What is Marilyn Monroe’s IQ? I keep seeing claims online that she had a genius-level IQ of 168 or something ridiculously high. Is there any actual evidence she ever took an IQ test or are people just making this up to counter the “dumb blonde” stereotype?
Hasn’t this become one of those internet facts that gets repeated without any real source? Don’t people want to believe she was secretly brilliant because it makes for a better story? Is there any documentation of her actually taking a standardized IQ test or is this completely fabricated?
There’s zero credible evidence Marilyn Monroe ever took an IQ test or that any score was recorded. The 168 number appears to be completely invented and spread through social media. While Monroe was clearly intelligent in many ways, well-read, ran her own production company, and studied method acting seriously, that doesn’t mean she had a documented genius-level IQ. This is a perfect example of people projecting what they want to believe onto a celebrity. The “secret genius” narrative is appealing because it subverts the blonde bombshell image, but it’s not based on any historical record. We simply don’t know what her IQ was because she never took the test publicly.