$10,000,000
Marilyn Monroe
Net Worth
Born in (City)
Los Angeles , California
Born in (Country)
USA
Date of Birth
01st December, 1926
Date of Death
04th December, 1962
Mother
Gladys Pearl Baker
Father
Identify unknown
About
Marilyn Monroe , original name Norma Jeane Mortenson ,was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, she has continued to be a major icon of pop culture.In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Monroe sixth on its list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood.She is known for her relationships with Arthur Miller, Joe DiMaggio and, possibly, President John F. Kennedy. Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962, at only 36 years old.
Early Life
Monroe was born in Los Angeles. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was from a poor Midwestern family while her father's identity is unknown, and she most often used Baker as her surname. Since Gladys was mentally and financially unprepared for a child, Monroe spent her childhood with foster parents, Albert and Ida Bolender. In the summer of 1933, Gladys bought a small house in Hollywood and moved seven-year-old Monroe in with her. Soon after , Gladys was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and lost contact with Monroe. For the first 16 months, she continued living with the Atkinsons, and was sexually abused during this time. In the summer of 1935, she briefly stayed with Grace and her husband Doc who later put her in an orphanage. Monroe felt abandoned so Grace became her legal guardian but her second stay with the Goddards was short because Doc molested her. Monroe found a more permanent home in 1938, when she began living with Grace's aunt, Ana Lower. She was enrolled in Emerson Junior High School .Due to the elderly Lower's health problems, Monroe returned to live with the Goddards.The same year, she began attending Van Nuys High School. She married their neighbors' 21-year-old son, factory worker James Dougherty just after her 16th birthday. Monroe subsequently dropped out of high school and became a housewife. She found herself and Dougherty mismatched and later stated that she was "dying of boredom" during the marriage. In 1944, she met photographer David Conover, at her working place. She quit working at the factory in January 1945 and began modeling for Conover .Defying her deployed husband, she moved on her own and signed a contract with the Blue Book Model Agency in August 1945.
Road to Success
She was featured mostly in advertisements and men's magazines. By early 1946, she had appeared on 33 magazine covers . Monroe signed a contract with an acting agency which began in August 1946, and she and selected the stage name "Marilyn Monroe".She was given her first film roles, bit parts in Dangerous Years (1947) and Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948). She returned to modeling while also doing occasional odd jobs at film studios. To promote herself, she frequented producers' offices, and entertained influential male guests at studio functions. She also became an occasional sex partner of Fox executive Joseph M. Schenck, While at Fox, Monroe was given "girl next door" roles. Meanwhile, Monroe continued modeling. She appeared in advertisements and posed in artistic nudes for John Baumgarth calendars .In 1950, Monroe had bit parts in Love Happy, A Ticket to Tomahawk, Right Cross and The Fireball, Despite her screen time being only a few minutes , she gained a mention in Photoplay. In December 1950, she signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox. The Fox contract brought Monroe more publicity, and she had supporting roles in four low-budget films and in three moderately successful comedies for Fox, As Young as You Feel, Love Nest, and Let's Make It Legal. According to Spoto all four films featured her "essentially as a sexy ornament". Her popularity with audiences was also growing. Monroe starred in three movies that were released in 1953 and emerged as a major sex symbol and one of Hollywood's most bankable performers. While Niagara made Monroe a sex symbol , her second film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, cemented her screen persona as a "dumb blonde" In September, Monroe made her television debut in the Jack Benny Show.
Challenges
With no good family to look after her , Marilyn Monroe had a troubled childhood. She was sexually assaulted by her foster families and as a reason grew up to be shy and also developed stutter. She struggled to find lasting love and experienced many other tragedies. She often self-medicated, and she struggled to find supportive people to guide her away from her demons . Despite her hard work and determination to make it in Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe suffered from terrible stage anxiety . She had a hard time learning lines and forgot technical requirements like hitting her mark, walking out of the light, or out of focus. Marilyn Monroe longed to have a child but unfortunately, she was never able to carry a pregnancy to term. She suffered two miscarriages. Besides that , she faced many mental health issues and fought with depression which led her to overuse drugs and alcohol. She was found dead on 4 August 1962 with sleeping pills next to her.
Failures
Marilyn Monroe spent much of her younger years in foster homes. One year into her contract, her producer at 20th Century-Fox dropped her from the label because he thought she couldn’t act and she was unattractive. She went on to become one of the most famous movie stars, the biggest pop icon and sex symbol, of the 20th century
Marilyn Monroe had as many failures in her lifetime as she did successes .She tried desperately to have children but after two miscarrages she gave up on trying to have a family.She started taking prescription pills
She always wanted a stable family but bother of her marriages ended badly which disappointed her.
Achievements
She won the Golden Globe Henrietta Award: World Film Favorite Female in 1953.|She was presented with the Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for ‘Some Like It Hot’ in 1960.|She is still known as one of the sexiest woman alive today.|She has done a total of 29 films in her entire career.
Quotes
- If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
- Fear is stupid. So are regrets
- Dogs never bite me. Just humans