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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Marilyn Monroe(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

About Marilyn Monroe(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)
  • was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s 
Marilyn Monroe pictures: Hello Norma Jeane: The astonishing treasure trove of rare images

  • spending much of her childhood in foster homes,began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with 20th Century Fox

  • By 1952 she had her first leading role in '' Don't Bother to Knock''

  • her dramatic performance in  Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe Nomination
  • her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released '' The Prince and the Showgirl'' (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award Nomination and won a David di Donatello Award
  • received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in  Some Like It Hot (1959)

  • last completed film was '' The Misfits '' (1961), co-starring Clarke Cable  with a screenplay written by her then-husband, Arthur Miller
  • On August 5, 1962, at 4:25 a.m., LAPD Sergeant Jack Clemmons received a call from Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe's psychiatrist, saying that Monroe was found dead at her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. She was 36 years old. At the subsequent autopsy, 8 mg/dL of Chloral hydrate and 4.5 mg/dL of  Nembutal were found in her system, and Dr.Thomas Noguchi (known as the "coroner to the stars") of the Los Angeles County Coroners office recorded cause of death as "acute barbitirate poisoning", resulting from a "probable suicide" 
Rare Images of Marlin Monroe

A brunette Norma Jeane in 1946, the year she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.A studio executive chose the name Marilyn, and she picked her grandmother’s surname, Monroe

A brunette Norma Jeane in 1946, the year she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe

In 1946, the year Marilyn signed her first film contract, with 20th Century Fox
In 1946, the year Marilyn signed her first film contract, with 20th Century Fox

Marilyn posing with ski sticks in a 1944 photo shoot 
Marilyn posing with ski sticks in a 1944 photo shoot 
On a swimwear shoot in 1946
On a swimwear shoot in 1946  
Magazine covers led to items in gossip columns which in turn led to a screen test at Twentieth Century Fox.A studio executive chose the name Marilyn, and she picked her grandmother’s surname, Monroe
She won a contract and tiny roles in two minor films before being cast in the lead as a burlesque dancer in a film called Ladies Of The Chorus. It wasn’t a hit but Marilyn’s profile was raised

Marilyn with her magazine covers in 1946
Marilyn with her magazine covers in 1946 
Marilyn posing outdoors in 1945
Marilyn posing outdoors in 1945

In 1945, the year she signed with the Blue Book modelling agency
In 1945, the year she signed with the Blue Book modelling agency
As a Blue Book model in 1946
As a Blue Book model in 1946

Marilyn posing with a fellow Blue Book Model in 1946
Marilyn posing with a fellow Blue Book Model in 1946

In 1949, the year she appeared in the Marx Brothers film Love Happy
In 1949, the year she appeared in the Marx Brothers film Love Happy. That paved the way for ever bigger parts and her iconic starring roles in the likes of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot


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