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Norma Jeane Motensen is born
Norma Jeane Mortensen is born in Los Angeles, CA -
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Life Of Marylin Monroe
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declared ward of the state
with father unknown and mother locked in a pshicatry ward she becomes ward of the state. -
Grace McKee gains custody
Grace McKee Goddard becomes Norma Jeane's legal guardian -
Norma's first marrige
When the Goddards relocated to Virginia, they decided to not take Marilyn with them. After several failed attempts to find someone to watch her, the Goddards asked their neighbor if her son could marry Marilyn so that she wouldn't go back to the orphanage. James Dougherty finally agreed to marry her after finishing high school in June. -
Modeling Career begins
While her husband was in the Merchant Marine, she took up a job in the Radioplane Munitions Factory spraying airplane parts with fire retardant andinspected parachutes. During this time, David Conover snapped a photo of her and encouraged her to apply to the Blue Book Modeling Agency. She signed with the agency and died her brunette hair to golden blonde. She became one of Blue Book's most successful models. -
Her First Movie Role
Monroe's first movie role was an uncredited role as a telephone operator in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim in 1947. She won a brief role that same year in Dangerous Years and extra appearances in Green Grass of Wyoming and You Were Meant For Me. -
The asfalt jujngle
After her performance in The Asphalt Jungle, Marilyn Monroe got great reviews. Her talent agent, Johnny Hyde convinced Twentieth Century Fox to sign her into a 7 year contract. -
2nd marriage
Monroe got married to Joe DiMaggio in San Fransisco on January 14,1954. They traveled to Japan on a business trip and also combined it as their honeymoon as well. -
Signed with Twentieth-Century Fox
Ben Lyon, a 20th Century Fox executive, was impressed by her screen test that he offered her a starting salary of $125.00 a week. Lyon did not like her original name and suggested that she take the name Marilyn Monroe. -
Health problems arise
She began seeing a Los Angelese psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson. She was complaining about insomnia and admitted to seeing many doctors to give her medication. Greenson believed she was at the point of addiction -
Death of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home on August 5, 1962. She died of an overdose of barbiturates at the age of 36.
