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Norma Jeane Mortenson was born at 9:30 am on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital to Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker. As her father was somewhat unidentified she was later baptized as Norma Jeane Baker.
Spending most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages until 1937, when she moved in with family friend Grace McKee Goddard. On June 19, 1942 she wed her 21-year-old neighbor Jimmy Dougherty, whom she had been dating for six months. Several months later, photographer David Conover saw her while taking pictures of women contributing to the war effort for Yank magazine. Conover had said "she was a photographers dream". Within two years Norma Jean was a reputable model with many magazine covers under her belt. Now she had to make a choice- marriage or career?
She divorced Dougherty in June of 1946, and signed her first studio contract with Twentieth Century Fox on August 26, 1946. Soon after, Norma Jeane dyed her hair blonde and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.The rest was history. On January 14, 1954, Marilyn married baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco's City Hall. They had been a couple for two years, after Joe asked his agent to arrange a dinner date. "I don't know if I'm in love with him yet," Marilyn said when the press got word of their relationship, "but I know I like him more than any man I've ever met." During their Tokyo honeymoon, Marilyn took time to perform for the service men stationed in Korea. Her presence caused a near-riot among the troops, and Joe was clearly uncomfortable with thousands of men ogling his new bride.
Unfortunately, Marilyn's fame and sexual image became a theme that haunted their marriage. Nine months later on October 27, 1954, Marilyn and Joe divorced. They attributed the split to a "conflict of careers," and remained close friends.
Marilyn was ready to shed her "shallow blonde" image by 1955. It had gotten her into the spotlight, but now that she had the opportunity and experience, Marilyn wanted to pursue serious acting. She took a hiatus from Hollywood and moved to New York City to study under Lee Strasberg at his Actors' Studio. In 1956, Marilyn started her own motion picture company, Marilyn Monroe Productions.
On June 29, 1956, Marilyn wed playwright Arthur Miller. The couple met through Lee Strasberg, and friends reported she made him "giddy." While they were married, Arthur wrote the part of Roslyn Taber in 1961's The Misfits especially for Marilyn. The movie co-starred Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. Sadly, the marriage between Marilyn and Arthur ended on January 20, 1961, and The Misfits was to be Marilyn's (and Gable's) last completed film. ..At the 1962 Golden Globes, Marilyn was named female World Film Favorite, once again demonstrating her widespread appeal.
During her career, Marilyn made 30 films and left one, Something's Got to Give, unfinished. She was more than just a movie star or glamour queen. A global sensation in her lifetime, Marilyn's popularity has extended beyond star status to icon. Today, the name "Marilyn Monroe" is synonymous with beauty, sensuality and effervescence. She remains an inspiration to all who strive to overcome personal obstacles for the goal of achieving greatness.
In a shocking turn of events on the early morning of August 5, 1962, 36-year-old Marilyn died in her home in Brentwood, California. She was gone..
She has one of the most recognized faces in the world. Over forty years after her death. Marilyn Monroe is a true icon...a legend...this page is dedicated to the one and only 'Queen of the silver screen'.♥Marilyn Monroe♥

My Interests

♥FAVES♥
Colors: Beige, Black, White,Red
Perfume: Chanel No. 5
Beverage: Dom Perignon 1953
Place to shop: Bloomingdales
Restaurant: Romanoff's (in Hollywood)
Actors: Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin
Actresses:Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Marie Dressler, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland
Artists:Goya, Picasso, El Greco, Michelangelo and Botticelli
BookHow Stanislavsky Directs by Michael Gorchakov
Musicians:Louis Armstrong, Earl Bostick, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Film Performances:The Asphalt Jungle and Don't Bother to Knock
Plays:A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman
Playwrights:Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams
Poets:John Keats and Walt Whitman

I'd like to meet:

Birth date: June 1, 1926
Birth place: Los Angeles, CA
Death date: August 5, 1962
Death place: Brentwood, CA
Burial location: Corridor of Memories, #24, at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, CA

Height: 5 feet 5 1/2 inches(166.62 cm)
Weight: Varied, 115 - 120 lbs
Measurements:37-23-36 (Studio's Claim); 35-22-35 (Dressmaker's Claim)
Hair color:Natural Brown, dyed Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Shoe Size: 7AA
Bra Size: 36D

High schools: Van Nuys High School; University High School
Occupations: Model, Actress, Singer

Mother: Gladys Baker
Half-brother: Hermitt Jack Baker
Half-sister: Berniece Miracle

Marriages: Jimmy Dougherty (1942-1946)
Joe DiMaggio (1954)
Arthur Miller (1956-1961)
Stepchildren: Joe DiMaggio, Jr., Jane and Robert Miller

Music:

♥I Wanna Be Loved By You
♥Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
♥Kiss
♥Bye Bye Baby
♥Runnin' Wild
♥Every Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy
♥Happy Birthday Mr. President
♥Some Like It Hot
♥River of No Return
♥After You Get What You Want
♥Heat Wave
♥I'm Through With Love
♥That Old Black Magic
♥My Heart Belongs to Daddy
♥When I Fall in Love
♥Two Little Girls From Littlerock
♥Lazy
♥When Love Goes Wrong
♥One Silver Dollar
♥Incurably Romantic
♥Down In The Meadow
♥A Fine Romance
♥She Acts Like a Woman Should
♥When I fall In Love
♥Youd Be Surprised
♥The River of no Return♥Do It Again

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 (unfinished)

Television:

Books:

♥Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words by George Barris
♥Norma Jean 1945 by William Carroll
♥The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Sarah Bartlett Churchwell
♥Marilyn's Last Words by Matthew Smith
♥My Sister Marilyn: A Memoir of Marilyn Monroe by Bernice Baker Miracle & Mona Rae Miracle
♥The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy by Wendy Leigh
♥A Different View of Marilyn by Al Carmen Guastafeste
♥American Monroe by S. Paige Baty
♥Blonde: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates

Heroes:

♥Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul♥-Marilyn Monroe

My Blog

Marilyns Eulogy

Marilyn Monroe was a legend.In her own lifetime she created a myth of what a poor girl from a deprived background could attain. For the entire world she became a symbol of the eternal feminine.But I h...
Posted by Immortal Marilyn ♥ on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:47:00 PST

Quotes said about MM

"This girl had something I hadn't seen since silent pictures. She had a kind of fantastic beauty like Gloria Swanson and she radiated sex like Jean Harlow. She didn't need a soundtrack to tell her sto...
Posted by Immortal Marilyn ♥ on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:42:00 PST

Marilyn Quotes

"I want to be a big star more than anything. It's something precious." "Jean Harlow was my idol." - on her favorite actress, the first platinum blonde "Grace McKee arranged the marriage for me, I neve...
Posted by Immortal Marilyn ♥ on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

Marilyn Trivia

Voted 'Sexiest Woman of the Century' by People Magazine. [1999] Was 1947's Miss California Artichoke Queen. Ranked 8 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997...
Posted by Immortal Marilyn ♥ on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:20:00 PST