Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

• Considered one of the best actors of all time

• A rebel as a youth

• Starred in three major ’50s films: A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and Wild One

• Wild One inspires a new style

James Dean

James Dean

• Most famous role: Jim Stark, troubled teen in Rebel Without a Cause

• Only acted in three movies

• Dies in a car crash at age 24

Norma Jean Mortensen

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

• Rough childhood

• Photographed for Yank magazine while working for a munitions factory

• Leads to a modeling and acting career

• Stars in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot, and Seven Year Itch