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, Albert

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.

Early in 1960, Marilyn was consulting with Dr. Ralph Greenson, a prominent

In June of that year she co-starred with Jane Russell in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". After filming, she and Jane Russell signed their names and placed their hands and feet in wet cement in front of the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. On June 25, 1952, Marilyn went to court to deny ever sending letters soliciting sales of pornographic pictures of herself, or that she had ever posed for anything but that calendar. The letters and pictures were exposed as fakes, and two men were found guilty of misdemeanor charges in the scam.

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demonstrating her widespread appeal. Fox fired Marilyn in June due to her inability to show up at the set on time. She was rehired on August 1st to complete "Something's Got to Give" with a salary of $250,000. Marilyn and Joe decided to remarry on August 8th but on the evening of August 4th, Marilyn died. There was no suicide note, she was found naked in bed with no signs of violence, according to the police investigation. She died in her sleep in her Brentwood, California home at the age of 36. Marilyn was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles Corridor of Memories, #24. Marilyn said, "I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."

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