSS THE COUNTRY: Marilyn Monroe studied under Lee Strasberg in New York, although she never really tested her acting skills on a stage or at the Actors Studio. As the PBS series "American Masters" demonstrates in "Marilyn Monroe: Still Life," airing July 19 at 9 p.m.

(check local listings), the actress understood her iconic power, curated her own image and exploited her beauty. Even playwrights made use of her persona in several plays: She was transformed into Rita Marlowe in George Axelrod's 1955 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter; the unnamed Actress in Terry ...

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