There are many publications on the Internet that one of the most famous blondes in history, despite the prevailing image, possessed the intelligence of the genius. We checked the validity of such statements.

In a variety of sources, you can find reports that the famous actress refuted the stereotype of near blondes, because her intelligence coefficient was 168. Although there are different IQ tests, the vast majority of them say at least about this result. "Exceptional giftedness", at the maximum - oh "Geniality". Often Monroe's indicators are compared with IQ Albert Einstein - this is what the portal did, for example, "Culturology.ru" and the host of "Public Television of Russia" in plot To the 95th anniversary of the actress. Less commonly, Monroe intelligence is mentioned against the backdrop of IQ of President John Kennedy (it was also supposedly lower) - such comparisons did, in particular, in the program "Neglyan" At Echo of Moscow. The fact of an incredible result of the test did not bypass neither biographies Monroe, nor social networks - it is mentioned by users Facebook, "VKontakte", Twitter, "Yandex.Zen" and other platforms.

Apparently, this “interesting fact” became truly popular just a few years ago. In 2013, Buzzfeed published a selection "18 facts that you might not know about Marilyn Monroe." In particular, the author of the material claimed: “Although she was a typical actress for the role of a stupid blonde, she was actually incredibly smart. She had IQ 168. "

Although an authoritative factory project Snopes calls The publication in BuzzFeed the earliest mention of the incredible IQ actress, there are more old messages. For example, in 2009 in one English -speaking blog appeared Such a message: “According to the hearing on IMDB,“ with the result of 168 IQ points, Marilyn is noticeably higher than that of John F. Kennedy with 129 points. ”On this site, which is the largest database of cinema, this fact is indeed this fact appeared at the end of 2008, but now on the page about Monroe absent. Perhaps the user has previously read this fact read article 2005 about actress Jane Mensfield - Monroe and the result of testing on IQ at 168 points are mentioned there, however, the latter is mentioned precisely about Mensfield, and not about her more famous colleague.

We were not able to find any evidence that Marilyn Monroe was undergoing an IQ test, the result of which was publicly announced. Although the first such studies among children began conduct Even before birth future star, in 1926, testing for a long time They were not Mass - studied mainly students and the military. Facts from Snopes Contacted With Scott Forder, a biography expert Marilyn Monroe, and he called reports about 168 points in the test “unreasonable”. Nevertheless, Fortner emphasized the desire of the actress for self -development and a strong passion for literature, so her image in the cinema often did not really correspond to the personality of Monroe herself.

We thank our reader Mikhail Yucis for help in preparing the publication.