Marilyn Monroe Death Age: How Old Was Marilyn Monroe When She Died?

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model.

Monroe was famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, and she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution.

Monroe was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her death in 1962.

Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

How Old Was Marilyn Monroe When She Died?

Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 and died on August 4, 1962, aged 36.

During her final months, Monroe lived at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Marilyn Monroe’s housekeeper Eunice Murray sensed that something was wrong when she saw light from under Monroe’s bedroom door but was unable to get a response and found the door locked.

Murray then called Monroe’s psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson, who arrived at the house shortly after and broke into the bedroom through a window to find Monroe dead in her bed.

Monroe’s physician, Hyman Engelberg, arrived at around 3:50 a.m. and pronounced her dead at the scene. At 4:25 a.m., the LAPD was notified.

Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 4, and the toxicology report showed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning.