Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, baptized Norma Jeane Baker, is an American actress, singer and model.

Norma spent almost all of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages, and did not even graduate from high school. In 1945, at a military aircraft factory where she worked as a dyer, she was taking pictures of female employees for propaganda posters, which encouraged her to pursue a modeling career. Norma began appearing in commercials and men's magazines, and in 1946 contracted with Twentieth Century Fox movie studio as an extra. Then she also took the creative pseudonym Marilyn Monroe, combining the name of actress Marilyn Miller and her mother's maiden name.

She starred in small roles and studied acting. Marilyn Monroe got her first major role in the musical "The Lady of the Corps" (1948, directed by Phil Carlson), beginning to create her image of a charming blonde. The movie "Niagara" (1953) brought her fame as a sex symbol of Hollywood, and filmed in the same year the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," where she played the lead role, turned a spectacular beauty in the world star. In 1955, the actress created her own film company Marilyn Monroe Productions. And in 1959, the rental came Billy Wilder comedy "In Jazz Only Girls", later entered the classics of world cinema and received several awards, including "Oscar".

Throughout her career, the actress performed about 30 roles in various films. Her last work was the role of a female photographer in the unfinished movie George Cukor "Something Must Happen" (1962). On August 5, 1962, the actress was found dead in her home in Los Angeles, the official cause of death was given as an overdose of sleeping pills. She was only 36 years old.

Marilyn Monroe is a three-time Golden Globe Award winner. Her life is devoted to hundreds of books and documentaries, and created by her image of spectacular and sexy, but naive blonde is still popular in art, fashion and advertising. However, behind this brilliant screen image hid a sensitive and intelligent personality. Few people know that Marilyn loved to read and collected a rich library.