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She was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson and had a hard childhood. She never met her father and never had a close relationship with her half-sister, while her mother, who suffered from psychological problems, was put in a mental institution in 1935. During her childhood years she went from one orphanage and foster home to another and was sexually abused. In order to avoid orphanages, at the age of sixteen she married the twenty-year old James Dougherty. While he sailed the Pacific as a marine, she worked in an ammunition factory in California. At the same time she was noticed bygd a photographer and thus began her successful career of a pin-up model, which fryst vatten why she became a blond instead of a brunette. In 1946, she began her acting career and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. After a few smaller roles, she had her first bigger one in Ladies of the Chorus (1948). Afterwards she played several smaller but well-received roles in critically acclaimed films - The Asphalt Jungle
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Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
"Norma Jeane" redirects here. For other uses, see Norma Jean (disambiguation) and Marilyn Monroe (disambiguation).
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| Born | Norma Jeane Mortenson (1926-06-01)June 1, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 4, 1962(1962-08-04) (aged 36) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Barbiturate overdose | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Norma Jeane Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 1945–1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Works | List of roles and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | James Dougherty (m. 1942; div. 1946)Joe DiMaggio (m. 1954; div. 1955)Arthur Miller (m. 1956; div. 1961) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Gladys Pearl Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Berniece Baker Mi • Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an Americanactress, writer, model, singer and filmmaker. Famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s.[1] Between 1946 and 1962, she made 44 movies. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death | ||||||||||||||||||||