Marilyn Monroe was an American actress famous for playing the blonde bombshell characters in movies. She was a cultural icon who remained popular decades after her death.
Blonde, a fictionalized biography movie based on the life of Monroe, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, is set to premiere on September 28, 2022, on Netflix.
It stars Ana de Armas as Monroe, Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson in supporting roles.
What Is Marilyn Monroe's Real Name? Early Childhood
Marilyn Monroe's real name is Norma Jean Mortenson. However, she is most famously known by the Marilyn Monroe name.
She was born on June 1, 1926, in LA, California, to Gladys Pearl Baker. She was named Norma Jean Mortenson after her mother's second husband, Martin Edward Mortensen.
However, DNA records in 2022 indicated that her father was, in fact, Charles Stanley Gifford, Gladys’ co-worker with whom she had an affair in 1925.
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Little Norma hopped from foster care to her relative's home in her childhood due to her mother Gladys' mental and financial state.
She was placed with evangelical Christian foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender in Hawthrone when she was six.
After that, Gladys and Norma shared a house with George and Maude Atkinson. In 1934, Gladys had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and transferred to a Metropolitan State Hospital. Norma then lived with the Atkinsons.
After a year at an orphanage, Norma lived with her mother's friend Grace and her husband Edwin "Doc" Goddard.
However, she got out of Goddard's house after Doc had molested her. She then lived for brief periods with her relatives and later, in 1938, lived permanently with Grace's aunt Ana Lower.
Marilyn Monroe Spouse - Was She Married?
Marilyn Monroe's first marriage was to the Goddards' neighbor's son, James Dougherty, on June 19, 1942.
She married James as a way to not live in an orphanage and get out of state. She was 16, and James was 21.
She married American baseball player Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954. The couple went on their honeymoon to Japan.
However, after Monroe's immense success and DiMaggio's jealousy, the actress filed for divorce in October 1954, just after 9 months of marriage.
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The actress married for the third time to American playwright Arthur Miller. The couple married on June 29, 1956, at the Westchester County Court in White Plains, New York. However, the marriage did not last long as the couple divorced in January 1961.
Did Marilyn Monroe Kill Herself?
Marilyn Monroe died on Sunday, August 4, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home in Los Angeles, California.
She was 36 years old when she died of a barbiturate overdose, and her death is classified as a suspected suicide.
There were empty medicine bottles next to her bed, and the possibility of accidentally overdosing was ruled out because her body contained doses over the lethal limit several times.
According to Monroe's doctor, she had frequent depression and was prone to severe fears, with abrupt mood changes.
She had overdosed several times in the past, and due to the lack of foul play, her death was classified as due to possible suicide.
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The biography, She, drops on Netflix on September 28, 2022. Ana de Armas, a Cuban-Spanish actress with a Latina accent, is set to portray the American actress. In the trailer, her difficulty matching Monroe's accent has divided fans.
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