More than half a century has passed since the mysterious death of the famous actress, the inimitable blonde, the living embodiment of the "American Dream" - Marilyn Monroe. But interest in her personality, biography and circumstances of death does not subside today. Initially imitating the gorgeous Jean Harlow, Marilyn herself later became an object of worship from the Hollywood film actresses.
Obviously, such popularity demanded from the young diva firmness of character, intelligence and determination. Unfortunately, until the end of her life, Marilyn Monroe was perceived only as a living personification of sex appeal, and an insightful and strong woman in an actress would be seen later.
Childhood and youth
Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles, California on June 1, 1926. The girl was the third child of Gladys Baker, besides her mother had a son and a daughter from a previous relationship. The woman broke up with the girl's father a couple of days before the birth of a common daughter. In Norma's birth certificate, the mother indicated fictitious information that she had no living children left. In addition, it is not known for certain who the father of the Hollywood star is. As an adult, the actress herself claimed that the entries in the paternity certificate were not true, and that Norma's biological father was a certain Charles Stanley Gifford.
The childhood of the future star is a difficult and difficult test. Due to the fact that Dalia, Gladys Baker's mother, did not agree to accept the child in her home, the girl had to be given to the Bolender foster family, which maintained a family-type orphanage. Here the girl lived until the age of seven, regularly seeing her mother. Gladys also paid for everything for her daughter, from food to going to the movies.
In 1933, the mother took Norma to her, but literally a year later the girl was again left homeless and without protection, since Gladys was taken to the hospital with a nervous breakdown. Mackey, the best friend of the girl's mother, took custody of the baby. Unfortunately, Norma's misadventures did not end there.
In 1934, Grace got married, but since the newly-minted spouses did not have enough money to support themselves, not to mention Norma, they sent the girl back to an orphanage. In the future, the baby spent time either in an orphanage, or with one of her mother's relatives or friends. Later, the actress recalled that adolescence was a severe test for her, because several times she was tried to rape representatives of the family of the houses in which she lived.
Having met James Dougherty at the age of 15, Norma soon married him. The marriage allowed the girl not to return to the orphanage every time the next "virtues" abandon her.
Films
At the age of 17, the actress began working at the Padioplane aircraft factory. In 1944, US Air Force photographers were dispatched to the site to create a series of propaganda photographs to keep the fighting spirit of the soldiers involved in World War II. Then Norma met David Conover, a photographer who offered the blonde blonde to work as a model. It is not known what attracted a man to a pretty, but at the same time ordinary and simple girl, but soon this meeting turned out to be decisive in the fate of a world celebrity. In January 1945, Norma left the factory and started making money by posing for Conover and his photographer friends.
David advised the young girl to contact a modeling agency, and in August Norma signed a lucrative contract. At the same time, the young model was recommended to change her image and take a pseudonym. Norma dyed her hair platinum and has already starred under the name Jean Baker. The new image brought popularity, the woman quickly became a successful model in the agency. Such a Norma was seen by billionaire and media mogul Howard Hughes, who became interested in the participation of a spectacular blonde in the filming of films.
At the urging of Ben Lyon, Executive Producer of 20th Century Fox, Norma changed her creative name again. The girl took her mother's maiden name, and her name was suggested by Ben, whom Norma reminded of the Broadway diva Marilyn Miller. This is how the world famous name Marilyn Monroe appeared.
For a long time, the actress did not receive invitations to the world of big cinema, but this did not upset Marilyn. The girl spent free time from filming on dance and vocal lessons, as well as to find out as many details of filmmaking as possible. In 1947, the contract with the actress was renewed. Until the time of the second contract expired, Marilyn appeared in several roles that did not attract much attention, but provided experience to continue her career.
In 1948, Monroe returned to modeling, and in March signed a new agreement with Columbia Pictures. Working in this studio did not bring the girl any significant roles or fame, but helped her further development as an actress. Marilyn met several talented stage workers, who gave the film actress a number of valuable advice about her image and appearance.
