Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Excerpt: By Marijane Gray Take a photo of Marilyn Monroe nearly anywhere in the world and she is instantly recognizable. Ask any stranger on the street who she is and they'll know. Young and old, male and female, people spanning multiple generations know who Marilyn Monroe is and her fame spans decades, countries and cultures.
Born: June 1, 1926 Los Angeles, California Died: August 5, 1962 Los Angeles, California American model and actress Decades after Marilyn Monroe's death, the film actress and model has remained one of Hollywood's greatest sex symbols with her eye-catching style, champagne blond hair, and breathless manner of speaking.
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol who starred in several commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and the early 1960s. Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortensen (later Baker and Dougherty).
BOBBY KENNEDY'S affair with the screen idol Marilyn Monroe has been documented, but a secret FBI file suggests the late US attorney-general was aware of - and perhaps even a participant in - a plan "to induce" her suicide. The detailed three-page report implicates the Hollywood actor Peter Lawford, Monroe's psychiatrist, staff and her publicist in the plot.
Excerpted from Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe, edited by Stanley Buchthal and Bernard Comment, to be published October 12th by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC (US), HarperCollins (Canada and UK); © 2010 by LSAS International, Inc. She was always late for class, usually arriving just before they closed the doors.
Who did Marilyn Monroe date? Who Marilyn Monroe dated; list of Marilyn Monroe loves, ex boyfriends; breakup rumors and exes. The loves, relationships, exes, and marriages of Marilyn Monroe, listed by most recent. For being one of the greatest and first sex symbols ever, there aren't as many reporte...
Sex symbol Marilyn Monroe died August 5, 1962 in the bedroom of her Brentwood, Los Angeles, home. The actress was found dead by housekeeper Eunice Murray, who called Monroe's psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson, before alerting authorities. She was 36 years old at the time of her death.
Norma Jean Baker, better know as Marilyn Monroe, was a swimsuit model back in her early career. This week at Glamoursplash we'll be sharing a bit of history on Marilyn and some eye candy of her in swimsuits. Army photographer David Conover was one of the first photographers to take a photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe, then known as Norma Jeane.
The following is a list of Marilyn Monroe films. Note: Dates given are years of release. SCUDDA HOO! SCUDDA HAY! (1948) Twentieth Century-Fox 95 min. Color; D: F. Hugh Herbert. With June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan. Marilyn Monroe as "Betty." DANGEROUS YEARS (1948) Twentieth Century-Fox 60 min. B/W; D: Arthur Pierson.