Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour with an unparalleled glow and energy that enamored the world. An alluring beauty with voluptuous curves and a generous pout, she was more than a 50's sex goddess. Her vulnerability and innocence

in combination with an innate sensuality has endeared her to global consciousness for

more than half a century. Marilyn's life demonstrated the effects of her personal struggles as well as the triumph of her spirit, a part of her that continues to survive alongside her image as the legendary Hollywood diva. Her career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career. If she had finished "Something's Got to Give", she would have made 30 films.

Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 at 9:30 am in the Los Angeles General Hospital under the name of Norma Jeane Mortenson. She was later baptized as Norma Jeane Baker. Her mother, Gladys, had little money, suffered from mental problems, and the identity of Marilyn's father is unknown. Grace McKee, her mother's friend, had Gladys declared insane, committed to a psychiatric hospital. She then took custody of

Norma Jeane where was then given to a foster family

On January 14, 1954 she married Joe DiMaggio in San Francisco. Because of their stardom the wedding captured headlines worldwide. Joe was an extremely jealous guy and desired a housewife, not a star of such magnitude; the marriage was in trouble from the beginning. After their honeymoon Marilyn started work on "The Seven Year Itch" but she was frequently late and unproductive on the set. She went on a USO tour of Korea in February, for four days, to entertain the troops. She entertained over 60,000 soldiers; many had never seen a Monroe film. Throughout the summer after filming "There's No Business Like Show Business", she was ill with bronchitis and anemia.

Fox suspended Marilyn in 1954 for failure to appear on the set of "Pink Tights." She finally began to show serious side effects of the many sleeping pills she had been taking. The famous "skirt blowing" scene was a hit with both amateur and professional photographers. Over 2,000 spectators gathered outside the Trans Lux Theater in New York City in the early morning hours of September 15th to see and record her as she posed for over two hours for her adoring fans.

By 1945, Norma Jeane Dougherty's glowing beauty had made her immensely popular, and she graced the covers of 33 major magazines. Three years after her marriage to Jim began; Norma Jeane and Grace arranged a divorce from Jim Dougherty. In July 1946 Norma Jeane did a screen test at Twentieth-Century Fox and got a contract for $125 a week, signing the name Marilyn Monroe. The last name was her

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so Jean Harlow was my idol." When Grace married Ervin Silliman Goddard in 1935, Norma Jeane was sent back to an orphanage from September 1935 to June 1937. She returned to Grace but when Goddard brought one of his 3 daughters to live with them, Grace sent Norma Jeane away again to the Los Angeles Orphans Home for several years.

the Time-Life Building near Rockefeller Center. On August 1, 1957, Marilyn suffered the first of three tragic miscarriages. The baby was lost because of a rare complication, the fetus developed in the Fallopian tube instead of descending into the womb. Marilyn's inability to have children would haunt her the rest of her life.

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