In 1950, the film star returned to the 20th Century Fox studio and there she got the first role, thanks to which the audience noticed the girl. In the film "Asphalt Jungle" Monroe appeared in the frame only for a few minutes, but film critics spoke favorably about the young performer. A few months later, another film was released with the participation of Marilyn. The film "All About Eve" was destined to become a classic of Hollywood cinema, and the press enthusiastically spoke about the film, which won 6 "Oscars". Young Monroe also received her share of fame.
Marilyn Monroe in the movie "All About Eve" 1951 was extremely successful for the actress. Monroe starred in several comedies, critics and journalists spoke favorably of the young star and predicted her quick glory. And so it happened, especially since the popularity of the actress was influenced by numerous scandals of a piquant nature, from the discovered photos of naked Monroe to the difficult personal life of a Hollywood star.
In 1952 and 1953, Marilyn became famous as a movie star, sex symbol and the hottest actress in the United States. The young and charismatic actress starred in a number of extremely successful films, and many Hollywood stars became her partners on the set: Cary Grant, Fred Allen, Jane Russell.
The legendary dress of Marilyn Monroe in the movie "The Seven Day Itch" Monroe consolidated her reputation as a sex symbol with her participation in the movie "The Seventh Day Itch", and the episode with the "flying dress" (white dress) of the actress has long been considered a cult. Unfortunately, at that time, Marilyn was entrenched in the image of a "silly charming blonde", from which the star will never get rid of until the end of her life.
The world also remembered the songs performed by Monroe in the films. The composition I Wanna Be Loved By You from the film "There are only girls in jazz" became especially popular.
For some time, Monroe did not even agree to roles that differed in style from the already familiar works. The film star has repeatedly stated her desire to embody a serious dramatic image, but for a long time no one dared to conduct such an experiment. Only in 1961, a couple of months before her death, Marilyn Monroe played in the film The Misfits a girl named Roslyn Taber, an intelligent and sensitive person who is looking not for marriage or adventure, but for human warmth.
Personal life
Scandals associated with numerous novels constantly unfolded around the film star. The first marriage of the future star with American baseball player Joe DiMaggio officially lasted several years, but in fact, six months after the solemn wedding ceremony, the spouses stopped feeling feelings for each other, having lost mutual sympathy.
In 1955, Marilyn married, whom she spoke of with admiration and respect. In this union, the woman tried to become a mother, but the pregnancy turned out to be ectopic. The couple divorced in 1961. Soon the playwright committed suicide under unexplained circumstances.
There were loud rumors about Marilyn Monroe's romance with the President of the United States and his brother Robert, but no confirmation of this version was found in official sources.
Marilyn Monroe has always remained an example of femininity and a symbol of beauty. In the appearance of the American actress, figure (height - 166 cm, weight - 52 kg), charm and creative character, an elusive spark of talent is hidden, incomprehensible to many.
It is assumed that the legend of world cinema did rhinoplasty, as evidenced by the records of the plastic surgeon of the Hollywood star Michael Gurdin. From the conclusion drawn up by an American physician, it follows that Monroe had injuries to the nasal septum, probably as a result of a fall.
The life of an American is a grand romance where a fairy tale, a love story and a detective are mixed together. The fate of a beautiful, famous and infinitely unhappy woman did not give peace of mind even to scientists who tried to study in detail every event that happened to a celebrity. Nevertheless, unsuccessful marriages, dozens of abortions, as well as a stay in a psychiatric clinic made him look at the other side of the life of the Hollywood legend. Psychoanalysts Susan Israelson and Elizabeth McAvoy, having studied the life and work of the legend of world cinema, named a special type of inferiority complex in honor of the movie star - Marilyn Monroe syndrome.
Death
The film star passed away in 1962 at the height of her career. This caused a storm of speculation and versions around what happened, and in American society they immediately started talking about the causes of Marilyn's death.
It is known that the body of the dead actress was discovered by the housekeeper of the actress Eunice Murray. Monroe was lying on the bed, clutching a telephone receiver, and the room was filled with empty vials of medicine. Doctors who arrived at the scene of the tragedy confirmed the first guess: the actress died of an overdose of sleeping pills.
