“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
- Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was born, Norma Jeane Mortenson, in June 1926. Her father was unknown and as a child, she spent many years in foster homes because of this.
Monroe married Jimmy Dougherty in 1942 and when he left to go to the South Pacific as a soldier in the Second World War, she joined a local munitions factory in Burbank, California. It was here that Marilyn got her first big break. A photographer, David Conover, was covering the munitions factory to show women at work when he was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of "Norma," and she became a central feature of his photo shoot. This not only enabled her to pursue a career in modelling, but she soon became featured on the cover of many well-known magazines!
The year 1946 was a pivotal year for Marilyn as she divorced her young husband and changed her name from 'boring Norma Baker' to the more glamorous, Marilyn Monroe (a name she actually took from her grandmother). She began taking drama lessons and got her first movie contract with Twentieth Century Fox, a huge production company. Her first few films were low key but it gained her more prominent, now iconic, roles in films such as: All About Eve, Niagara, Gentleman Prefer Blondes and How To Marry A Millionaire.
Article written by: Deanna Miller
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