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Airdate: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in a Marilyn miniseries.

SBS will screen a 2015 drama The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe starring Kelli Garner as Marilyn plus Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Eva Amurri Martino.

This 2 part series was produced for the Lifetime channel and screened on Pay TV 2 years ago.

Episode One:
Based on the New York Times best-seller, The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe begins with the young Norma Jeane Mortenson as she battles a lonely, loveless existence with an absent and mentally ill mother.

Norma Jeane ultimately reinvents herself as the sex symbol of an era. A fragile artist, she is very different from the larger-than-life image she portrayed. The great secret of Marilyn’s life is that her mother, Gladys (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon), remained a vital – and troubling – part of her world. Her marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller collapse in part due to her own inner demons and the onslaught of her mother’s illness.

As Marilyn cares for her mother, her obsession with President John F. Kennedy leads to a breakdown and hospitalisation. Still, she gives the performance of her life as Marilyn Monroe. Starring Kelli Garner as Marilyn, and Emily Watson as Marilyn’s legal guardian, Grace McKee.

Friday, 28 July at 8.35pm on SBS.

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