Airdate: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

SoHo will premiere a two part miniseries The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe starring Kelli Garner as Marilyn plus Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Eva Amurri Martino.

This was produced for the Lifetime channel last month in the US.

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe that takes a deeply personal look at the life of American icon and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, the complex and troubled star whose Hollywood career has become an American legend. However, few in Marilyn’s life were privy to the dark secret she so closely guarded: when she became famous in the 1950s, the world was told that Marilyn’s mother was dead, but, actually, her mentally ill mother, Gladys, was very much alive and an important part of Marilyn’s life. Marilyn’s worst fears are realised as she slowly discovers that she has inherited Gladys‘ psychiatric problems and, ultimately, finds herself committed to an insane asylum. Playing out behind the scenes of Marilyn’s skyrocketing career and internal struggles are her tumultuous marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe offers new and surprising insights into one of the most fascinating and elusive icons of the 20th century.

Sundays from June 28 at 8.30pm on SoHo.