Marilyn Monroe Fast Facts
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| Birth Name: |
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Norma Jean Mortenson
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| Date of Birth: |
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June 1, 1926
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| Birth Place: |
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Los Angeles, California
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| Date of Death: |
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August 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California
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| Marriages: |
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James Dougherty (1942 - 1946)
Joe DiMaggio (Jan. 1954 - Oct. 1954)
Arthur Miller (1956 - 1961)
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| Children: |
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No children.
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| Famous Romances: |
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Robert Mitchum, Yves Montand, Frank Sinatra, John Kennedy????, Robert Kennedy????
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| Big Break: |
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Her pin up modeling pictures caught the eye of a movie studio executive who signed her to a contract.
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| Starmaking Role: |
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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| Biggest Hit: |
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Some Like It Hot
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| Career Low: |
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Being fired from Something's Got to Give
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| Comeback Vehicle: |
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Sadly, she died before it could happen.
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| Tabloid Moments: |
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Not just moments - her entire life:
Early nude photos surfacing.
Stories of her childhood in foster homes.
Notoriety for what she wore and how she acted.
Late and unprofessional behavior on her movie sets.
Affair with her friend Simone Signoret's husband Yves Montand.
Psychiatric hospitalization.
Drug and alcohol dependency.
High Profile marriages and divorces.
Her relationship with the Kennedys.
Her death from drug overdose.
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The Blonde Bombshell
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Marilyn Monroe pictured (left) in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Clash by Night
Roslyn (
The Misfits
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"You could blow up the whole world and end up feeling sorry for yourself."
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Early on in her career, Marilyn Monroe had a small part in one of Bette Davis' most famous movies. What was the movie?
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