Born: 1 june 1926 (Los Angeles)
Death: 5 August 1962 (assassination?,drug overdose?)
Real name: Norma Jean Mortensen
Best Movies:
Niagara (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Some like it hot (1959)
Misfits (1960)
Lovers:
Joe Dimaggio(14 January 1954 - 27 October 1954) (divorced)
Arthur Miller (29 June 1956 - 20 January 1961) (divorced)
Bob Kennedy (1961-1962)
Facts:
-Voted "sexiest female movie star of all time"
-Change the name Norma Jean to Marilyn monroe in 1946
-Appeared on the first cover of Playboy in 1953
-During the filming of Niagara (1953), she was still under contract as a stock actor, thus, she received less salary than her make-up man. This was also the only film in which her character died
-Prince Rainier of Monaco was interested in Marilyn
-Suffered from endometriosis, a condition in which tissues of the uterus lining (endometrium) leave the uterus, attach themselves to other areas of the body, and grow, causing pain, irregular bleeding, and, in severe cases, infertility.
-Candle in the wind is a song by Elton john for Marilyn.
-The famous nude photo of her by Tom Kelley originally appeared as anonymous on a calendar entitled "Miss Golden Dreams." In 1952, a blackmailer threatened to identify the model as Marilyn, but she shrewdly thwarted the scheme by announcing the fact herself. Hugh M. Hefner then bought the rights to use the photo for $500. She became "The Sweetheart of the Month" in the first issue of Hefner's magazine, Playboy. Neither Kelley or Monroe ever saw a dime of the millions the calendar made for its publisher.
-In 1962 Marilyn sing the happy birthday to the president of United states, John kennedy at Madison Square Garden
- When she married Joe DiMaggio, the couple moved into a home at 508 N. Palm Drive in Beverly Hills next door to Jean Harlow's last home
-Marilyn was a Jean Harlow fan