Marilyn
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Marilyn may refer to:
People
Marilyn (given name)
Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), an American actress
Places
Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m
1486 Marilyn, a main-belt asteroid
Media
Films
Marilyn (1953 film), directed by Wolf Rilla
Marilyn (1963 film), a 1963 documentary
Marilyn (2011 film), a 2011 romance film
Marilyn (2018 film), a 2018 Argentine film
Marilyn (opera), a 1980 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero
Related to Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn: A Biography, a 1976 biography by Norman Mailer
Marilyn: The Untold Story, a 1980 television film
Marilyn: An American Fable, a 1983 musical by Patricia Michaels, Jeanne Napoli, et al.
Marilyn! the Musical, a 1983 British musical that ran at the Adelphi Theatre
Marilyn!
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