More than half a century has passed since the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. However, interest in the personality of the inimitable blonde and the living embodiment of the American dream does not subside to this day. Initially, Marilyn chose the luxurious Jean Harlow as her ideal. But the actress herself has become an object of worship for Hollywood actresses.
Popularity demanded intelligence, strength of character and determination from the star. However, until the end of his life, Monroe was perceived as the personification of sex appeal. A strong and discerning woman was seen in her much later.
Childhood and youth
On June 1, Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in the United States in 1926. The girl's hometown was Los Angeles. In the Gladys Baker family, she became the third child. From previous marriages, the mother had a son and a daughter.
A few days before the birth of Norma, the mother and father of the future celebrity separated.
Gladys, in the birth certificate of her youngest daughter, indicated false information about the absence of older children due to their death.
Even years later, the celebrity has not figured out who was her real father.
The girl's grandmother refused to accept her granddaughter into her home. As a result, Norma ended up in a family-type orphanage with the Bolenders. She spent seven years there, regularly visited by her mother. Gladys paid for everything from food to going to the movies.
In 1933, the girl was taken away by her mother. However, a year later, Gladys was hospitalized with a nervous breakdown. A friend of her mother took over the baby, but in 1934 she got married. The spouses could not provide for the girl.
Norma again ended up in an orphanage. So the childhood of the future star passed: an orphanage or one of the relatives or friends of the mother.
The growing star more than once fought off the encroachments of her guardians with difficulty. They tried to rape her more than once.
Therefore, the girl accepted the marriage proposal of James Dougherty, whom she met at fifteen. Now Norma could not return to the orphanage after giving up her next virtues.
Carier start
The future celebrity got a job at the Padioplane aircraft plant at seventeen. To maintain the morale of the soldiers, all US Air Force photographers were sent here in 1944.
Here Norma was seen by David Conover. The photographer offered the blonde beauty a job as a model. The meeting was decisive.
In 1945, Norma left the factory and began posing for Conover and his colleagues. David recommended that a pretty girl contact a modeling agency.
Already in August, she signed a very lucrative contract. She was advised to change her image and take a pseudonym.
As a result, an ordinary girl turned into a platinum blonde named Jean Baker.
She quickly became a successful model. The billionaire Howard Hughes saw the bright beauty. It was he who invited the girl to act in films. Producer of the 20th Century Fox film company Ben Lyon insisted on changing the name of the aspiring actress.
She took her mother's premarital surname, and the name of the Broadway diva Marilyn Miller was suggested to her by Ben. The girl looked too much like a performer. This is how the world famous Marilyn Monroe was born.
There were no invitations from the world of big cinema for a long time. The future celebrity was not upset because of this.
She studied dancing and singing, learned all the secrets of filmmaking. The contract was renewed in 1947.
For all the time, the new name flashed in several roles. They did not deserve the attention of criticism, but they gave a good experience.
A year later, Monroe returned to work as a model. In March she was invited to work by Columbia Pictures. Cooperation did not affect the development of the girl as an actress.
But Marilyn met talented people who gave the beginner valuable advice about the image.
Filmmaking
The first notable role appeared in 1950. In "The Asphalt Jungle" Monroe was in the frame for a few minutes.
But the critics really liked the image created by the young performer. A few months later, the classic Hollywood movie "All About Eve" was released.
The tape won six Oscars. Young Marilyn also got a share of the glory.
The year 1951 was very successful for the actress. She took part in several comedies, critics and journalists spoke favorably about her play. The actress was predicted to be soon recognized.
So it turned out, those more that interest was fueled by piquant scandals, starting from a photo with a naked Monroe and ending with the difficult life of a Hollywood star.
The following years, Marilyn met in the status of a film star, sex symbol and the hottest performer in the States. She starred in a number of successful projects, played with Cary Grant, Jane Russell. At that time, Marilyn successfully secured the image of a sex symbol, and the “flying dress” was recognized as a cult.
But also from that time on, the image of a charming silly person was firmly entrenched in Monroe. She failed to refute it for the rest of her life.
The film star has repeatedly tried to get dramatic serious work. But the directors did not dare to make such experiments for a long time.
Only a couple of months before Monroe's death in 1961, she had a chance to embody on the screen the image of Roslyn Taber, a sensitive and intelligent person seeking human warmth.
This work in the film "The Misfits" was strikingly different from the usual role of the actress.
Numerous novels soared around the beauty, constantly providing her with scandalous fame.
Her marriage to famous baseball player Joe DiMaggio lasted for several years. But the newlyweds lost their mutual sympathy for each other six months after the wedding.
Novels and personal life
In 1955, Marilyn became the wife of Arthur Miller. She tried, in alliance with a man who aroused her admiration, to become a mother, but failed.
The divorce took place in 1961. Under unclear circumstances, the playwright soon committed suicide.
There was no official confirmation of the film star's romance with President Kennedy and his brother Robert.
Monroe will forever remain a symbol of femininity and beauty. In her fate, a love story, a fairy tale and a detective story were mixed.
Scientists tried to thoroughly investigate every event in her life. However, unsuccessful marriages and mental hospital stays have opened up another side of Hollywood life. In honor of the star, an inferiority syndrome is even named: Marilyn Monroe syndrome.
In 1962, at the height of her career, the actress left the world. The housekeeper who found the dead actress talked about empty medicine bottles.
Doctors confirmed that Monroe died from an overdose of sleeping pills. But the suicide note was not found. Nothing foreshadowed such an outcome. As a result, they started talking about staging.
The alleged connection with Kennedy added a political dimension to the mystery. However, there is an official version: suicide.
With her departure, the film world lost a bright personality, which became a legend during his lifetime. The directors tried to embody the story of the blonde's life almost immediately after her death.
In 1966, the documentary The Legend of Marilyn Monroe was released. The tape was recognized as the most truthful. In the work, the director showed the actress different and realistic. From an ordinary girl, she turned into a symbol of an entire era. The history of the last century, brilliant and tragic in its drama, has won the hearts of millions forever.
