Marilyn Monroe

Probably the most famous sex symbol of all times, Marilyn Monroe was in addition a successful actress and a talented singer. Marilyn Monroe's appearance in the first issue of Hugh Hefner's Playboy as the first Playmate helped define the future of glamour photography. Marilyn Monroe's troubled life and apparent suicide, along with her failed relationships with the very high profile men in her life, aroused sympathy and interest amongst her fans and critics alike, no doubt helping to raise Marilyn Monroe's status as a legendary figure.

While her name will be remembered for years to come, it is unclear to many people why. This objective of this lens is to show that Marilyn Monroe truly had it all: brains, sex appeal and talent. Marilyn was and still is unique and years ahead of her time. If you take a little time to read what is written below, you might come to understand why the legend lives on.

10 Things You Probably Don't Know About Marilyn

That just may surprise you

Marilyn was brought up by foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender until the age of seven. Marilyn wrote in her biography that she believed that Albert, her foster father was actually a woman. In total she had 12 sets of foster parents.
Marilyn's family had a long history of depression. Marilyn's uncle and great-grandfather both committed suicide by hanging. Her mother was also forcibly institutionalized due to a breakdown.
When she was 16, Marilyn married 21 year old James Dougherty in order to avoid being sent to an orphanage or to yet another foster home. She divorced him when she was 20.
In 1947 Marilyn did a nude photoshoot. In 1953 the rights to the photos were purchased for $500 by Hugh Hefner for his first edition of Playboy. Marilyn became the first 'Sweetheart of the Month'. Later the name was changed to Playmate of the Month.
Marilyn's great love was probably baseball giant Joe Dimaggio. When they were married, Joe was intensely jealous of the attention showered on Marilyn by men everywhere. When the "The Seven Year Itch", was filmed in New York, now famous promotional photos were taken on a subway ventilator outside the Trans-Lux Theater on 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Joe watched Marilyn's skirt fly up again and again, revealing her white panties before thousands of enthusiastic photographers and fans. Jealous Joe angrily stormed off. Later the couple had a huge fight in the hotel. Two weeks later they separated and eventually divorced.
After their divorce, Joe Dimaggio rescued Marilyn from forced institutionalization at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic (67th Street and York Avenue, NY City). For 20 years after her death he had a dozen red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week. He never remarried. It is claimed that Joe's last words were: "I'll finally get to see Marilyn"
The FBI compiled a 34 page file on Marilyn, much of which hints that she was a communist sympathiser. Included are a visa application to visit the USSR as well as her relationships with people that the FBI believed were communist sympathisers. You can review Marilyn's FBI file by copying this link into your browser:

http://foia.fbi.gov/monroe/monroe1.pdf
Marilyn was a NOT a dumb blond bimbo. She was a savvy business woman. Fox, the movie studio she had a contract with was forcing her to do stupid, low level films that she hated. Marilyn broke her contract and fled Hollywood to study acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York. She set up her own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions. She was such a huge box office draw, Fox agreed to her terms, giving Marilyn approval of the director as well as the option to act in other studios' projects. The first film under the new contract was Bus Stop, for which she received critical acclaim and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Over 40 years after her death Forbes.com compiled a survey titled "Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities," which compared the money the celebrities' estates earn annually from sales. Marilyn ranked 9th, as the only woman on the list.
Hugh Hefner owns the burial vault next to Marilyn at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California and intends to be buried there.

A Sexy 27 Year Old Marilyn Sings "Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend"

From the movie: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Marilyn Monroe Songs

Marilyn Monroe sings "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" in the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)

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