Norma Jeane Becomes Marilyn Monroe |
"I kept driving past the theater with my name on the marquee. 'Marilyn Monroe.' Was I excited. I wished they were using 'Norma Jeane' so that all the kids at the home and schools who never noticed me...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:04:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe’s Movie Ambitions |
Norma Jeane's work for Earl Moran and other photographers and her appearances in pinup magazines had a direct relationship to her later success as a movie star. Her entrance into movies was not just a...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:03:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe’s Pinup Career |
In 1946, Norma Jeane's modeling career had taken off, coinciding with the boom in exploitation magazines. Though virtually nonexistent today, these types of publications flooded the market after World...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:01:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe Gets Divorced |
Norma Jeane's hair may have been progressing nicely during the mid-'40s, but her personal life was another matter. There is little doubt that her marriage to Jim Dougherty was based on a shaky emotion...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe Becomes a Blonde |
Some of Potter Hueth's photographs of Marilyn ended up on the desk of Emmeline Snively, head of the Blue Book Model Agency in Los Angeles. Snively sent Norma Jeane a brochure and expressed interest in...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:59:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe Gets Discovered |
Models ask me how they can be like Marilyn Monroe and I say to them, honey, I say to them, if you can show half the gumption, just half, that little girl showed, you'll be a success too. . . . there'l...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:56:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe Marries Jim Dougherty |
Despite Grace McKee's determination to keep Norma Jeane, circumstances did not permit it. Now an adolescent, Norma Jeane went to live nearby with Grace's maiden aunt, Ana Lower. The arrangement turned...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:55:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe Enters Foster Care |
Norma Jeane's mother, who most often used the name Gladys Baker, placed the infant Norma Jeane in the care of Ida and Wayne Bolender of Hawthorne, California. Life had not been particularly kind to Gl...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:53:00 GMT |
Marilyn Monroe’s Humble Beginnings |
"I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted. You see, I was brought up differently from the average American child because the average child is brought up expect...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:50:00 GMT |
