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    Marilyn Monroe- A Woman We Can All Learn From Actress, Marilyn Monroe, born as Norma Jeane Mortenson, overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the world’s biggest and most enduring sex symbols. She died of a drug overdose in 1962. Marilyn Monroe is judged on how she acts in movies and people don’t realize that she had a really rough childhood, and she did something great to be able to cope with it. Marilyn Monroe overcame her past by becoming an actress and public figure. There are so many

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    Tragedy of Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe is a timeless figure, known for her sensual yet innocent charm. Her platinum blonde hair continues to be a popular trademark today, with other celebrities continuing to imitate her. She is the image of Hollywood and American perfectibility. However, she was not just a beauty queen who seemingly had the world wrapped around her finger. She was also a vulnerable woman, who severely struggled with mental illnesses, neuroticism, and high expectations. Marilyn Monroe

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    photographer David Connover captured her beauty at an army airplane facility and opened the World to the booming bombshell. From that moment on, her life changed forever. She began to go by Marilyn Monroe and started her career in acting by co-staring in the film “Dangerous Years” which premiered in 1947. Monroe was the first Playboy model and appeared in the first edition in 1955. She starred in various movies, playing a plethora of roles. As time went on her roles lessened and became more alike.

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    Marilyn Monroe was born on July 1, 1926, with the birth name of Norma Jeane Baker. After using Marilyn Monroe as a stage name she decided to legally change her birth name. Marilyn Monroe never knew who her father was, so she grew up with no father mentor in her life. Her mother was diagnosed with mental illness that forced her to be institutionalized. She was juggled between foster homes until she was seven years old, returning to her mother when she was released from the hospital, but shortly after

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    Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson (later baptized as Norma Jeane Baker) on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. During her all-too-brief life, Marilyn Monroe overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the world's biggest and most enduring sex symbols. As an adult, Monroe would maintain that one of her earliest memories was of her mother trying to smother her in her crib with a pillow. Monroe had a half-sister, to whom she was not close; they met only a half-dozen

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    There is so much to smile about Keep your head high,keep your chin up, and most importantly,keep smiling because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about. This amazing quote is by Marilyn Monroe she was an amazing person.She put a lot of smiles on people's faces.These topics are about her acting career,childhood and the mystery of her death. She was a great person she entertained everybody by her acting. First she was an actress.At first she was in foster homes.Then this photograper

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    observed all the rules I’d never have gone anywhere” Marilyn Monroe once famously said. Over the course of the legacy unit we have learned about various figures that have left behind their own legacies, good or bad. Then we were tasked with the job of choosing a single person and doing the research about them. This was so that later we could write a speech and paper on what we learned and apply the writing skills we had been working on. Marilyn Monroe stood out due to the fact that she was a good person

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    idols for everyone. One of the biggest stars from the era was Marilyn Monroe. In the height of her fame she had some struggles with her personal life that lead to her demise on August 5, 1962 (Markel, Howard) Years after her death, controversy arose as to whether she really died of an overdose or was killed. Although her autopsy claims her death was due to an overdose, other sources contradict that. Evidence shows that Marilyn Monroe was killed because of her deadly medications, positive change in

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    Marilyn Monroe was abused as a girl and suffered alot, but did you know what evolved from all of it? 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

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    Artistic people usually come from dysfunctional backgrounds. Marilyn Monroe was just that person. Marilyn Monroe, a blonde bombshell of her day, died unexpectedly, but the enigma lies in her destruction and who had it. Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles, California on June 1, 1926. Later just two weeks, she was put in the beginning of many foster homes, guardianships, and orphanages. When she was immature, she was the victim of sexual molestation and she was convinced

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