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PARENTS
Her parents were Edward Mortenson, Gladys Pearl Baker but they separated before knowing that Gladys was pregnant. -
BORN MARILYN MONROE
Marilyn Monroe whose real name was Norma Jean Mortenson was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles California -
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MARYLIN'S MOM LEAVES HER WITH ANOTHER FAMILY
Her mother left her in the hands of a friendly couple for alcohol addictions until she was seven years old; then he took her to live with him -
HIS MOM IS GOING TO A HOSPITAL
A year later Gladys was admitted to a psychiatric hospital where she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a disease that Marilyn would later believe she had inherited. -
MARILYN MONROE REALIZES SHE HAS SISTER
At the age of twelve, something important happened in his life: he discovered that he had an older half-sister on his mother's side, Berenice, and they began to write letters to each other, until one day they got in touch -
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MARYLIN'S GOES WITH ANOTHER FAMILY
She went to live with a family until the woman began to have health problems and it was impossible for her to take care of her, and her husband had received a job offer and they had to move, so Norma would have to return to an orphanage. To avoid it, he made a decision that would change his life -
MARILYN MARRIED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Norma was sixteen and James Dougherty was twenty-one. Since then, she stopped studying to dedicate herself to her role as a good wife and a good housewife -
START WORKING IN AN AMMUNITION FACTORY
In 1943, when the United States was in the middle of World War II, Dougherty enlisted in the Navy and was sent as an instructor to Los Angeles, Norma Jeane, left alone, moved to the house of her mother-in-law, with whom she worked in the factory of Burbank Radio Plane ammunition -
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Beginnings in the artistic world
While working at the Radio Plane factory, a photographer photographed her at her job for a magazine, and had unknowingly discovered what would soon become the great Marilyn Monroe.
She, for her part, managed to be listed as a model and was on the cover of dozens of magazines -
MARILYN DIVORCES
Her new job as a model did not like her husband so they divorced -
MARILYN SIGNS CONTRACT WITH FOX
IN 1949 He appeared in films produced by Twentieth Century Fox after signing a six-year contract in 1949. -
APPEARS IN A MOVIE
After starring in low-budget films, the actress landed a starring role: "Rose" in Niagara. This is how Marilyn Monroe replaced Anne Bancroft and got mixed reviews.
The actress starred in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, where she played "Lorelei Lee", a singer and dancer. His work on this film received good reviews and his performance of the musical number "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" became a musical classic. -
MARYLYN IS MARRIED AGAIN
On January 14, she married Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall and they celebrated their honeymoon in Japan but she hired the services of the famous lawyer Jerry Giesler who leaked, as a cause of divorce, psychological cruelty after 274 days of marriage -
CONFLICT WITH FOX
Although Monroe had become one of the most relevant actresses of 20th Century Fox, her contract had not changed since 1950: her salary was lower than that of other actors and she did not have the freedom to choose her projects or her co-workers, refused to participate in the filming of the comedy The Girl in Pink Tights, as a result of her refusal, the studio temporarily suspended her on January 4, 1954 -
MARILYN RETURNS TO CINEMA
In 1956, Monroe returned to the cinema playing the role of "Cherie" in the movie Bus Stop. Thanks to his new contract signed with Twentieth Century Fox
That year she was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical. -
MARILYN IS MARRIED FOR THE THIRD TIME
On June 29, 1956, the actress and Arthur Miller were married in a double ceremony, civil and religious. -
TOP-BOXING FILM
In 1959, Monroe participated in the film Some Like it Hot, during the filming, Monroe was always late, constantly asked to repeat the takes and with great difficulty managed to memorize his lines, the film was highly applauded by critics and the public; It was the highest grossing of that year and got five Oscar nominations.
For her performance, she won the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical -
MARILYN IS HOSPITALIZED
in August, Marilyn was rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles for ten days. Newspapers reported that the actress was close to death, over the next several months, Monroe's addiction to drugs and alcohol brought her back to the brink of death. -
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MARILYN LATEST MOVIES AND HEALTH ISSUES
He acted in the 1960 musical Let's Make Love
During this period, Monroe's health and emotional state deteriorated markedly. In the evenings, to combat her insomnia, she frequently phoned Dr. Ralph Greenson, her psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He also visited other doctors when he believed it was necessary -
SHE WAS FIRED
In 1962, Monroe returned to acting and starred alongside Dean Martin in the film Something's Got to Give. During the filming, the actress was in very poor health, with sinusitis, bronchitis and increasingly marked symptoms of insecurity due to her delays and sudden absences from filming, she was fired -
MARILYN SINGS TO THE PRESIDENT
On May 19, the gala to celebrate the birthday of then US President John F. Kennedy took place in New York, in which Monroe sang "Happy Birthday Mr. President" to him. -
MARILYN MONROE DIES
On August 5, 1962, at 4:55 a.m. Marilyn Monroe dies
the autopsy revealed that she had died from an overdose of barbiturates, the report classified the cause of death as a "probable suicide" due to the lack of evidence, many believe that she was murdered because the death scene seemed altered the sheets were changed and clean and the body had been moved
