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Norma Jean Baker (Mortensen) | |
| Also Known As: | "MM", "The Blonde Bombshell", "Marilyn Monroe" |
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| Birthplace: | Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA |
| Death: | Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death: | Acute barbiturate poisoning |
| Place of Burial: | Interred in a crypt at Corridor of Memories #24, Westwood Memorial Park, 1218 Glendon Ave, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Daughter of Martin Edward Mortensen and Gladys Pearl Monroe |
| Occupation: | Actress, model, comedian, film producer, singer-actress (biological father is unknown, but some believe it to be Stanley Gifford), Movie Star, Filmskådespelerska |
| Managed by: | Colleen Rose Keenan |
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About Marilyn Monroe
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The legal father of Marilyn Monroe was Martin Edward Mortensen.
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, and baptized Norma Jeane Baker.
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Marilyn Monroe's mother was employed by a motion picture company and was a film cutter.
Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 30 films (her last never completed), 24 in the first 8 years of her career. Due to her mother being a single parent, baby Norma Jeane was placed in the home of Della Hogan's neighbor, Albert and Ida Bolender, with Gladys having lived there with Norma Jeane for the first two months of her life, before returning to work from maternity leave. It was here Marilyn lived the first 7 years of her life, with her mother. In the 1930 census, Norma Jeane and Gladys are listed as boarders.
In 1932, Norma Jeane lived with her mother in a house that Gladys had purchased.
The stress of life caught up with Gladys Monroe through a serious of personal tragedies: her mother died of Malaria in 1927, her grandfather Tilford died by self-inflicted hanging in 1933 when he was 82 years old, Then Gladys lost her job with the movie studio. And by January of 1934 she had a nervous breakdown.
Grace McKee, a close friend of Gladys since 1921 took over the care of Norma Jeane as legal guardian in 1935.
Grace had her relatives and relatives of Norma on the monroe side help take care of her.
In September 1941 Norma Jeane when she met Jim Dougherty. Norma Jeane married Dougherty on June 19, 1942.
Dougherty joined the Merchant Marines in 1943 and in 1944 was sent overseas. Norma Jeane, while working in a factory inspecting parachutes in 1944, was photographed by the Army as a promotion to show women on the assembly line contributing to the war effort. One of the photographers, David Conover, asked to take further pictures of her. By spring of 1945, she was quickly becoming known as a "photographers dream" and had appeared on 33 covers of national magazines.
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Marilyn Monroe's Timeline
| 1926 |
June 1, 1926
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
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| 1942 |
June 19, 1942
Age 16
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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| 1946 |
September 13, 1946
Age 20
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| 1954 |
January 14, 1954
Age 27
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October 27, 1954
Age 28
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| 1956 |
June 25, 1956
Age 30
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July 1, 1956
Age 30
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| 1961 |
January 20, 1961
Age 34
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| 1962 |
August 5, 1962
Age 36
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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August 8, 1962
Age 36
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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