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Monroe made her now-famous performance at John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration, singing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”.
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Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles bungalow on August 5, an empty bottle of sleeping pills by her side. She was only 36. There has been some speculation over the years that she may have been murdered, but the cause of the death was officially ruled as a drug overdose. There have been rumors that Monroe was involved with President John F. Kennedy and/or his brother Robert around the time of her death. She was buried in her favorite Emilio Pucci dress.
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The funeral, held at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on August 8, was private and attended by only her closest associates. Marilyn was later interred at crypt No. 24 at the Corridor of Memories. Hugh Hefner bought the crypt directly next to Marilyn’s.
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She divorced again and at the end of that year Marilyn entered a NY psychiatric clinic; that was the end of a star.
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She received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the same year that the walk was opened.
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Marilyn returned with the popular comedy “Some Like It Hot”, with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. She received the Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Actress for this film.
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In September, Marilyn knew she was pregnant once more but in December, she miscarries again and her dreams of becoming a mom were not fulfilled. This was her third and final pregnancy.
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Marilyn became pregnant again. She had an ectopic pregnancy, and to save Marilyn life the pregnancy has to be terminated.
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She married Arthur Miller.
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She won the Italian David di Donatello award for “best foreign actress”.
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She became pregnant but lost the baby.
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She formed her own studio, Marilyn Monroe Productions, and renegotiated a contract with 20th Century Fox.
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In January, she married Yankee baseball player Joe DiMaggio but they divorced on October.
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Tired of dumb blonde roles, Marilyn moved to NY City to study Acting at the Actors’ Studio.
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She was given the first billing in the film “Niagara”. She achieved star status with this film. She made the musical comedy “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” with Jane Russell. The film was a hit. She also made “How to Marry a Millionaire”. Marilyn became a much-admired international star while her chronic insecurities were growing up. She suffered from pre-performance anxiety that sometimes made her physically ill causing her legendary tardiness on films sets.
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Those photos would later be taken by Hugh Hefner and published Playboy of 1953.
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Two of her nude photographs appeared on calendars.
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Marilyn presented an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony.
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She adopted the name Marilyn Monroe. Her first credited role was as a waitress in the movie, “Dangerous Years”. She continued appearing in minor roles over the next few years with no major success.
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She divorced from James Dougherty in Las Vegas.
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She married James Dougherty when she was just 16 years old in order to escape going back to another orphanage. She was living with his mother when her husband enlisted in the Merchant Marine during the World War II.
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She started working with The Blue Book Modeling Agency while her husband was away at war. She dyed her dark hair blond and appeared on several magazine covers. She became a very successful model and got noticed by Ben Lyon, a 20th Century Fox executive.
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Norma learned she had a sister and went to live with her “aunt” Ana Lower.
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She leaved the orphanage to live with Grace McKee.
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Her mother Gladys Baker was taken into an institution and Norma entered into an orphanage in Los Angeles as orphan number 3463.
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Her brother died at age 14 without ever meeting his sister.
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She was born in the city Los Los Angeles in California, U.S.A. She didn’t know the identity of her biological father, and imagined that the Hollywood actor Clark Gable was her father. Her mother, Gladys, was mentally unstable, so Marilyn grew up in foster homes, where she suffered abuse. She was Jewish.
