Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

• Birth Name Norma Jean Mortensen
• Nickname The Blonde Bombshell
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• Biography Her mother was a film-cutter at RKO Studios who, widowed and mentally ill, abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. She was almost smothered to death at two, nearly raped at six. At nine the LA Orph...
  Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson on Tuesday, June 1st, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital. Prior to her birth, Marilyn's father bought a m...
  
• Write biography Ed Stephan <[email protected]>
  Denny Jackson
  
• Spouse Arthur Miller (I) (29 June 1956 - 20 January 1961) (divorced)
  Joe DiMaggio (I) (14 January 1954 - 27 October 1954) (divorced)
  James Dougherty (I) (19 June 1942 - 13 September 1946) (divorced)
  
• Trade Mark Lisp, breathless voice
  Platinum blonde hair
  Voluptuous figure.
  
• Trivia (1999) Voted 'Sexiest Woman of the Century' by People Magazine.
  Was 1947's Miss California Artichoke Queen.
  In her autobiography "My Story," she recounted her guardian told her shewas a direct descendant of James Monroe (II). Her mother'smaiden name was Monroe, but there is no evidence she was a descendanto...
  Was roommates with Shelley Winters when they were both startingout in Hollywood.
  (October 1997) Ranked #8 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 MovieStars of All Time" list.
  Voted Empire's (UK) "sexiest female movie star of all time" in 1995.
  
• Other Work (1950) (TV commercial): Union Oil Royal Triton
  Released many records. Most of the time it was music from some of hermovies. Her biggest hits are "Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend", "MyHeart Belongs To Daddy", "Bye Bye Baby" and "I Wanna Be Loved...
  (2000) Print ad: Mikimoto limited edition legendary pearls
  (11/9/52) Radio episode: "The Charlie McCarthy Show")
  (1948) Print ad (poster): Pabst beer
  (1952) Stage: Appeared (as "Lady Bonnie Towyn") in "Glamour Preferred", Bliss Hayden Theater, Los Angeles, CA.
  
• Biography print Joyce Carol Oates. _Blonde: A Novel._ New York: Ecco Press, 2000.ISBN 0060196076
  Nigel Cawthorne. _Sex Lives of the Hollywood Goddesses._ Prion Publishing,
  Donald Spoto. _Marilyn Monroe: The Biography._ New York: HarperCollins,1993.ISBN 0060179872
  Clark Kidder. _Marilyn Monroe Collectibles._ New York: Avon Books,
  _Marilyn Monroe: Unseen Archives._ Bath, England: Parragon Publishing,2003.ISBN 1405413409
  Ernest W. Cunningham. _The Ultimate Marilyn._ Los Angeles: Renaissance Books,1998.ISBN 1580630030
  
• Personal quotes I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one wayor another - it shows an inner life. I like to see that there'ssomething going on inside them.
  My problem is that I drive myself... I'm trying to become an artist, andto be true, and sometimes I feel I'm on the verge of craziness, I'mjust trying to get the truest part of myself out, and it's ve...
  [on living with the Bolenders when she was a little girl] They wereterribly strict. They didn't mean any harm . . . it was their religion.They brought me up harshly.
  [on meeting Joe DiMaggio (I) for the first time] I was surprisedto be so crazy about Joe. I expected a flashy New York sports type, andinstead I met this reserved guy who didn't make a pass at me righ...
  [on why Joe DiMaggio (I) didn't accompany her on one of her USOtours] Joe hates crowds and glamor.
  [on why she divorced James Dougherty (I)] My marriage didn't makeme sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardlyspoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothi...
  
• Portrayed in Another Chance (1989)
  Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)
  Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987) (TV)
  This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV)
  Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV)
  Jerry and Tom (1998)
  
• Salary _Love Happy (1950)_: $100.00
  The Asphalt Jungle (1950): $1,050.00
  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953): $18,000.00
  The Misfits (1961): $250,000.00
  Something's Got to Give (1962): $100,000.00
  
• Biographical movie Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV)
  Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV)
  Say Goodbye to the President (1988) (TV)
  Hollywood Remembers Marilyn Monroe (1989) (V)
  Marilyn Monroe Was Here (1997)
  Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder (2003) (TV)
  
• Filmography

  Marilyn Monroe: Murder on Fifth Helena Drive (2011) Documentary

  Becoming Bert Stern (2010) Documentary

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Musical

  King Kennedy (2010) History

  Some Like It Hot (1959) Comedy

  Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) Sport

  La rabbia di Pasolini (2008) Documentary

  Monkey Business (1952) Sci-Fi

  The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966) Documentary

  The Misfits (1961) Western