The position of the body (Monroe lay stretched out, face in the pillow), the strange fact that Marilyn did not leave a suicide note, as well as the fact that nothing in her behavior the day before did not foreshadow such a desperate step, prompted the public to suspect that the death of a celebrity - not suicide. In addition, the constant gossip around the Hollywood actress's connection with President Kennedy added a political flavor to this tragedy. The mysteries of the death of a star still remain unsolved.
Nevertheless, the official version of the investigation claims that the famous blonde committed suicide. One thing remains indisputable: with the death of Monroe, Hollywood lost a bright style icon, which became a legend during his lifetime.
After the death of the film actress, American directors often tried to be the first to bring her life story to life on the screen. Director Terry Sanders produced the 1966 documentary The Legend of Marilyn Monroe. This picture will be called the most truthful film in which the creators tried to show the actress different, but at the same time realistic. In the film, director John Houston also presented the personality of the actress from an unusual perspective. Previously, Houston invited the movie star to participate in the film The Misfits.
The impetuous and brilliant, but at the same time tragic fate of a mysterious woman, who from an ordinary girl became a symbol of the era - a dramatic story of the twentieth century, forever conquering the minds and hearts of millions.
Filmography
- Fire ball
- Asphalt jungle
- Niagara
- Let's do it legally
- We are not married!
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- The prince and the dancer
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- Some like it hot
- The Misfits
- Seventh day itch
- You can enter without knocking
- All about Eve
Marilyn Monroe was murdered. To me there is no doubt. The parading of vials of barbiturates and stimulants is just a distraction and emphasis on her addiction to drugs. It's just convenient to blame everything on them. three came to her - her doctor Greenberg, actor and friend Woolford and Robert Kennedy. The housekeeper and her brother, who were there at the time, saw it. At first they were silent under fear. But before her death, the housekeeper still said how it was and who it was. They were ordered to get out. There were wiretapping bugs in the room where everything was happening. They were taken care of by the mafia to get dirt on the love affairs of Marilyn and D. Kennedy. These bugs recorded voices and screams when she was beaten in the face and demanded a certain diary, which she Then someone said WHAT WE WILL DO WITH HER NOW? This meant that she was already unconscious, and most likely she was strangled with a pillow. She was carried from the guest room to her bedroom. They took everything off her and laid it flat and face down. As the first policeman who arrived, who had seen a lot of overdose poisoning, was immediately surprised, this could not be. It immediately became clear to him that the body had been transferred from somewhere. In poisoned persons, the body hooks in convulsions and convulsions. And here it is even and ostentatious. No traces of capsules were found in the small intestine. And the stay in the blood and liver was 14 mg / liter. It was 40 to 42 capsules that had to be taken at once. And the crystals of the latter would still not be dissolved in the stomach. But they weren't there !!! Then the acts of the examinations were altered to please the version of self-poisoning. The samples disappeared mysteriously. But dissenting experts guessed that a fatally saturated solution of barbiturates and chloral hydrates was injected into her with an enema when she was turned off by a shot of Greenberg. The actual date of death is 22-45 04.08 1962. The housekeeper's brother Yunnie showed that there were two more with the three mentioned, but he absolutely did not know them, and had not been there before. Recently there was a sensational article that in his dying state at the age of 80, a retired CIA employee did not want to take away with him to the grave of something and showed that at that time he was performing very delicate tasks to eliminate dangerous people for America. On account of him 37 eliminated. And only one of them is a blonde woman. According to him / when she was transferred to the bedroom and everyone left, then it was his turn to do the job. He administered a deadly dose .... And everyone ... Everyone who knew was silent on pain of death. Some fell silent immediately or not immediately forever. Yunnie, apparently also having a hard time going through all this and feeling her involvement, told the reporters. You can say that she repented before she died. And in general, the investigation went one-sided from the very beginning. They saw what they wanted, and did not take into account what they didn’t want. This is the most real MURDER! They buried her on 08.08.1962. at the Westwood Village Memorial in the Crypt. And ironically, it was on this day that she was supposed to have a second wedding with her ex-second husband Joe DiMaggio ... He was faithful to her until his death and once a week brought her red roses, as he had promised at the wedding ....
