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    Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe was one of the most popular stars of the 50's recognized as an international symbol for beauty, but her life is full of poor choices and horrible encounters.Throughout her career she had many encounters that ended poorly, movies that flopped, and marriages that ended destructivley. Norma Jeane Mortenson was born June 1, 1926 in LA California. Monroe's mother was Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker. Monroe had said her mother had tried to smother her with a pillow in her crib.The

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    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

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    admired Marilyn Monroe 's beauty, unsure of who she was, I was impressed by her glamour. I vividly remember Monroe 's beautiful face features, painted in many frames, clothing and accessories of many of the stores where I would go. She always showed confidence with her half-opened red rose lips and her alluring looks. As I grew older, I learned that Marilyn Monroe was an actress, model and one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s. Later I learned that the Hollywood celebrity Marilyn Monroe was

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    “Marilyn Monroe” (1926 - 1962) Popular Culture Legend Before Hollywood loved her… Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Baker on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital, to Gladys Baker. Gladys had been a film cutter at RKO studios, but psychological problems prevented her from keeping the job and she was eventually committed

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    A Star is Born: Marilyn Monroe I was inspired to write about Marilyn Monroe because she seemed like she knew a lot about life and everything she went through. She was a big movie star and she fought for what she believed in she wanted a good part in movies but the directors always put her as a blonde and she had to be dumb and she didn't like that. She didn't understand because she was intelligent and that is what they thought of beautiful blonds back then. She was good at everything she did. People

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    even beautiful but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.” Marilyn knew what her life was when she gave up her life for her career. Following this will be the real life of Marilyn Monroe, what she went through in her childhood and her professional life, her career, her affair, her death, and her legacy. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was born in Los Angeles, California on June 1st, 1926. Marilyn faced a difficult childhood; she spent most of her time in an orphanage. Marilyn’s

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    One of the most puzzling deaths of all time has to go to one of the top stories of the 1950’s. Marilyn Monroe “was the most celebrated woman in the world, a platinum-blonde bombshell who fought her way up from a troubled childhood to conquer Hollywood” (Baker et al. 1). As years pass, people still ask themselves what really happened to this platinum-blonde shell, was it suicide or murder? Such a question has been highly debated among both the public and modern investigators of the 21st century.

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    Marilyn Monroe was a young successful actress who didn’t have it easy growing up. She started her career as a model in 1946, before beginning her movie career. She had landed several minor roles and that’s how she got the attention that she needed for her to land major roles. She was a sex symbol and was famous for her dumb blonde persona. On August 5, 1962, is when Marilyn was found dead in her bedroom. When the public found out about her death, it was a shock to the world. People’s interest in

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    For many Marilyn Monroe was an idol. Several people wanted to look like her, be like her. They wanted Marilyn’s life, her clothing, her fame, and of course, her money. But Marilyn’s life wasn’t always all that great. On June 1st, 1926 Norma Jean Baker a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe was born to Gladys Mortenson in Los Angeles California. Gladys was a paranoid schizophrenic. Norma Jean grew up in foster homes and didn’t get much of an education. Which would probably explain a lot of her choices later on in

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    First of all, in at least 25 movies, Marilyn Monroe is a well-versed actress, able to fill almost any role with many iconic scenes. One iconic scene has her standing in the subway holding her skirt down. It is recognizable throughout the country. This point is further explained by this quote, “When she stood over a subway grate in The Seven Year Itch (1955), her white pleated dress billowing above her waist, and squealed, "Isn't it delicious?," she created a legendary image” (DISCovering Biography)

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