Marilyn Monroe

Personal details

Name: Marilyn Monroe
Birth Name: Norma Jean Mortensen Baker
Height: 5' 5 1/2''
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 1, 1926
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: actress, model, producer
Place of Death: Los Angeles California
Death Date: August 05, 1962
Death Cause: Drug overdose
Claim to fame: as Pola Debevoise in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Marilyn Monroe’s Spouse:

Jim Dougherty- factory worker; married June 1942; divorced September 1946

Joe DiMaggio- pro baseball player; married January 1954; divorced October 1954

Arthur Miller - playwright; married June 29, 1956; divorced January 21, 1961

Marilyn Monroe’s Family background:

Father: Edward Mortensen

Mother: Gladys Baker -née Monroe; a film cutter

Half Sister: Bernice Miracle

Step Father: C. Stanley Gifford who worked for Consolidated Film Industries

Marilyn Monroe’s Childhood:

Education:

Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California (graduated)

Actors Studio, New York

Morris Carnovsky Actor's Lab

Studied acting with Natasha Lytess and Michael Chekhov

Marilyn Monroe’s Facts and trivia:

She is of the belief that the right side of her face was her "best side."

She is so skeptical of blemishes that she engages herself in getting her faced washed 15 times a day,

Her most liked beverage was Dom Perignon 1953 and most wanted store was Bloomingdale's.

She was named the Playboy "Sweetheart of the Month" in December 1953.

When she was signing her autograph as Marilyn Monroe for the very first time she actually asked the person she was signing it for how to spell 'Marilyn.' She was not very sure of where to put the alphabet ‘”I”.

She wears a dress size of 14.

She was found dead by her housekeeper Eunice Murray, naked on her bed with the phone in her hand.

She started her first modeling job only rewarded her with five dollars.

She was and will forever be recognized as "The Blonde Bombshell."

She still remains one of the highest paid deceased celebrities.

She had earlier mentioned that her hero was Jean Harlow, who was the original platinum blonde.

Her height was 5 feet, 5 1/2 inches tall and weighed between 115 and 120 pounds.

The song "Candle in the Wind," by Elton John, was recorded as a mark of respect to Marilyn.

Marilyn Monroe’s PERSONAL QUOTES

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.

Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle.