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Marilyn Monroe

By sara.fox

  • Abandoned

    two weeks into birth she was put into foster homes, guardianships, and orphanages.
  • Marilyn is born

    Marilyn is born

    Marilyn was born in Los Angeles CA
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    Marilyns Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe's Life
  • Marilyns Mom Leaves her

    Marilyns Mom Leaves her

    Her mother was a film-cutter at RKO Studios who, widowed and mentally ill, abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. Her father was unknown
  • Marilyn gets married to her first husband

    Marilyn gets married to her first husband

    James Dougherty and Marilyn were married for 4 years before they divorced.

  • Marilyn quits high school for James Dougherty

    She quit high school soon after her marriage to James

  • Marilyns first movie deal

    Columbia gave her a six-month contract

  • Getting put on the screen

    her first noticeable roles did not reach the screen until 1950.

  • superstar

    Niagara (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) launched her as a sex symbol superstar.
  • 2nd Marriage

    2nd Marriage

    Her 1954 marriage to baseball player Joe DiMaggio only last nine months.

  • Name Changed

    She legally changeed her name from Norma Jeane Mortenson to Mariyln Monroe
  • Marilyn sang for JFK

    Marilyn sang for JFK

    On May 19, 1962, Monroe made her now-famous performance at John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration, singing "Happy Birthday, Mr.President."
  • Marilyns death

    Marilyns death

    Marilyn died from drug overdose.