Marilyn monroe

When James went to serve in the war he sent me to live with his mother Ethel. There I found a job where I was folding parachutes for a little income. As a girl I dreamed of escaping from this sad life by becoming a film star and that is exactly what I did.
             My modelling career began by chance when an army photographer spotted me working on a factory assembly line during World War II. This was shortly after my eighteenth birthday. The photographer invited me for several photo-shootings at his studio. My mother-in-law and her husband were very dissatisfied with my new line of work, so I made the decision to move out.
             One year later I was accepted by the "Blue Book Agency", an agency that prepared models for a career in motion pictures. As my marriage didn't mean much to me anymore we made the decision to get divorced. By spring 1946 my face had appeared on 33 covers of magazines and in a lot of advertisements. My teacher at the "Blue Book Agency" advised me to lighten my hair but I wasn't really convinced of it. It was only when another photographer demanded me to dye my hair that I gave in.
             Shortly after my 20th birthday I was invited for a film test at 20th Century Fox. I got a contract for six months for $75 a week. Before the contract was signed, I was summoned to the office of the executive Ben Lyon. He wanted me to think of a stage name. I suggested my mother's maiden name: "Monroe". Lyon was content, but he thought I should also acquire a new first name. As I reminded him of the actress Marilyn Miller, he suggested "Marilyn". I agreed and so that was how the name "Marilyn Monroe" was born. After 4 months I had not a single assignment, but I still went to the studios every day to learn as much as I possibly could. My contract was renewed for another six months and I got my first film role in a movie called "Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!" In May I filmed a second movie "Dangerous Years". After the contract had expired it wasn't renewed again.