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Marilyn Monroe (/ ˈ m æ r ə l ɪ n m ə n ˈ r oʊ / MARR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model.Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution.
Norma Jean & Marilyn is a 1996 American biographical drama television film directed by Tim Fywell, based on the 1985 book Goddess, the Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Anthony Summers. [1] The film stars Ashley Judd as Norma Jean Dougherty and Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe. It premiered on HBO on May 18, 1996. [2]
Marilyn, whose real name was Norma Jeane, was born to 26-year-old Gladys Baker on June 1, 1926, according to Biography. Marilyn was put into foster care when she was just two weeks old, but Gladys ...
The new movie by Andrew Dominik is not a mere fictionalization of Marilyn Monroe's life. It's negligence. ... The child known as Norma Jeane Mortenson was born to Gladys Pearl Baker nèe Monroe in ...
Doughtery wrote a book about his life with Marilyn in 1997 called, To Norma Jeane with Love. She married Joe DiMaggio in 1954. Marilyn's second husband, former Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio, ...
Gladys Pearl Monroe (May 27, 1902 – March 11, 1984), also known as Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker Mortensen Eley, was the mother of American actress Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson). Born in Mexico, Baker grew up in the Los Angeles metro area.
Jeanne Pruett or Norma Jean Bowman (born 1937), American country music singer Norma Jeane Mortenson or Marilyn Monroe , actress Norma Jean Wright , R&B vocalist and former lead singer of Chic
In her book, Marilyn: Norma Jeane, Gloria Steinem speculated about Marilyn's reproductive decisions, writing: “One can imagine her sacrificing contraception and her own safety to spontaneity ...