“Monroe could have conveyed strategic information to the communists, and we could not allow that. She had to die, I just did what I had to do! " - Normand Hodges, CIA operative.
One of the main tragedies of Marilyn's life was the sad fact that no one took the beautiful, bright blonde seriously. The actress dreamed of deep dramatic roles, read serious literature and was sure that all people are brothers. By the end of her life, Marilyn, strange as it may sound, turned to the ideals of communism.
“What the world really needs is a real sense of kinship. Everyone: stars, workers, blacks, Jews, Arabs - we are all brothers, ”the actress said in an interview with one of the journalists.
True, this speech did not appear in the press during Monroe's life: such statements contradicted the image of a carefree glamorous beauty. Later, the fact that the star asked the reporter to include these words in the article was told by her secretary Patricia Newcomb.
The dream of worldwide brotherhood and equality has turned into friendship with the communists. In 2006, the Associated Press published an interesting document from the FBI archives, containing, in fact, a denunciation of the star. According to the text of the paper, on July 11, 1956, an unknown man called the Daily News and said that Marilyn Monroe was a communist, and her own film company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, which the actress founded to get out of the bondage of the film giant 20th Century Fox, supplies finances of the US Communist Party.
At the same time, the informer said that the third husband of the actress, playwright Arthur Miller, is none other than the leader of the Monroe Communist Party, which includes almost all the employees of the film company. And the marriage of Monroe and Miller is just a cover for the subversive activities of the "bohemian communists."
Star for Equality and Fraternity
Whether the informer told the press the truth about Monroe and her film company is unknown, but in the mid-fifties no one began to publish such "news". Nevertheless, the star's political sympathies in recent years have been pretty unequivocal. Monroe was not too eager to hide her communist views. So, in the autobiography of Frederick Field, known for his "left" views, Monroe's fiery speech about his own ideals is mentioned:
“She talked about how she sympathizes with the fighters for human rights, for equality of blacks and whites. She also shared her excitement about what happened in China and her anger at the persecution of the communists and McCarthyism, ”wrote Frederick Field in Right to Left.
It is also widely known that the actress herself patronized Ella Fitzgerald. The black singer had few chances in the white patriarchal world of the USA in the fifties, but Monroe secured a spot for her at the popular Mocambo club.
“I really owe Marilyn Monroe. It was because of her that I started playing Mocambo. She personally called the owner of the club and told him that she wanted me to be accepted immediately, and if he did, she would take the front table every night. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there at the table every night. After that, I never had to play in a small jazz club, ”Ella Fitzgerald later recalled about the great actress.
Dangerous mistress of the greats
There were also rumors that the actress was having an affair with Fidel Castro, the legendary Cuban revolutionary. And this connection could be not only cordial, but also political.
A former mistress of US President John F. Kennedy, Monroe may have had classified information of strategic value. The secrets of the president could have caused the death of the actress - tragic and violent.
For many years after the death of the star, two main versions prevailed: about her suicide and death due to negligence. Allegedly, Marilyn, who all her life considered her "best friends" not diamonds, but stimulants, sleeping pills and other medicines, simply exceeded the dose - intentionally or accidentally, but herself.
However, in 2015, 78-year-old retired CIA officer Norman Hodges stated that it was he who killed Marilyn Monroe on orders from his superiors. The former hitman in the service of the American government was terminally ill, and therefore decided to tell the world about all his sins.
Murder for America
According to the special agent, by order of the CIA from 1959 to 1972, he “neutralized” 37 people, among whom were stars of varying degrees of “brightness”. But Monroe was the only woman - according to Hodges, before the actress, he killed only men.
According to the ex-officer's version, at about 1 am on August 5, he entered Monroe's bedroom and gave her a fatal injection. The special agent's syringe contained a "cocktail" of barbiturates and a sedative.
“My commanding officer, Jimmy Hayworth, told me that she had to die, and that death should look like a suicide or an overdose. I have never killed a woman before, but obeyed the order. I did it for America! Monroe could convey strategic information to the communists, and we could not allow that. She had to die, I just did what I had to do! " - so Normand Hodges told reporters on his deathbed in a hospital in Virginia.
