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Actress
Best early movie: Some Like It Hot
1960's TV event: Happy Birthday Mr. President

Birthdate:
June 1, 1926

Birthname:
Norma Jeane Mortensen

Marilyn Monroe quote: I want to say, that if I am a star, it's the people who made me a star.

Marilyn Monroe biography / bio:

Birth Certificate info: Born, Norma Jeane Mortensen in L.A. Father, Martin Edward Mortensen. Mother, Gladys Monroe Baker.

(Note: Norma Jeane grows up fatherless and uses her mother's last name, Baker).

Gladys loses her job at a film lab and suffers a nervous breakdown; and is diagnosed as paranoid schizoophrenia. Norma Jeane spends her childhood in and out of 11 foster homes, and spends some time in an orphanage.

Her mother's friend, Grace McKee, becomes guardian for both Gladys and Norma Jeane. At the age of 11 Norma Jeane lives with Grace and her husband Erwin Goddard. While staying with the Goddards, Norma Jean meets and then marries a next door neighbor, Jim Dougherty.

Norma Jeane's husband is sent to sea duty, and she gets a job working at the Aircraft factory. While working she is photographed by an army photographer. She begins taking modeling jobs. In 1946 she quits her job at the airline factory to become a full time model. Norma Jeane and Jim Dougherty divorce, and she pursues a Hollywood acting career.

She gets a contract with 20th Century Fox and changes her name to Marilyn Monroe. After several years of playing small parts in movies, her career begins to take off. In 1953, she stars in "How to Marry a Millionare", and becomes a movie star of celebrity status.

Other marriages: Joe Dimaggio(1954), Arthur Miller(1956).

On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. Cause of death: drug overdose.

Marilyn Monroe movies / films:

Movies: The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Dangerous Years (1948); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!(1948); Ladies of the Chorus(1949); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Fireball (1950); Right Cross (1950); Love Happy (1950); All About Eve (1950); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Love Nest (1951); Hometown Story (1951); As Young As You Feel (1951); We're Not Married! (1952); Clash by Night (1952); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Monkey Business (1952); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); Niagra (1953); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); River of No Return(1954); The Seven Year Itch (1955); Bus Stop (1956); The Prince and the Showgirl(1957); Some Like It Hot (1959); Let's Make Love (1960); The Misfits (1961); Somethings Got to Give (1962).

Note:  River of No Return is another best Marilyn Monroe movie

Television:

A 1960's TV Event (1962) Televised Live -- Marilyn Monroe sings the Happy Birthday song to John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in New York.




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Marilyn Monroe
Dress & Hairstyle
1950's The Flip wig
Elvis Costumes &
The Pompadour