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  2. Marilyn Monroe (/ ˈ m æ r ə l ɪ n m ə n ˈ r oʊ / MARR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model.

  3. Sep 7, 2024 · Marilyn Monroe (born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died August 5, 1962, Los Angeles) was an American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950s, and is considered a pop culture icon. Norma Jeane Mortenson later took her mother’s name, Baker.

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  4. Jul 4, 2018 · Norma Jeane aka Marilyn Monroe. Before the world met her as Marilyn Monroe, she was known as Norma Jeane Baker. Born on June 1, 1926, everyone knows the life of this icon ended all too soon on August 5, 1962, at the age of only 36.

  5. Norma Jean Beasler (born January 30, 1938) [1] is an American country music singer who was a member of The Porter Wagoner Show from 1961–1967.

    • Early Life
    • Marilyn Monroe as An Actress
    • Seven Year Itch
    • Success ... and Problems
    • Marriage to Arthur Miller
    • Last Months
    • Marilyn Monroe's Parents
    • Marilyn Monroe's Husbands
    • Education

    Marilyn Monroe, whose name was Norma Jean Baker in childhood, was born to Gladys Mortenson, a film technician, whose husband, Edward Mortenson, deserted the family. Norma Jean's natural father may have actually been another studio employee, C. Stanley Gifford. Gladys' mental illness surfaced shortly after her daughter's birth, and she was instituti...

    Marilyn Monroeplayed one bit part that year, all of which ended up on the cutting room floor. The next year, she signed another one-year contract, this time with Columbia. The results weren't any better. In 1950, Marilyn Monroe posed for full-length nude shots, which the photographer Tom Kelley sold for a calendar. That same year, she appeared in a...

    For the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch, Marilyn Monroe appeared in the famous photographic stunt, in a white halter dress, with her skirt blown up by a draft from a sidewalk grate, leaning down to catch her dress so that her cleavage showed. The photograph was used to advertise the film and has become one of the iconic images of Marilyn Monroe. Aft...

    In 1955, she founded her own company with Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe Productions, and signed a new contract with Twentieth Century-Fox. She made the 1956 movie Bus Stop, which wowed the critics, but she'd begun to lose herself to self-doubt, depression, drugs, and alcohol. Marilyn Monroe, whose mother and maternal grandparents had all struggled ...

    She married Arthur Miller, the playwright, shortly after Bus Stopwas released, and for the marriage converted to Judaism. She lived quietly for two years with her new husband. During that time, Miller was fighting his conviction for contempt-of-Congress for refusing to answer two questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). T...

    Filming her next project, ironically titled Something's Got to Give, Marilyn's lateness and addictions led to her dismissal after a month. She was briefly committed to a mental hospital. She was approved to return to the film, but never resumed filming. Two months later, in her home in Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe was found by her housekeeper, dead,...

    Mother: Gladys Monroe Baker (also called Gladys Pearl Baker or Gladys Monroe Mortenson)
    Father: Edward Mortenson or C. Stanley Gifford
    James Dougherty (married June 19, 1942; divorced September 13, 1946)
    Joe DiMaggio (married January 14, 1954; divorced October 27, 1954)
    Arthur Miller (married June 29, 1956; divorced January 24, 1961)
    Van Nuys High School
    3-month modeling course
    dramatic coach, Natasha Lyless
    Actors Lab, Los Angeles
    • Jone Johnson Lewis
  6. Norma Jean Baker was named after a movie star. Norma Jean Baker's mother had fame on the brain early on for her daughter. She chose "Norma" as her first name after actress Norma Talmadge.

  7. Norma Jean (formerly known as Luti-Kriss) is an American metalcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Since their inception in 1997, numerous lineup changes have left the band with no original members.