Full Name: Norma Jeane Mortenson
Nickname: The Blonde Bombshell, MM
Height: 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Date of Birth: 1 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Death: 5 August 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most celebrated and enduring icons of all time.
A LITTLE BIOGRAPHY:
- Marilyn grew up not knowing for sure who her father really was.
- Her mother, Gladys, had entered into several relationships, further confusing her daughter as to who it was who fathered her.Afterward, Gladys gave Norma Jeane (Marilyn) the name of Baker, a boyfriend she had before Mortenson.
- Gladys suffered from mental illness and was in and out of mental institutions for the rest of her life, and because of that Norma Jeane spent time in foster homes.
- When she was nine, she was placed in an orphanage where she was to stay for the next two years.
- Upon being released from the orphanage, she went to yet another foster home.
- In 1942, at the age of 16, Norma Jeane married 21-year-old aircraft plant worker James Dougherty. The marriage only lasted four years, and they divorced in 1946. By this time Marilyn began to model swimsuits and bleached her hair blonde. Various shots made their way into the public eye, where some were eventually seen by RKO Pictures head Howard Hughes.
- An agent suggested that 20th Century-Fox would be the better choice for her, since it was a much bigger and more prestigious studio. She was signed to a contract.
- Marilyn made only 30 films in her lifetime, but her legendary status and mysticism will remain with film history forever.
- Married Arthur Miller twice.