| Name |
Marilyn
Monroe |
|
| Full
name |
Norma Jeane Mortenson |
| Nick
name |
Blonde Bombshell |
| Profession |
Actor,
Model, Singer |
| Date
of Birth |
June 1, 1926,
Los Angeles, CA |
| Died |
August 5, 1962, Brentwood, CA |
| Burial
location |
Corridor of Memories, #24, at Westwood
Memorial Park in Los Angeles, CA |
| Height |
5 feet 5 1/2 inches |
| Hair
color |
Dark
Blond later dyed her hair to Platinum Blonde |
| Eyes |
Blue
|
| School |
* Van Nuys High School
* University High School
|
| Family |
Father: Martin Edward Mortenson, some say it was Charles Stanley Gifford
Mother: Gladys Baker
Half-brother: Hermitt Jack Baker
Half-sister: Berniece Miracle
Foster parents: Albert and Ida Bolender
Husband(s): Jimmy Dougherty (1942-1946); Joe DiMaggio (1954); Arthur Miller (1956-1961) |
| Discovered by |
Photographer David Conover
|
| Earlier
jobs |
as
a worker on the assembly line at the Radio Plane
Munitions factory in Burbank, California. |
| Characteristics |
Lisp, breathless voice, Platinum blonde hair |
| Measurements |
37-23-36 |
| Acting
teacher |
Michael Chekhov |
| First
film |
The
Shocking Miss Pilgrim |
| Last
film |
Something's
Got to Give(unfinished) |
| Rose
to fame through |
Niagara |
| Postage
stamps |
* 32˘ US commemorative postage stamp in the
Legends of Hollywood series, issued 1 June 1995.
* 1.11 euro postage stamp issued by French Post
Office on 8 November 2003 |
| Play
boy appearance |
Appeared on the cover of the first Playboy
magazine in 1953 |
| On
John F. Kennedy |
"It
would be so nice to have a president who looks
so young and good-looking." |
| Owned |
Marilyn
Monroe Productions. |
| Suffered
from |
chronic
endometriosis,
a gynecological condition that prevented her
from carrying a child to term
|
| Tribute |
Elton John recorded the song "Candle
in the Wind" as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe
|
| Favourites |
Color:Beige, black, white and red
Actors: Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Charles
Laughton, Will
Rogers, Cary Grant, John Barrymore, Tyrone
Power and Richard Widmark
Actresses:
Greta
Garbo, Jean
Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Marie
Dressler and Olivia DeHavilland
Artists: Goya, Picasso, El Greco, Michelangelo and Botticelli
Beverage: Dom Perignon
Singers: Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald
Photo of herself: Cecil Beaton's photo of
Marilyn in her white dress
Musicians: Louis Armstrong, Earl Bostick, Ludwig
Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Playwright: Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams
Restaurant: Romanoff's (in Hollywood)
Poets: John Keats and Walt Whitman
Store: Bloomingdale's
Writers: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, J.D. Salinger,
George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Wolfe
Cosmetics: Chanel No.5, Nivea moisturizer
|
| Last
name |
Monroe
was
her grandmother's last name |
| About
Hollywood |
"[Hollywood
is] a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents
for your soul."
|
| Awards |
* Golden
Globe for "Female World Film Favorite
1954"
*
David Di Donatello Prize for
Best Foreign Actress ("The Prince and the
Showgirl," 1959)
*
Crystal Star Award for Best
Foreign Actress ("The Prince and the
Showgirl," 1959)
* Golden Globe for Best Actress
in a Comedy ("Some Like It Hot," 1960)
*
Golden Globe for "Female
World Film Favorite 1961"
*
In
February 1953, Marilyn was named the “The Most
Advertised Girl in the World” by the Advertising
Association of the West.
|
| Ranks |
*
Empire Magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars in Film
History" (1995)
*
Voted Empire (UK) Magazine's
"Sexiest Female Movie Star of all Time"
(1995)
* Ranked #8 in Empire
(UK) Magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of
All Time" (1997)
* Number One Sex Star of the
20th century by Playboy magazine (1999)
* "Sexiest Woman of the Century" by
People Magazine (1999)
* Voted 4th Greatest Movie
Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly
* Voted 2nd Greatest Movie
Star of all time by Premiere Magazine
* Ranked #6 on the American
Film Institute's "50 Greatest Screen
Legends" list
|
| Facts |
*
She had a mild stutter
* Monroe's personal library contained over 400
books on topics ranging from art, history,
psychology, philosophy, literature, religion,
poetry, and gardening.
* She
was crowned Miss California Artichoke Queen in
1947.
*
Since 2001 Forbes.com released
the dead celeb’s list she had topped it for the
consecutive 6th year.
*
A baseball signed by New York
Yankees great Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn
Monroe sold for $191,200 in a sports memorabilia
auction.
* Her
mother was a film cutter at RKO studios, Hollywood
* She left Lee Strasberg control 75% of her
estate
* In
1952 and
also in 1962
she was
on the cover of the Life
magazine
* Had acted only in 30 films.
* Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104
Hollywood Blvd.
*
Hugh
M. Hefner owns the burial vault next to
hers.
* Joe
DiMaggio claimed her body and arranged her
funeral. For 20 years, he had a dozen red roses
delivered to her crypt three times a week. He
never forgave the Kennedys for her death.
|
| Books
on her |
The first and only volume
published while she was living was Marilyn Monroe (1961), by biographer Maurice
Zolotow.
|
| Cause
of death |
Official cause of death was
"probable suicide" by acute barbiturate
poisoning. There is some speculation about the involvement of President
John F. Kennedy and/or Robert Kennedy.
|
| Quote |
"I knew I
belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even
beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
|
