Norma Jeane Mortenson

Norma Jeane Mortenson also was known as Marilyn Monroe has been an icon for many years, the seductive voice, blonde locks, voluptuous figure, and the beauty mark. There are many other things Marilyn Monroe had going for her than just her looks. A young bride, Marilyn would get married for the first time in 1942 at the age of 16. Unfourtanetly, her marriage would only last four years followed by two more failed marriages.



                         



Marilyn had a rough life growing up; her mom was mentally and financially unstable. Monroe would end up in foster care until her mother got her life together and got her back at age 7. Marilyn's mom would then be diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and would spend time in mental facilities. While in foster care Monroe had claimed to be sexually abused. She lived with her mothers best friend, Grace, before being placed into foster care once again and returning to the best friends care. This stay did not last long, Monroe went to stay with Grace's aunt but due to her age could not make it a long-term solution, and once again Marilyn would return to Graces home. Grace and her husband decided they were going to move and Monroe could not be apart of this so she would either have to go back to foster care or get married.



               



While married for the first time, her husband was in the army, and she modeled. After her marriage, she attended literature classes at UCLA downtown, and eventually Monroe would get signed with 20th century fox. Marilyn lost contracts for movies because she would show up late to set due to her drug problems. Monroe may have seemed to have a perfect life and be a big idol, but she had her problems. She did not own her own house until the last year of her life. She only lived for 36 short years before dying from a drug overdose on August 5, 1962.



                    



"Chanel No 5" -Marilyn Monroe

Monroe Facts:

Truman Capote had Marilyn Monroe in his mind as the lead role of Breakfast at Tiffany's, but her coach told her that is a role she would not usually play so she turned the opportunity down. Capote said he was not thrilled that Audrey Hepburn had been cast as the lead.

Monroe was not known to be a good cook. She was once asked to wash lettuce for a salad and washed each leaf with a brillo pad.

Monroe was a bookworm, after her death over 400 novels were discovered in her home.

The dress Marilyn wore to sing 'Happy Birthday' to JFK in was sold for over a million dollars, and in 2011 her dress from 'Seven Year Itch' sold for 4.6 million.

Her marriage to DiMaggio only lasted eight months and the reason for the end of their marriage was Monroes infamous subway scene. DiMaggio insisted that she revealed too much of her body.

DiMaggio remained friends with Monroe and was even close to remarrying her but fell short due to her death. He arranged the funeral and allowed very few people from Hollywood to attend, and for 20 years after her death, he had roses delivered to her grave twice a week.

DiMaggio owned the crypt above Monroes but sold it when they divorced. The buyer requested he wanted to be buried upside down so that way he would always be face down on top of Marilyn. In 2009, his wife insisted this not come true so they listed the crypt on eBay and brought in 4.6 million, unfortunately, the buyer backed out of the sale. Hugh Hefner bought the plot next to her because he felt a connection, she was on the cover of the first Playboy magazine but never met him.