What Are Marilyn Monroe Major Accomplishments
Marilyn Monroe, a talented actress, model and singer was known for her effortless performances on screen her innocence, beauty and her iconic imagine, however had a tragic, controversial personal life. I. Early Life
II. Career and Personal Life A. Career B. Personal Life
III. Legacy It is no surprise that Marilyn Monroe’s tragic, early death was due to her troubled personal life, and that she was a talented actress, singer, and model whose life was ended much too soon.
Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe, a talented actress, model and singer was known for her effortless performances on screen her innocence, beauty and …show more content…
Gladys however, unstable and lacking enough money to properly take care of Norma, after just two weeks of her birth, her mother shipped her off to what would be one of many foster homes. She was first taken care of by neighbors of Gladys’: Albert and Ida Bolender until the year 1933, when she could afford a house. Gladys’ (being an enthusiast of films) and her friend Grace McKee encouraged Marilyn to enter the film industry and become an actress, modeled after the career of Jean Harlow. (“Marilyn Monroe.” Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century, n.pag). (“Monroe, Marilyn.” American National Biography, …show more content…
Gladys’ friend Grace McKee took charge of the situation, and sent Norma Jeane to the Los Angeles County Children’s Home on September 13th until June, 1937 when Grace was legally permitted as the guardian of Norma. She lived with relatives from Crompton, California, from 1937 until in 1938 in August, she then returned to live with Grace again, and then Grace’s aunt Ana Lower who was a Christian Scientist practitioner, who had a very close relationship with Norma. On March, 14th 1948, Aunt Ana passed away from heart disease, just a week after she was signed with Columbia. Marilyn said, “She was the one human being who let me know what love is” she later said, “I was left without anyone to take my hopes and troubles to.” (Taraborelli 138-139). Devastated and facing the cruel reality that she would have to return to a foster home where she said she had been raped and sexually asphalted as well, in an effort to avoid this, she then married boyfriend James Dougherty at a young age. James joined the Merchant Marines while she lived with her mother –in-law. She then found a job at Radioplane Company in Burbank. In 1944 a photographer, David Conover taking pictures of women at work, was struck by her beauty and encouraged her to become a model. The next year the Blue Book Agency for models accepted her, and she began attending
II. Career and Personal Life A. Career B. Personal Life
III. Legacy It is no surprise that Marilyn Monroe’s tragic, early death was due to her troubled personal life, and that she was a talented actress, singer, and model whose life was ended much too soon.
Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe, a talented actress, model and singer was known for her effortless performances on screen her innocence, beauty and …show more content…
Gladys however, unstable and lacking enough money to properly take care of Norma, after just two weeks of her birth, her mother shipped her off to what would be one of many foster homes. She was first taken care of by neighbors of Gladys’: Albert and Ida Bolender until the year 1933, when she could afford a house. Gladys’ (being an enthusiast of films) and her friend Grace McKee encouraged Marilyn to enter the film industry and become an actress, modeled after the career of Jean Harlow. (“Marilyn Monroe.” Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century, n.pag). (“Monroe, Marilyn.” American National Biography, …show more content…
Gladys’ friend Grace McKee took charge of the situation, and sent Norma Jeane to the Los Angeles County Children’s Home on September 13th until June, 1937 when Grace was legally permitted as the guardian of Norma. She lived with relatives from Crompton, California, from 1937 until in 1938 in August, she then returned to live with Grace again, and then Grace’s aunt Ana Lower who was a Christian Scientist practitioner, who had a very close relationship with Norma. On March, 14th 1948, Aunt Ana passed away from heart disease, just a week after she was signed with Columbia. Marilyn said, “She was the one human being who let me know what love is” she later said, “I was left without anyone to take my hopes and troubles to.” (Taraborelli 138-139). Devastated and facing the cruel reality that she would have to return to a foster home where she said she had been raped and sexually asphalted as well, in an effort to avoid this, she then married boyfriend James Dougherty at a young age. James joined the Merchant Marines while she lived with her mother –in-law. She then found a job at Radioplane Company in Burbank. In 1944 a photographer, David Conover taking pictures of women at work, was struck by her beauty and encouraged her to become a model. The next year the Blue Book Agency for models accepted her, and she began attending