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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

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Dates: June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962
Occupation: movie actress
Known for: sex symbol, "blond bombshell"
Also known as: Norma Jeane Baker, Norma Jean Baker, Norma Jean Mortenson, Norma Jean Mortensen
Family:

Parents:

  • Mother: Gladys Monroe Baker (also called Gladys Pearl Baker or Gladys Monroe Mortenson)
  • Father: Edward Mortenson or C. Stanley Gifford

Husbands:

  1. James Dougherty (married June 1, 1942; divorced 1946)
  2. Joe Di Maggio (married January 14, 1954; divorced October 27, 1946)
  3. Arthur Miller (married June 29, 1956; divorced January 24, 1961)
Education:
  • Van Nuys High School
  • 3 month modeling course
  • dramatic coach, Natasha Lyless
  • Actors Lab, Los Angeles
  • Actors Studio, New York
Religion: convert to Judaism
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