After such a monstrous revelation, the FBI took over the Hodges case. As it turned out, Officer Commanding Officer Jimmy Hayworth had already died in 2011. It was also impossible to interrogate the three remaining members of the "Hodges' operational team", exposed by him: two of them died, and one went missing back in 1968.
Some time after the sensational statement of a former CIA officer, many publications stated that it was a fake, and the investigation was hushed up. Moreover, the applicant himself died, and there was no one to interrogate. But given the circumstances of Monroe's death, Hodges' story seems more than plausible today.
In addition, one fact is absolutely reliable - for many years the CIA followed Marilyn.
Between the President and the Attorney General
It is interesting that the novel of the actress with Fidel Castro has another interpretation - according to one version, the President of America himself "planted" Monroe in the bed of the loving Cuban. John F. Kennedy, with whom the blonde was madly in love, allegedly wanted with her help to lure the Cuban leader to the side of the United States. But it soon became clear: a beauty can easily fall in love, but she was unable to influence Fidel's views and ideology.
Be that as it may, the "fatal man" in Marilyn's life was not Castro at all. It was the Kennedy family who brought the actress to the grave - at least indirectly, and according to some sources - and directly.
In 1961, Marilyn met US President John F. Kennedy. They began an affair, which soon turned into a painful passion on the part of an unbalanced beauty. The actress's love began to openly annoy the first person of the state, and Kennedy, according to rumors, instructed his brother Robert to “distract” women from himself.
Robert's "red herring" was brilliant. Monroe fell in love with the president's brother, the country's attorney general, with an equally wild passion. The actress claimed that Robert promised to marry her, and sincerely believed in politics to the last.
Fatal tantrum
As in the case of John, the star staged endless scenes for Robert, cut off the phone with calls and promised to make their relationship public. According to one version, on August 4, Robert Kennedy flew to Los Angeles, where the actress lived, to dot the i's.
The Attorney General came to Monroe's house, but the conversation ended in a hysterical scene. In the end, the blonde had a tantrum, during which Robert Kennedy allegedly grabbed a pillow and strangled the star.
This version seems completely insane, but in 1985 the housekeeper of the actress Eunice Murray admitted to the press: indeed, on the evening of August 4, Robert Kennedy came to visit the actress. Eunice did not say more, but, according to the police, at the time of their arrival, Marilyn's housekeeper (who, we recall, found the actress's body) was doing the laundry. What exactly did the woman need to wash immediately after finding the mistress's body? ..
Victim of an insane psychoanalyst?
Robert and John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro and all the CIA brothers might not have been involved in the death of the actress. The killer of Marilyn Monroe could have been her psychoanalyst Ralph Greenson. It is known that before her death, the actress spent several hours in his company.
Ralph Romeo Greenson was a celebrity psychiatrist. In addition to Monroe, he provided services to Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh and other Hollywood celestials. Many accused Greenson of the fact that his method of therapy ruined the actress. Instead of working with her emotional state, trying to balance and harmonize the inner "storm" of the passionate blonde, the doctor regularly pumped her with an endless number of medications.
“He completely subordinated to his will the actions and desires of Monroe. He was sure that he could make her do whatever he wanted, ”- wrote about Greenson in his biography of the actress Donald Spoto.
According to numerous testimonies, the psychoanalyst forbade Monroe to meet with her ex-husband, basketball player Joe DiMaggio, the only person who took care of and supported Monroe all his life, no matter what. In addition, the doctor tried his best to chill her relationships with friends and tried to distance her from those close to her.
“By the end of July 1962, Marilyn realized that if she wanted her to have any kind of private life, she needed to break up with Greenson,” Spotto writes in her book Marilyn Monroe.
Such an attempt to break free, obviously, did not suit the power-hungry psychiatrist at all. According to one version, Greenson drove the actress to a nervous breakdown and suicide, because on the evening of August 4, they talked for six hours.
According to another version, the psychoanalyst prescribed Monroe a "lethal cocktail" of nembutal and chloral hydrate. As it turned out after the autopsy, the content of these substances in the actress's blood exceeded the lethal level by almost three times.
