Born as Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles General Hospital, she never knew who her father was. Due to her mother’s mental instability and the fact she was unmarried at the time, Norma Jean was placed in the foster home of Ida and Albert Bolender. It was here she lived the first seven years of her life.

In 1933, Norma Jean lived briefly with her mother until her mother began to show signs of depression and in 1934 was admitted to a rest home. Grace McKee, a friend of her mothers took over the care of Norma Jean and much later introduced her to Jim Dougherty. Jim and Norma Jean married on June

In a shocking turn of events, on the early morning of August 5, 1962, thirty six year old Marilyn Monroe died at her home in Brentwood California. The world was stunned. She was buried in Westwood Memorial Park in Westwood California, the funeral arranged by her ex husband and close friend Joe DiMaggio.

Norma Jean signed her first studio contract with Twentieth Century Fox on August 26, 1946. She earned one hundred twenty five dollars a week. Soon after, she dyed her hair blonde and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe (borrowing her grandmothers last name). Marilyn’s first movie role was a little part in the 1947 movie The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. She played a few more small roles until in 1950, John Huston’s thriller The Asphalt Jungle provided her with a small, but influential role. Later that year Marilyn’s performance as Claudia Caswell in All About Eve (starring Bette Davis) earned her more praise. From then on Marilyn worked steadily in movies such as: Let’s Make It Legal, As Young As You Feel, Monkey Business, and Don’t Bother To Knock. It was her performance in 1953’s Niagra, however, that delivered her to stardom. Marilyn’s succ

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