On August 5 1962, Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson was found dead in her home, but to this day her death is a mystery. There are many factors in Marilyn’s life that were hard for her to deal with, she never had a place to call home, she never knew her father, but there were some theories on who her father was, and her mother was never there for Marilyn due to her spending most of her time in a mental institution. Marilyn was a beautiful actress and model who was very successful with her movie The Misfits in 1961 and The Seven Year Itch in 1955 and many more. Marilyn Monroe's identity came to life when Lyon, from 20th Century Fox, remembered a stage actress from the 1920s whom he had long admired, a musical performer named Marilyn Miller. He thought "Marilyn" would better suit Norma Jeane's new, glamorous identity as a …show more content…
Marilyn had a harsh childhood, Monroe never knew her father, and once thought Clark Gable to be her father however, there's no evidence that he ever met or knew Monroe's mother. Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was born May 27, 1902 and she worked as a film cutter at RKO studios, but her psychological problems prevented her from keeping the job. Since her mother was in and out of mental hospitals, Monroe spent much of her time in foster care and in an orphanage. In 1937, a family friend and her husband, Grace and Doc Goddard, took care of Monroe for a few years. The Goddards were paid $25 weekly by Monroe's mother to raise her. At seven years old, Monroe returned to a life in foster homes, where she endured sexual assault on several occasions; she later said that she had been raped when she was 11 years old. Luckily she had a way out through marriage, and she wed her boyfriend Jimmy Dougherty on June 19, 1942, at the age of 16. By that time, Monroe had dropped out of high school at the age of