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Facts about Marilyn Monroe
1 – Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926. Her birth name was Norma Jean Mortenson.
2 – Marilyn Monroe died on August 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California from an overdose of barbiturates. She was 36 years old.
3 – Her first screen appearance was in 1947’s “The Shocking Miss Pilgrim.”
4 – Marilyn was married three times: first to James Dougherty (from 1942-1946), second to Joe Di Maggio (from 1954-1955) and third Arthur Miller (from 1956-1961).
5 – She spent most of her childhood in foster homes and also an orphanage. She never had children, but she did have two-three miscarriages.
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6 – Her nickname is “The Girl With the Golden Voice.”
7 – In 1999, she was ranked by Playboy magazine as one of the 100 sexiest women ever.
8 – The last film she starred in before her death was “The Misfits” with Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.
9 – Her famous quote is “If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best”. Another famous quotes is “I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.”
10 – One of Marilyn’s most iconic films is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes which also stars Jane Russell and Betty Gable. Other famous films include “The Seven Year Itch” and “Some Like it Hot.”
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11 – The last movie she starred in before her death is called “The Misfits” which came out in 1961 and won three awards including one for best screenplay by John Huston.
12 – In 1999, Life magazine named Monroe as one of the 100 people who changed the 20th century.
13 – Her performance in “Some Like it Hot” earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
14 – Marilyn Monroe never received an Oscar nomination but she did win two Golden Globes.
15 – She is often ranked as one of the world’s most beautiful women in history.
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16 – Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 on August 5th 1962.
17 – Marilyn Monroe died on August 5th 1962 due to a drug overdose but there are still many conspiracy theories surrounding the death including murder by members of the Kennedy family or CIA operatives who were trying to silence her because of her knowledge about JFK’s affairs with other women.
18 – In 1950 she signed a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation for one year at $50 per week.
19 – She started modeling at age 16 after being spotted by a photographer while walking down Hollywood Boulevard with her friend Bernice.
20 – In 1962, she posed for the now-famous nude calendar shoot that became one of the most popular pinups ever published.
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21 – Her mom was emotionally unstable and often confined to a mental asylum.
22 – Marilyn Monroe’s mother Gladys lived until age 82 and died in 1984. Her mom suffered from bipolar disorder.
23 – The American Film Institute ranked her eighth among female screen legends – just below Katharine Hepburn but above Ingrid Bergman.
24 – In 1950, she married Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall and divorced him two years later after he discovered that she had been unfaithful with his best friend Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees.
25 – When she was 18 years old, she won a beauty contest in Hollywood that led to her first contract with 20th Century Fox Studios.
