Monroe, Marilyn,1926–62, American movie actress, b. Los Angeles as Norma Jean Baker or Norma Jeane Mortenson. Raised in orphanages after 1935 and first married at 14, Monroe, who began her career as a pin-up model, became a world-famous sex symbol and, after her death, a Hollywood ...
Her first husband, Jim Dougherty, recalls that she used to rinse her face fifteen times after every wash. At times she would smear Vaseline, cold cream, or hormone cream over her face. When not wearing makeup, she would apply lanolin or olive oil to her face as a protecting agent. ...
Marilyn Monroe, the golden girl of Hollywood’s Golden Age, is the subject of this one off Channel 5 documentary. Despite appearing in only around 30 films during her short life, her star power remains as strong as ever. The program reassesses her life and career, examining how she was sy...
Marilyn Monroe is undeniably one of the most famous women today, even though she passed away over 55 years ago. The mystery surrounding her death is still ever present in modern society. There is another mystery that’s also a constant topic of conversation and debate, and it’s one of th...
Marilyn Monroe dominated the age of movie stars to become, without question, one of the most famous women of the 20th century. During her career, Monroe made 30 films and left one, "Something's Got to Give," unfinished. A worldwide sensation in her lifetime, Monroe's popularity made ...
by many to be England’s answer toMarilyn Monroe, Dors was boffo at the British box office — but her career across the pond never fully took flight (mainly due to an over-controlling first husband and other Hollywood politics, I’m sure). She passed away in 1984 at the age of 52. ...
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While her death at the age of 36 was ruled a probable suicide, theories still abound about what may have actually led to her passing in her final days. READ MORE: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Had an Instant Connection, But Quickly Grew Apart Once Married Monroe's love life going ...
** like: first husband James Docherty reminiscing (sat in a baseball stadium!) with anecdotes on her taking pity on a cow in the rain (no wait: this could be relevant; see below = think on that screaming scene in her last film as the wild horse is roped down ...!) and his rather...
Monroe rides her bike with her third husband Miller. He's best known for writing the play Death of a Salesman. Harold Clements/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II meets Monroe at the Royal Command Film Performance in London in 1956. Monroe went to England to film "The Prince and...