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Marilyn Monroe
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1 June 1926 - 4 August 1962
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Norma Jeane Mortenson (this is the real name of the sex symbol of the 50s of the last century) was born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926. She took the name Marilyn Monroe as a creative pseudonym only in 1946. Her childhood was bleak. The girl never saw her father. The mother of the future star suffered from a mental illness, so little Norma lived in shelters, then in foster families. At the age of 19, she began to work as a model, and at the age of 20 she signed a contract with the film studio 20th
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Norma Jeane Mortenson (this is the real name of the sex symbol of the 50s of the last century) was born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926. She took the name Marilyn Monroe as a creative pseudonym only in 1946. Her childhood was bleak. The girl never saw her father. The mother of the future star suffered from a mental illness, so little Norma lived in shelters, then in foster families. At the age of 19, she began to work as a model, and at the age of 20 she signed a contract with the film studio 20th Century Fox.
The first film in which Marilyn Monroe starred was The Chorus (1948). After that, the career of the actress began to develop rapidly. During her life, Monroe starred in 28 films, among which fans single out “Asphalt Jungle” (1950), “We are not married” (1952), “Gentlemen prefer blondes” (1953), “Itching of the seventh year” (1955), “Gentlemen prefer blondes”.
In jazz only girls " (1959).
The actress has been married three times. Her spouses at different times were Jim Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller. To get married, Marilyn converted to Judaism.
In 1961, there were rumors about the affair of the actress with President John Kennedy, and then with his brother.
Monroe’s life ended on the night of August 5, 1962. The official cause of death was an overdose of sleeping pills. Some time after the funeral, versions of what happened appeared: suicide, drug use, medical error, murder orchestrated by the Kennedy brothers. To date, none of the versions have been confirmed or denied.