Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio

Joseph Paul DiMaggio (born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper", and "Joe D.", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. He is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time and is best known for setting the record for the longest hitting streak in baseball (56 games from May 15 – July 16, 1941), which still stands today. He was a three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings are second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won ten. At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season, he ranked fifth in career home runs (361) and sixth in career slugging percentage (.579). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during baseball's centennial year of 1969. His brothers Vince (1912–1986) and Dom (1917–2009) were also major league center fielders. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on February 17, 1943, rising to the rank of sergeant. He spent most of his military career playing for baseball teams and in exhibition games, and superiors gave him special privileges due to his prewar fame. Embarrassed by his lifestyle, he requested that he be given a combat assignment but was turned down. He was released on a medical discharge in September 1945, due to chronic stomach ulcers.  In January 1937, he met actress Dorothy Arnold on the set of Manhattan Merry-Go-Round. He announced their engagement on April 25, 1939, they married on November 19, 1939, and had a son, Joseph Paul DiMaggio Jr. (1941–1999). They divorced in 1944, while he was on leave from the Yankees during World War II. He and actress Marilyn Monroe eloped on January 14, 1954. The union was troubled from the start by his jealousy and controlling attitude; he was also physically abusive. After returning from New York City to Hollywood in October 1954, she filed for divorce after only nine months of marriage. He underwent therapy, stopped drinking alcohol, and expanded his interests beyond baseball. He reentered her life as her marriage to Arthur Miller was ending. On February 10, 1961, he secured her release from Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in Manhattan. She joined him in Florida where he was a batting coach for the Yankees. Their "just friends" claim did not stop remarriage rumors from flying. Bob Hope "dedicated" Best Song nominee "The Second Time Around" to them at the 33rd Academy Awards. According to Maury Allen's biography, he was told that DiMaggio left his employ on August 1, 1962, because he had decided to ask Monroe to remarry him. Four days later, on August 5, she was found dead in her Brentwood home. Devastated, he claimed her body and arranged for her funeral. He barred Hollywood's elite and members of the Kennedy family from attending, including President John F. Kennedy. He had a half-dozen red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week for 20 years. He refused to talk about her publicly or otherwise exploit their relationship. He never married again.

  • Title: Joe DiMaggio
  • Popularity: 1.229
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1914-11-25
  • Place of Birth: Martinez, California, USA
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Joe DiMaggio Movies

  • 1991
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    Joe Dimaggio 1, 2, 3

    Joe Dimaggio 1, 2, 3

    1 1991 HD

    The artist stalks and serenades Joe Dimaggio in her car as he strolls the docks unaware that she is videotaping his every step.

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  • 2010
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    Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

    Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

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  • 2010
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    Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

    Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The...

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  • 2022
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    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    6.4 2022 HD

    Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s...

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  • 2022
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    Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

    Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

    8.7 2022 HD

    How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially...

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  • 1969
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    1969 New York Mets: The Official World Series Film

    1969 New York Mets: The Official World Series Film

    1 1969 HD

    The bad fortune of the Mets was forever changed when pitcher Tom Seaver debuted with New York in 1967. By 1969, even the most cynical New Yorkers...

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  • 2006
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    Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard

    Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard

    6 2006 HD

    From two-time Emmy winner Robyn Symon comes an intriguing documentary which offers an intimate look at Werner Erhard, founder of the est program that...

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  • 2012
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    Reel Baseball: Baseball's Golden Era the Way Americans Witnessed It

    Reel Baseball: Baseball's Golden Era the Way Americans Witnessed It

    1 2012 HD

    Broadcaster Joe Garagiola narrates the greatest games of baseball's golden era in this nostalgia-packed documentary. Its unique focus is legendary...

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  • 1999
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    The First of May

    The First of May

    7.2 1999 HD

    Cory is a foster child nobody wants. Carlota is an elderly woman the world has forgotten. Together, they find friendship and family when they join a...

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  • 1986
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    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    7.5 1986 HD

    Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love...

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  • 1991
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    Super Stars of Sports: Baseball

    Super Stars of Sports: Baseball

    1 1991 HD

    Made in 1990, this compilation video highlights the "Best of the Best" in Baseball.

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  • 2022
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    Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

    9 2022 HD

    In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey...

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  • 1990
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    Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

    4 1990 HD

    A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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  • 2001
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    Marilyn on Marilyn

    Marilyn on Marilyn

    10 2001 HD

    Documentary on Marilyn’s life told by herself from the taped interviews she gave to Life magazine and French Marie Claire less than a month...

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  • 1937
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    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    5.833 1937 HD

    In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the...

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  • 1951
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    Angels in the Outfield

    Angels in the Outfield

    6.6 1951 HD

    The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.

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  • 1991
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    The Record Breakers

    The Record Breakers

    1 1991 HD

    Welcome to a hard driving video about the biggest winners of all, the athletes and teams who broken records in their sports.

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  • 1994
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    Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

    Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

    6.8 1994 HD

    An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.

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  • 1997
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    Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?

    Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?

    1 1997 HD

    Winner of the International Monitor Award for Best Documentary, this portrait celebrates one of the most beloved players in the history of baseball,...

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  • 2010
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    The House of Steinbrenner

    The House of Steinbrenner

    5.5 2010 HD

    Love them or hate them, the Yankees dominated baseball for more than four decades, then sagged under ownership by CBS until a 42-year-old shipbuilder...

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  • 1975
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    Mi Marilyn

    Mi Marilyn

    6.1 1975 HD

    A memory of Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), woman, actress, goddess, myth, in the words of the Spanish director and scriptwriter José Luis Garci,...

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  • 2006
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    MLB Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees

    MLB Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees

    1 2006 HD

    A five-DVD, 12-hour set covering 58 years, this is a sweeping time capsule of the history of the Bronx Bombers and of baseball itself - it documents...

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  • 2012
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    WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

    WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

    8.8 2012 HD

    Walk the dark and hallowed path of he who cannot be buried. The Apocalyptic Warrior who has denied salvation to twenty souls to forge an eternal...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.667 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.667 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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