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Marilyn Monroe Biography (1926 – 1962)
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) Model, actress, singer and arguably one of the most famous women of the twentieth century.
“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”
—- Marilyn Monroe
Monroe
was born, Norma Jeane Mortenson, in June 1926. Her father was unknown
and she was baptised as Norma Jeane Baker; she spent many years in
foster homes because of her family situation.
Monroe
married Jimmy Dougherty, in 1942. When he left to the South Pacific to
fight in the Second world War, she joined a local munitions factory in
Burbank, California. It was here that Marilyn got her first big break.
Photographer David Conover, was covering the munitions factory to show
women at work. He was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of
Norma, and he used her in many of her shots. This enabled her to start a
career as a model and she was soon featured on the front of many
magazine covers.
1946 was a pivotal year for Marilyn, she divorced
her young husband and changed her name from the boring Norma Baker to
the more glamorous Marilyn Monroe (after her grandma). She took drama
lessons and got her first movie contract with Twentieth Century Fox. Her
first few films were low key, but, it gained her more prominent roles
in films such as All About Eve, Niagara and later Gentleman Prefer Blondes and How To Marry A Millionaire.
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