Marilyn

Marilyn Monroe

  • Norma Jean Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) was born in the Los Angeles General Hospital

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    The Life & Death of Marilyn Monroe

  • Entered the Los Angeles Orphans Home at age 9

  • Left the orphanage to live with her mother's friend, Grace McKee

  • Right after her 16th birthday, Norma Jean married Jim Dougherty

  • Screen test with Twentieth Century Fox where she signed a contract with the name Marilyn Monroe

  • Became divroced from Dougherty

  • Dropped from her contract at Twentieth Century Fox

  • Had an affair with Johnny Hyde

  • Signed a contract with Columbia

  • Dropped from contract at Columbia

  • Affair with Hyde ended

  • Married Joe DiMaggio

  • Divorced DiMaggio

  • Married Arthur Miller

  • Placed in mental hospital

  • Divorced Miller

  • Sang "Happy Bithday, Mr. President" to Kennedy on his birthday

  • Set a date to remarry DiMaggio - date set for August 8, 1962

  • Found deceased in her apartment in bed

  • Funeral & burial of Marilyn Monroe/Norma Jean