A Marilyn Monroe Story: Then and Now

Marilyn Monroe ,an American starlet, died August 5, 1962 from overdose. Her autopsy shows the proof. Norma Jean ,also known as Marilyn Monroe, was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. She grew up moving from one foster home to another as well as moving families multiple times in her life. She had big dreams ahead of her and cherished becoming a big star and loved attention and spotlight ever since she was just a small girl. All through her life she never knew or heard from her father leaving her fatherless and doing anything to get male attention. She was known as a huge sex symbol and actress and was well known all over the world for her glamorous looks, style, iconic achievements, and huge movie roles.

“Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together” (Marilyn Monroe). Monroe was a big believer in letting problems and struggles fall into place because in the end she believed everything would be where it is meant to be and everything would turn out just fine. Marilyn Monroe was the essential focus in the fifties and provided a turning point in time for women in America. She is an inspiration to me because she did not let her struggles stop her from achieving her goals. The following points illustrate the importance of this turning point in time. Monroe did not let her background and struggles stop her from reaching her goals, she was an independent woman taking advantage of the opportunities that afforded her in the movie

Marilyn’s career as an actress spanned over 16 years. She made 29 films and 24 of those were released in her first 8 years as an actress. Everyone in this day and age can agree that Marilyn Monroe was an amazing actress. Many people try to play her in movies and pose as

As Monroe’s career drug on she lit up every screen that she was on, becoming one of the most famous actresses of her time. She had over thirty well known movies and was continuing to work on more serious roles. In the 40’s 50’s and 60’s women were just stepping out into the business world, going from house wife to working girl. It was the time in which beauty couldn’t have brains in the media’s eyes. Marilyn was put into the stereotypical box of beauty without brains because of all the flirtatious dumb blonde roles that she had played. Though through the later years of her life she was trying to claw her way out of that box because nobody took her seriously. She had said she would never regret the roles she had taken because they got her to the high point in her life that she was at. She had commented, “In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty.”

Many of the most popular conspiracies around her death dealt with the Kennedy’s; almost every conspiracy involves the Kennedy’s in one way or another. Over the years Marilyn Monroe had relationships with a handful of different men. Many of those men had high ranking public statuses like her, so their relationships with her were protected until her death. Some of the men that Marilyn was involved with included: her ex husband Joe DiMaggio, President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Frank Sinatra. Marilyn had trouble sticking with one guy at a time. She fell in love very easily, making it hard for her resist these men. Marilyn was having affairs with both Kennedy brothers and Sinatra in the time period around her death, which led some

Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortenson. She was born on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles California. Her mother's name was Gladys Baker and she worked in the film industry. Gladys did not want to raise Norma Jean so, she put her in foster care, only twelve days after she gave birth. Della Mae Hogan her grandmother recommended Ida and Wayne Bolender to take care of Norma Jean. Their house was in Hawthorne California and she lived there for seven years. Gladys still visited Norma Jean on Sundays to see a movie or homes of movie stars. She was surrounded by the celebrity life at a very young age. After Norma Jean turned seven her mother decided she wanted to reclaim her daughter, but Ida wanted to adopt her. Unexpectedly Norma Jeans dog died and she was traumatized. Ida thought she needed her mother and so Gladys took Norma Jean back into her care.

She was a strong young girl working hard to be a model, a phenomenal actress in over twenty films, a brilliant business woman being CEO of her own film production, a musician with a heavenly voice, the person who broke the color barrier in jazz music and someone with such strong ties in the political world. Ellen Burstyn (academy award winning actress) says, “ Marilyn was an inspiration to women in many ways, because she in bodies such, almost divide energy, and despite the creation of her dumb blonde persona, she was still someone who exerted her will, her strength and her mind in a way that I think influences all women” (“Marilyn in Manhattan”). Marilyn was an orphan turned phenomenal icon for more than just her beauty ,but what was behind Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jeane Mortenson ( also known as Marilyn Monroe) was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles. Norma had inherited an emotional disorder from her mother, Gladys Baker, which heightened her emotions leaving

Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson, later baptized as Norma Jeane Baker. Marilyn was beautiful, talented, young, rich, everything she could possibly want. But behind that happy lucky face, Marilyn was a different person. Marilyn was unsure, self destructive, and had a disabling drug and man problems, she isn't very perfect as most people say.Marilyn was almost smothered at two and nearly raped at six. At sixteen Marilyn worked in an aircraft, she was a stewardess. It was her first job that she liked because she met and married a man she called Daddy. Daddy decided to go to the military and Marilyn was discovered and started her modeling career,with them going separate ways, divorced in 1946. No one knows Monroe’s biological father. Some say it was Gladys’ second husband, Martin Mortensen. Gladys Baker Mortensen, mother of Marilyn, was a film-cutter at RKO studios. She was alone and mentally ill. and was taken to a mental hospital, Marilyn went to a foster home. Gladys and Martin were separated before M arilyn’s birth. Others say Marilyn’s father was a co-worker at RKO

She was sent to live in multiple foster homes and while in these homes, “She was sexually abused and nearly smothered to death” Despite her tragic childhood, Monroe was able to rise as a talented actress and “what many people regard as the world’s most beautiful woman” (Cooper) Although Marilyn Monroe died 50 years ago, she still has a lasting impact on the world today, as well as back in the 1960s. Not only was she stylish and beautiful, she was strong and showed survival skills that make her role models to young women. (Scotti) Monroe was a woman who was an inspiration to other women.

Marilyn Monroe, her given name Norma Jeane Mortenson, was born on June 1, 1926. The name Norma Jeane Mortenson was baptized as Norma Jeane Baker (Bio True Story, 2012). When Marilyn was born, during the 1920’s, single parenting was not regarded highly. Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Mortenson, named Marilyn after Norma Tallmadge, famous actor during the mid- 1920’s. Marilyn was born with no father figure in which to influence her life. Marilyn’s birth certificate lists Edward Mortenson as the father, of which he was Gladys’ second husband, biographers have since agreed that Norma Jeane’s father was actually Stanley Gifford. Gifford

Marilyn Monroe was born with the beauty of a goddess. Her beauty led her to modeling and eventually she began acting which helped her rise to fame at a young age. Sadly she left family, friends, and fans not too long after her career took off. Monroe went through three famous divorces: Jimmy Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio, and Arthur Miller, was placed in a mental institution three years before death, and was known to be a handful on set. Fans made her known to be the most wonderful, beautiful person but she was actually a nightmare for producers and people who she worked with. Marilyn Monroe took off in her 20’s as a model and actress being the world’s biggest sex symbol in the 1950’s, unfortunately her chronic depression led to prescription drug and alcohol abuse which later ended her

Brought into this world in June of 1926 was a baby girl named Norma Jeane Mortenson, otherwise known as Marilyn Monroe. Her childhood was mostly spent in the orphanages and foster homes in California. This was a result of never

Marilyn Monroe and the struggles of straight edge women can be interconnected on countless levels. Monroe had a difficult time keeping meaningful relationships, as she was married and divorced multiple times, “A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it at night” (“Marilyn”). Although she tried, Monroe was incapable of living in union with another person for two reasons: her high ambitions and lack of family support. Similar to Monroe, but with different reasons, straight edge women failed to be “united in the scene” Hanenfler admits (Haenfler

6 O’clock was around the corner, and so was me about to hyperventilate my life out. I stood there, right where we agreed to meet, hounding my wrist watch, memorizing the movements to distract the tornado in my stomach. “Just be yourself, you’re sarcastic, entertaining and whimsical.” my mom told me. I remembered the famous Marilyn Monroe quote when mom mom’s words resurfaced on my mind. “If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.” Sounds simple enough, I had no idea women could be so simple and easy, being myself made this seem all too easy. I began playing the scenario of tonight in my hand, with that Marilyn Monroe quote in on my mind. As well as I remember hearing guys from school talk about their times with ladies, all