Marilyn Monroe
April 26, 2013
Norma Jeane Mortenson, also known as Marilyn Monroe, was a great inspiration to many people. Though her life started extremely rough being bounced around from home to home as a foster child in Los Angeles, she made the most of it. Marilyn had a number of childhood problems, but she managed to toughen up and be strong for herself. She started working at an aircraft plant at sixteen and ended up marrying a man known as Daddy to her. They ended up getting a divorce in 1946 as she began her modeling career. She was becoming an aspiring model and began taking acting classes at University of California Los Angeles. Soon after she had her first contract with Fox and came out with two films in 1947, The Shocking Miss Pilgrims and Dangerous Years. However, Fox was not going to renew her contract to continue acting. She then had a six month contract with Columbia making Ladies of the Chorus in 1948. Columbia also dropped her refusing to renew her contract. In 1949 Marilyn went back to modeling, which is the same year she ended up posing nude for Playboy. The issue came out in 1953. This was the start of her new career; she was becoming an icon for sex. After she was in the centerfold for playboy, she received five new movie roles and became known as the ditzy but sexy blonde. The public was starting to recognize her more often, and she received a larger role in her next film. The Seven Year Itch was not only her most comedic film, but most likely one of her most memorable. The scene that people still talk about today is when she is on top of the subway and a gust of wind blows up her little white dress. Marilyn Monroe had much insecurity about her acting abilities though she was a widely known model and actress. She had performance anxiety and usually got very ill before a scene or modeling session. She was fired numerous times because of her inability to show up on time. Monroe went through many marriages and many divorces along with them. Monroe’s
Norma Jeane Mortenson, also known as Marilyn Monroe, was a great inspiration to many people. Though her life started extremely rough being bounced around from home to home as a foster child in Los Angeles, she made the most of it. Marilyn had a number of childhood problems, but she managed to toughen up and be strong for herself. She started working at an aircraft plant at sixteen and ended up marrying a man known as Daddy to her. They ended up getting a divorce in 1946 as she began her modeling career. She was becoming an aspiring model and began taking acting classes at University of California Los Angeles. Soon after she had her first contract with Fox and came out with two films in 1947, The Shocking Miss Pilgrims and Dangerous Years. However, Fox was not going to renew her contract to continue acting. She then had a six month contract with Columbia making Ladies of the Chorus in 1948. Columbia also dropped her refusing to renew her contract. In 1949 Marilyn went back to modeling, which is the same year she ended up posing nude for Playboy. The issue came out in 1953. This was the start of her new career; she was becoming an icon for sex. After she was in the centerfold for playboy, she received five new movie roles and became known as the ditzy but sexy blonde. The public was starting to recognize her more often, and she received a larger role in her next film. The Seven Year Itch was not only her most comedic film, but most likely one of her most memorable. The scene that people still talk about today is when she is on top of the subway and a gust of wind blows up her little white dress. Marilyn Monroe had much insecurity about her acting abilities though she was a widely known model and actress. She had performance anxiety and usually got very ill before a scene or modeling session. She was fired numerous times because of her inability to show up on time. Monroe went through many marriages and many divorces along with them. Monroe’s