Compare/Contrast Essay

Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe were two great artists in their time. Both became icons of talent and elegance. Although both were considered as female idols, they had different personalities and life stories. Even though these actresses had a lot in common, there are many differences not many people know.

Marilyn being one of the world's most gratifying women in history, has stood the test of time and her self-loving messages stay strong today. Ms. Monroe was no size 0. She had curves, and she embraced them. She is one that young girls should idolize for time to come. She was far from perfect, she knew it, and never one did she try to be. Nor did she pretend to be. If only women today would share the same confidence and embrace their

”Marilyn is as near a genius as any actress. She is an artist beyond artistry. She is the most completely realized and authentic film actress since Garbo. She has that same unfathomable mysteriousness. She is pure cinema.” Marilyn was not only a great actress but also smart. Marilyn Monroe was a great person, actress, and lots more. Her childhood had a lot of struggles but she made it through.Marilyn was only 36 when she died.(About Marilyn)

“Beloved for her talent, dignity and charm. An icon of style and beauty. A fierce advocate for the world’s children.”(http://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/donors/audrey-hepburn-society ) Audrey Hepburn was and still is a star. A woman who touched millions of hearts during the last five years of her life and during her acting career. She starred in films like Roman Holiday (1953) , My Fair Lady (1964), Two For The Road (1967), Young Wives’ Tale (1951), and her well known movie Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). When cancer took her over she spent the last 5 years of her life going to as many countries as possible in her condition, helping children and raising awareness. Her work with children has resulted in a new charity to make the number of children who die from preventable causes, zero. Audrey Hepburn spent her time on this world

Marilyn Monroe, during the 1950’s was the most popular sex icon during that time period. She was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California as Norma Jeane Mortenson to Martin Edward Mortensen and Gladys Pearl Baker. Some theorize that Martin Edward Mortensen isn’t Marilyn’s real father because Stanley Gifford was listed on Marilyn Monroe’s birth certificate. Her father Martin is said to have had an affair with her mother Gladys, during the time when Norma Jean was conceptualized. Her childhood was rough because her mother was put into a psychiatric hospital for her paranoid schizophrenia. Marilyn Monroe was put into the foster care system and went through 11 foster parents. At the Children’s Aid Society Orphanage in Los Angeles

Marilyn Monroe was a popular actress and model in the 40’s and 50’s. She was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California as Norma Jeane Mortenson. Her mom was a film-cutter and mentally ill, so she abandoned Marilyn to foster homes. She studied acting at the Actors’ lab in Hollywood and took literature courses at UCLA downtown. 20th Century Fox gave her a contract and so did Columbia, but Fox’s lapsed while Columbia didn’t. With Columbia she was in 3 different movies. After that Fox re-signed her with a 7-year contract and got her 2 movies that made her have a bad image.

Along with her brilliant acting, Marilyn Monroe is remembered as a sex icon, which began with nude photos of her in Playboy Magazine. The photos were originally taken in the 1940’s for a calendar under the name Mona Monroe. One article mentioned, “When nude shots of her from a 1949 calendar popped up again in 1951, her fame spread” (DISCovering Biography). This was in reference to her photos from the calendar being bought by Hugh Hefner for the debut of Playboy Magazine. Fox, her employer at the time, worried the photos would cause problems or a scandal. When referring to the nude photo one article stated,“Instead of ending her career, news of the photo only added to her sexual mystique” (Knight). As she was already very attractive the photo

Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1, 1926. Her mother's name was Gladys Baker Mortensen. Baker being the name of her other two children and Mortensen the name of her last husband who disappeared just months after their marriage in 1924. Although Edward Mortensen was Gladys' husband at the time of Norma's birth, he was not her father. No one knows for sure who her father was, but it was believed that it was Gladys' lover C. Stanley Gifford .

The stunning Marilyn Monroe’s life has really been an interesting one. All of her motion picture films including The Seven Year Itch, which includes the famous scene where Marilyn is standing over a subway gate with her white summer dress flowing around her. That film also became a box office hit and is one of her well known movies still to this day. Marilyn got really famous for her work even though she came from a terrible background. Marilyn proved it doesn’t matter where a person came from and anything is possible if a person is determined to achieve their desires. Starting out with absolutely nothing and then gaining everything, that is a really big accomplishment for anyone, defiantly for Marilyn. Young Marilyn Monroe was born in Norma Jeane Mortenson from Los Angeles California in 1926. Her mother Gladys Monroe Baker Mortenson was a film splicer for motion pictures. She took out the bad pictures that cannot be used in the film. Her mother also never told Marilyn who her real father was. They were in the middle of a divorce and he left them and was never in Marilyn’s life. Right after Gladys had Marilyn she gave her to a foster family. Their names were Ida and Albert Bolender. They cared for Marilyn until she was seven which then her mother took her back. After a couple of years Gladys suffered from depression and could no longer care

The Marilyn we all know and love isn’t really Marilyn Monroe. Her real name is Norma Jean Mortenson. She was the girl who had been helplessly abandoned to a number of foster homes by her mother and never even knew her father. Norma survived being smothered when she was 2 and when she was 6 she was nearly raped. Later in her life she lived in an LA orphanage, where she earned 5 cents every month for her work in the kitchen. With that money she was forced to give 1 cent to the nearby church every week.

On June 1, 1926 Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortensen, was born in Los Angeles California. Growing up, Marilyn had a difficult childhood. She never knew who her father was and her mother tried to smother her while she was in her crib. She grew up in foster care and in orphanages. She was sexually assaulted many times and says that at the age of 11 she was raped. At one point in her life she believed that Clark Gable was her father but there was no proof that he knew her mother. Marilyn dropped out of school at the age of 15. Her first marriage was in 1942 when she was just 16 years old to her boyfriend at the time, James Dougherty. Her husband was a Marine. While being married to him her career picked up as a model and she was

     Soon after Audrey's father left her suffering worsened. In order to understand her suffering one must understand what the world

Marilyn Monroe’s legend remains as the ultimate blonde bombshell and as one of the most recognizable faces ever to grace the silver screen. Born June 1, 1926 she was baptized Norma Jean Baker. Her turbulent youth was due to an absentee father and a mentally unstable mother. By 1933 she went to live with her mother’s best friend, Grace McKee, and she was the first to give Norma Jean the idea of becoming a movie star.

Before her introduction to the world as Marilyn Monroe, she was just Norma Jean Mortenson. in 1946, the 20 years old Norma Jean separated from her husband James Dougherty. The year 1946 saw Norma Jean single. Norma Jean was planning to become an actress.

After the war Hepburn moved to Amsterdam where she took ballet lessons for three years. In 1948, she appeared on film for the first time in a movie called Dutch in Seven Lessons. In the same year, she moved to London for a ballet scholarship with Ballet Rambert. She was a really talented dancer, but because of the effect of the wartime under nutrition, she had a weak constitution, which made it unattainable for her to become a ballerina. So she decided to side with acting.