A Hobbie - Merilyn Monroe

		Merilyn Monroe was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California Her real name was Norma Jean Mortenson And unfortunately she is not with us since August 5, 1962.

Norma Jean endured a childhood of poverty and misery, sexual abuse (at the age of eight) and years in foster homes and orphanages after her mother suffered a nervous breakdown and was institutionalized.

While working in Burbank, she had her picture taken by a visiting Army photographer. Howard Hughes saw some of her photographs and expressed an interest in giving her a screen test for RKO,

but...

Fox beat Hughes to the punch, signing Norma Jean Baker to a contract and changing her name to Marilyn Monroe.

After appearing in small parts in films including LOVE HAPPY (1949) and ALL ABOUT EVE (1950), Monroe achieved celebrity with starring roles in three 1953 features—NIAGARA, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE—as well as a series of nude calendar photos, taken in 1948, which appeared in the December 1953 debut issue of Playboy magazine. By the end of the year, Monroe had been voted the top star of 1953. Her basic character grew out of the dumb blonde archetype, but

Monroe added a sense of innocence, naturalism and overt sexuality. Her sexuality was never seen as a threat, but

as something harmless and benevolent. "Marilyn believes in doing what comes naturally."

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