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Marilyn Monroe was born on July 1, 1926 with the name "Norma Jeane Mortensen" and then was baptized "Norma Jeane Baker" years later.
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Monroe spent most of his growing up in an orphanage. In 1937 a couple, a family friend, took care of Monroe for 5 years.
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In 1942, Monroe began living in the homes of foster parents where she was, for several times, forced to have sex. Monroe left school at 15 and married in 1942, to his 16 years old with Jimmy Dougherty.
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Monroe’s marriage started to ruin because she was focused on her career.
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With the movie contract, came the new look: she started calling herself Marilyn Monroe and dyed her hair blonde.
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The drama garnered her a lot of attention from the critics.
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Her performance as Claudia Caswell impressed everyone.
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She became one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, starring as a young married woman out to kill her husband with help from her lover.
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The performance emerged her as a sex symbol. The film was a hit and Monroe continued to find success in a string of light comedic fare.
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Her marriage only lasted nine months.
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She performed a saloon singer kidnapped by a rancher who has fallen in love with her. She received mostly praise for her performance.
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She played Sugar Kane Kowalczyk, a singer who hopes to marry a millionaire in this humorous film, in which Lemmon and Curtis pretend to be women.
Earned her a Golden Globe Awards of “Best Comedy Actress” in 1959 for Some Like It Hot. -
Set in Nevada, this adventure drama features Monroe, who falls for Gable's cowboy but battles him over the fate of some wild mustangs. This was her last completed film.
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She was dismissed for missing many days of filming and arriving late.
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One of her most famous performances, Monroe performed "Happy Birthday" along with a specially written verse based on Bob Hope's "Thanks for the Memory".
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Monroe died at 36 years, in 1962, in his home by sleeping pill overdose.
