Marilyn Monroe

By KatelynAlexis

  • Birth Date

    Norma Jeane
    Mortensen is
    born in Los
    Angeles, CA

  • Enters orphanage

    Norma Jeane
    enters the
    orphanage

  • Left orphanage

    Left orphanage
    to live with
    Grace McKee

  • Live with Anna Lower

    Went to live
    with Anna
    Lower

  • Marriage

    Married her
    neighbor, James
    Dougherty

  • Work at Radio Plane Munitions Factory

    Started work at
    Radio Plane
    Munitions Factory

  • Family Circle

    First National
    Magazine Cover
    ("Family Circle")

  • Yank Magazine

    Photographed by
    David Connover for
    "Yank Magazine"

  • First interview

    First interview at
    20th Century Fox
    with Ben Lyon

  • First screen test

    First screen test
    for Fox

  • First time mentioned

    First time mentioned
    in a Hollywood
    gossip column

  • Applied to Modeling agecy

    Applied to Blue Book
    Modeling Agency

  • Changed her name

    First studio contract
    with Fox; changed
    her name to Marilyn
    Monroe

  • Divorce

    Granted a divorce
    from Jimmy
    Dougherty

  • SIgned a contract

    Signed contract with
    Columbia Pictures

  • Met her Agent

    Met Johnny Hyde, her
    agent, who dedicated
    himself to promoting her

  • A Ticket to Tomahawk

    Started shooting
    " A Ticket to
    Tomahawk"

  • Signed contract for The Asphalt Jungle

    Sign contract
    with MGM for
    role in "The
    Asphalt Jungle"

  • Started shooting The Fire Ball

    Started shooting
    "The Fireball"

  • Landed role

    Landed part in
    " All About Eve"

  • Signed seven-year contract

    Signed seven-year
    contract with Fox

  • Presented

    Presenter at
    The Academy
    Awards

  • Started shooting

    Started shooting
    "The Love Nest"

  • Colliers Magazine

    First full-length
    magazine feature in
    "Colliers Magazine"

  • First Life magazine cover

    First "Life"
    magazine cover"

  • Casted in Gentlemen Prefers Blondes

    Learned she was
    cast in
    "Gentlemen
    Prefer Blondes"

  • Marilyn's live radio debut

    Marilyn's live
    radio debut

  • Grand Marshall

    Grand Marchall
    at Miss America
    pageant

  • First televison apperance on "The Jack Benny Show"

    First television
    appearance on "The
    Jack Benny Show"

  • Signed recording contract

    Signed recording
    contract with RCA

  • Premiere of "How to Marry a Millionare"

    Premiere of "How to
    Marry a Millionaire"

  • Married Joe DiMaggio

    Married Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall

  • Started entertaining trrops in Korea

    Started entertaining troops in Korea

  • Began filming "There's No Business Like Show Business"

    Began filming "There's No Business Like Show Business"

  • Officially sperated from Joe DiMaggio

    Officially separated from Joe DiMaggio

  • Divorce granted from Joe DiMaggio

    Divorce granted from Joe DiMaggio

  • Honored at Hollywood party

    Honored at Hollywood party at Romanoff's

  • Formed Marilyn Monroe Productions

    Formed Marilyn Monroe Productions

  • Press conference with Laurence Olivier

    Press conference with Laurence Olivier to announce joint project, "The Prince and the Showgirl"

  • Returned to Hollywood after one year exile in New York

    Returned to Hollywood after one-year exile in New York

  • Married Aurthur Miller

    Married Arthur Miller in Jewish ceremony

  • "The Prince and the Showgirl" premiere

    Premiere of "The Prince and the Showgirl"

  • "Some Like it Hot" premiere

    Premiere of "Some Like It Hot"

  • Divorce from Aurthur Miller granted

    Divorce from Arthur Miller granted

  • Moved to Bentwood, CA (home)

    Moved to Brentwood, CA home

  • Won Golder Globe for World Film Favorite

    Won Golder Globe for World Film Favorite

  • Last public apperance

    Marilyn's last public appearance

  • Vogue Photo Session

    Vogue photo session with Bert Stern

  • Marilyn died

    Marilyn Monroe died in her Brentwood, CA home

  • Funeral

    Funeral at Westwooed Memorial Park in Los Angelese, CA

  • Apeared on cover of "Life" magazine for the last time

    Appeared on cover of "Life" magazine for the last time