Dramatic and unsettlingly suggestive, this provocative 4-hour mini series, based on the best-selling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, delivers a seductive portrait of the captivating star who became America's most enduring sex symbol. The stunning saga of Marilyn Monroe's life begins with her traumatic upbringing as Norma Jeane, the damage inflicted by a psychotic mother, the absence of a father, the devastation of four years in an orphanage and betrayal in a foster home. Blonde draws a sharp-eyed picture of the movie business during the 1940s and 1950s and conveys a nation's fascination with a legendary cultural icon.