Marilyn Monroe Accomplishments

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Behind Marilyn Monroe's fame

Many see Marilyn Monroe as just a dumb blonde and a sex symbol. I believe she had much more to her. She had a very interesting background and reasons to become the person she was. She was a controversial character and it’s hard to distinguish her personality from the characteristics she made up to protect herself from the public. So what made her the iconic star that she is?

Marilyn Monroe’s birth name was Norma Jean Baker. She Was Born on June 1st, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. She lived in a total of 12 foster homes and an orphanage. She wasn’t an orphan, but her mother was unable to take care of her and her father wasn’t in the picture. In one of the foster homes she was sexually abused and it is thought that it was the reason she developed a stutter. After that she was placed in an orphanage. At eleven years old she was taken from the orphanage to a new foster home where she was molested once again. She didn’t stay there for long. She then lived for brief periods with her relatives. After many things going wrong with her living situation she was faced with the possibility of having to move back to the orphanage. As a solution she decided to marry 21 years old James Dougherty at the age of sixteen. Even though the marriage was boring in her opinion, she finally had a stable home. …show more content…

Monroe even said herself that her childhood was the thing that inspired her to become an actress. She said that her foster parents often left her at the movie theater for hours. That way she wasn’t bothering them. She even enjoyed that. Being able to look at the huge screen all day was fascinating to a young