From the traumas of her abusive childhood and her stormy marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, to her insatiable need for security and love, 'Blonde' charts Monroe's meteoric rise and fall, a string of disastrous love matches - and her eventual untimely death in much-disputed circumstances.. Destined to become a legendary cultural icon, she was also doomed by Hollywood exploitation, fear of failure, dependence on drugs and flawed choices of lovers and mates.