Mafia removes unnecessary
The "hands" of the American mafia could also have killed Marilyn. One of the countless lovers of the actress, the equally "star" Frank Sinatra, was closely associated with the US underworld. It was he, according to legend, who became the prototype of Johnny Fontaine, the hero of The Godfather, who turned to the mafia for help.
Sinatra was seen more than once in the company of Al Capone's cousin, and by the early sixties, the singer had become the "right hand" of Sam Giancana, the leader of the American mafia. The day before her death, Monroe met with her former lover, which is recorded on the CIA records. And, quite possibly, it was he who took the life of the actress - on the instructions of the "godfather".
However, the latest version seems the least plausible. Supporters of Marilyn's suicide claim that the actress was in deep depression for many years, which simply peaked on the night of August 5. But who then was the actress trying to reach without success? Why was she found without clothes and in an unnatural position? And, in the end, why was there no glass of water among the heap of empty bubbles - did the star really swallow a mountain of medicines just like that? .. After the death of the star, there are too many questions and "white spots" left to write off everything on suicide.
Margarita Zvyagintseva
Biography and episodes of life Marilyn Monroe. When was born and died Monroe, memorable places and dates of important events in her life. Quotes from the actress, Photo and video.
Marilyn Monroe's life years:
born June 1, 1926, died August 4, 1962
Epitaph
You have become a legend, and a candle
Suddenly the wind extinguished ...
From the song by Elton John "Goodbye, Norma Jeane"
Biography
All her childhood passed between foster homes, orphanages and the home of her own mother, a mentally ill woman. Perhaps that is why, even when the whole world was in love with her, she suffered from a lack of warmth and love. This woman is still considered the sexiest actress in the world, but in her life Marilyn Monroe has never experienced the pleasure of intimacy. All she needed was the closeness she never got.
Many people envy Marilyn Monroe's biographies - success, fame, movie roles, love of men and envy of women, but in fact, Monroe's biography was not at all as cloudless as it might seem from the screen. Marilyn Monroe (Monroe's real name is Norma Jeane Mortenson, at baptism Norma Jeane Baker) was born in Los Angeles. She was the third child of her mother, at that time a single mother, so after two weeks she gave her daughter to a foster family. True, after 7 years, I took it back. Marilyn's later childhood was not the sweetest - after her mother went to a psychiatric clinic, Marilyn lived with her mother's friend, then in an orphanage, then with relatives, where she was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment. It is known that as a child, Marilyn was raped by an adoptive relative, which for the rest of her life deprived her of the ability to enjoy intimacy with men. Outwardly sexy and seductive Marilyn in her personal life, according to her husbands and lovers, was restrained and sometimes even frigid. Marilyn got married for the first time at the age of 16, when she simply did not find a place in her mother's new family. But after 4 years, Monroe divorced - her husband did not approve of her aspirations to become an actress.
As an actress, Monroe was quite successful and in demand - the beginning of her career was laid by John Hyde, a very influential man in Hollywood, in love with Marilyn and who achieved her first film roles for her. The film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" made Marilyn a real world star. But Monroe was very tired of the fact that both the directors and the audience see in her only a stupid, beautiful blonde. One of Marilyn's famous quotes on this subject “we, beautiful women, must seem stupid so as not to bother men” is further proof that Monroe understood how difficult it would be for her to break out of her usual image. But she didn’t give up - she studied acting in a New York studio, created her own production company and began to choose the roles she wanted, - for example, in the dramatic film "Bus Stop", which received high praise from critics. Her ambition was supported by her third husband, Arthur Miller, and even specially wrote scripts for her, but her last two films, alas, failed, and her longest of three marriages did not survive such a test and fell apart. Marilyn began taking pills, began to often disrupt filming and was even fired from the movie "Something's Got to Happen" for absenteeism. Rumor has it that it was during these years that she began an affair with John F. Kennedy and even with his brother Robert, however, there was no serious evidence of these connections.
