Marilyn monroe is a well known american actress also a model. She is one of the most popular ‘’sex symbols’’ in america. In 1950 marilyn monroe was one of the top billed actress her films reached to about 200 million dollars by the time her unexpected death came.
Marilyn monroe was born june 1st 1926 in los angeles. Her mother is gladys baker and her father is martin edward mortensen . Marilyn also the birth name of norma jeane mortenson had a tough life she's been to multiple foster cares and has been taken away from her parents. At the age of 7 marilyn's mom regained custody of her. Later on her mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenic so her mom having custody of her didn't last long because she was sent to a mental hospital paranoid schizophrenic is where you see hallucinations and it messes with
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Marilyn was forced to live with grace goddard and it was going all well but soon to find out grace goddards husband was sexually assaulting marilyn monroe. So marilyn monroe was either forced to get married at 16 years old or go off to another orphanage. Later on marilyn got married to james dougherty in 1942. Marilyn often got signed to a lot of film and modeling contracts like from columbia and nigeria so her career was just getting started she was making more and more money by the minute marilyn was then featured in the movie “ladies of the chorus” known as the “sex symbol superstar” . Marilyn then got divorced in 1946 marilyn's career started going downhill she was taking drugs to cope with her problems with her mom having paranoid disorder and her having to go through such a rough life going through different orphanages having to get taken from of her parents. Another big result of her going into drugs was failing relationships with her and her spouses arthur miller 1958-1961 joe dimaggio 1954-1946 james dougherty 1942-1956. Marilyn did have many relationships marilyn was dependent on sleeping pills and barbiturates she took way too many