The death of Marilyn Monroe occurred on August 4, 1962. She was found in her own home with a telephone receiver in her hands, and next to the bed were many empty sleeping pills. Doctors called the cause of Monroe's death poisoning, but debate about what Monroe died of is still ongoing. There were different versions, the most popular of which were the incorrect dosage of drugs by the doctor Monroe, who then tried to hide the consequences of his mistake, and the murder of Monroe in order to prevent her from revealing compromising evidence on Kennedy, with whom she had an affair. It is unlikely that the secret of Monroe's death will ever be revealed. But she will definitely remain in the hearts of the audience as a charming girl in a fluttering dress, beautiful, sexy, bright and very lonely.
The funeral of Marilyn Monroe took place four days after her death. Of all her three husbands, only the second came to them, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, who loved Marilyn until the end of her life and organized the funeral itself. He also forbade journalists, stars and producers to appear at the funeral; only Marilyn's relatives and friends - 31 people - received permission. The actress was buried in Westwood Cemetery. 
Still from the movie "Some Like It Hot"
Life line
June 1, 1926 Date of birth Marilyn Monroe.
June 19, 1942 Marriage to Jim Dougherty.
end of 1944 Working as a model.
September 13, 1946 Divorce from Dougherty.
October 1948 The Chorus Girls is the first film in which Monroe spoke and sang.
1950 g. Release of the film "Asphalt Jungle" starring Monroe.
January 1954 Marriage to Joe DiMaggio.
March 1954 Received the Most Popular Actress award.
October 1954 Divorce from Joe DiMaggio.
January 1955 Creation of its own corporation "Marilyn Monroe Productions".
summer 1956 Marriage to Arthur Miller.
1960 g. Received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in The Jazz Only Girls.
January 20, 1961 Divorce from Arthur Miller.
4 August 1962 Date of death of Marilyn Monroe.
August 8, 1962 The funeral of Monroe.
Memorable places
1. School Van Nuys, where Marilyn Monroe studied.
2. Film company 20th Century Fox, with which in 1946 Marilyn signed a contract to work as a statistician.
3. Hollywood that made Monroe a star.
4. Monroe's house in Beverly Hills, where Marilyn rented an apartment in 1949-1952.
5. Hollywood Walk of Fame, where Marilyn Monroe left her handprints on June 26, 1956.
6. Monroe's house, where Monroe died.
7. Westwood cemetery, where Marilyn Monroe is buried.
8. Monroe Monument in Chicago.
Episodes of life
Until the age of 16, Marilyn Monroe was a stutterer - this defect worsened after the orphanage where the girl lived. She could not pronounce two words without hesitation and worked on her shortcomings for three years, eventually managing to defeat him.
Marilyn has always been very worried about her "sex symbol" image. Her friend and make-up artist Alan Snyder said that it was very difficult for her. Marilyn herself always tried to make it clear that her film image and she herself are different people, she even used the phrase "Am I some kind of Marilyn Monroe to him, huh?" Another famous quote from Marilyn Monroe: “I have always felt that I did not exist; the only opportunity for me to be is probably to be someone else. That's why I wanted to become an actress. " 
A woman capable of getting any man has always suffered from a lack of love and understanding.
Covenants
“Love and work are the only worthwhile things in life. Work is a kind of love. "
"True beauty and femininity are timeless."
"What the world really needs is a real sense of kinship."
The program "Marilyn Monroe and her last love"
Condolences
"Every time she entered the room, it was a real experience."
George Cukor, film director, screenwriter
“She is more than an actress, she is a star. We knew her as a warm-hearted person, she was impulsive, shy and lonely, vulnerable, but she had an interesting life. "
Lee Strasberg, director, actor, teacher Marilyn Monroe
“There is a rare sort of people whose gift is simply impossible to see, their miracle is enclosed in a narrow space between the lens and the film. After working a little with Marilyn Monroe, I learned to trust this particular miracle. She was the best and truly magical. "
Laurence Olivier, director, actor, producer
“She was an extraordinary woman — well ahead of her time. But she didn't know that. "
Ella Fitzgerald, singer
“There are people who are so unique that, it seems, they cannot disappear from life even after their death. Absolute truthfulness, transparent as light - she would not agree for less. In order to survive, she had to become even more cynical or even more fenced off from reality. She was a poet who, standing on a street corner, reads poetry to people while the crowd ripped off her clothes. "
Arthur Miller, playwright, ex-husband of Marilyn Monroe
"Miss Monroe's suicide is a sad and ironic testament to her passion for creativity."
The Times newspaper about Marilyn Monroe
The lifeless body of Marilyn Monroe, without clothes and in an unnatural position, with a telephone receiver in hand, was found on August 5. According to the official version, the actress committed suicide: according to the investigator's report, the actress took more than 40 tablets of barbiturates. But until now, incredible theories and hoaxes around the death of the cult artist continue to appear in the world.
Marilyn Monroe killed Robert Kennedy
One of the first versions that arose after the death of Marilyn says that the younger brother of President Kennedy, Robert, killed the artist himself, because he was afraid that she would talk about their romance and his political career would go downhill. The same version was voiced by Frank Capell in 1962 in his book The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe. The Capella version did not receive much support, and the passions subsided. But in 1973, the writer Norman Mailer "added fuel to the fire" by releasing another biography of Marilyn, where he claimed that the actress was killed by her lover, Senator Robert Kennedy.
Mailer did not have convincing evidence, but the loud advertising worked - the book was selling in frenzied circulation. Two years later, another follower of this theory, journalist Anthony Scaduto, wrote an article. Drawing on several sources at once, he explained why Kennedy killed Monroe. In his opinion, the actress knew too many political secrets and wrote down information in her secret diary.
Marilyn Monroe killed Robert Kennedy, but he didn't act alone
Another theory was put forward by the "yellow" journalist Anthony Summers, who in 1985 wrote the book "Goddess. Secrets of the Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe. The author claims that Robert Kennedy encouraged Marilyn's bad habits. Moreover, the politician personally took care of the last fatal dose of sleeping pills. According to Summers, the president was afraid that Marilyn would talk about their romance, and therefore, together with his son-in-law, Peter Lawford, organized an overdose. The author also claims that J. Edgar Hoover, who served as director of the FBI, helped arrange everything as suicide.
Summers' theory is backed up by the words of Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray, who first discovered the actress's body. In an interview with a journalist, Murray confessed, “Oh, why do I need to keep harboring this? Well, of course, Bobby Kennedy was there, and of course they had an affair. "
Marilyn was accidentally killed by her doctors
Another book about the life and death of Marilyn Monroe was written by Donald Spotto in 1993. According to the author, Monroe lied to doctors about her treatment, as a result of which she was prescribed the wrong dose of medication. With the help of the same housekeeper, Eunice Murray, Marilyn's death was heralded as a suicide. Despite police reports and statements from the housekeeper, Spoto's version did not receive support and was rejected.
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Marilyn Monroe was killed because she knew too much about UFOs
One of the most insane versions of Marilyn Monroe's death was put forward by extraterrestrial conspiracy theorist Dr. Stephen Greer. He claims that Monroe knew too much about ... UFOs. In his film The Unrecognized, Greer stated that Marilyn was planning a top-secret leak of the 1947 Roswell Incident (the alleged crash of an unidentified flying object near Roswell, New Mexico, USA). To stop the leak of classified information, a CIA officer got rid of the dangerous blonde by faking suicide.
Marilyn Monroe was killed by the mafia
In 1982, private detective Milo Sperillo made a startling speculation: Monroe was killed by union leader Jimmy Hoffa and Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana. Sperillo explains his theory in detail in the book The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed. Despite the dubious evidence, the detective's book led to the reopening of the case of Marilyn's death. However, after a new investigation, the Los Angeles district attorney closed the case: Sperillo's theory was not confirmed.
Marilyn Monroe was killed by the mafia on the orders of the Kennedy brothers
In 2012, biographer Darwin Porter wrote the book Marilyn: The End of the Rainbow, in which he suggested that the actress was killed by Mafia boss Sam Giancana on the orders of one of the Kennedy brothers. Porter believes that Monroe was going to talk about her romances with the president and his brother, and the Kennedy family simply could not let this happen. And then - as in an action-packed detective story: Porter writes that at least five mafiosi entered Monroe's house, put the girl to sleep with chloroform, then pumped her with barbiturates and carried her to the bedroom.
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