Norma Jeane Mortenson
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962
In 1933 Gladys felt stable enough for Marilyn to move in with her and bought a small house in Hollywood. Gladys took her daughter to Hollywood Premiers.
In January 1934, Gladys had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Footage of Marilyn's mother.
In 1941, 15-year-old Marilyn graduated from Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School.
Marilyn's guardian decided she should marry the neighbor's son. So, on June 19th, 1942, 16-year-old Marilyn married 21-year-old factory worker James "Jim" Dougherty. In an interview Marilyn said:
"Marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy, either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom."
World War II was underway and soon Jim went off to sea with the Merchant Marines. During this time Marilyn decided to get a job in a factory.
In 1944, she met army photographer David Conover. He had been sent to the factory to shoot morale-boosting pictures of female workers. None of her pictures were used. In January 1945, she quit working at the factory and began modeling for Conover and his friends.
She was known as a natural beauty. Woman began identifying with her because she wasn't afraid to show her body. She would even show her stomach rolls. Despite rumors of her being bigger, she wore a size 6-8. She had big hips, but her waist was small.
Life continued to be tough for her. The paparazzi would follow her everywhere. She hated it.
She was on medications for anxiety, depression and insomnia.
In June of 1946, 20th Century Fox signed Marilyn to a standard six-month contract to avoid her being signed by rival studio RKO Pictures. They made her change her name from Norman Jean Baker to Marilyn Monroe. Her first name was picked by a fox executive, who was reminded of Broadway star Marilyn Miller; the last was Monroe's mother's maiden name.
Three months later, Marilyn and her husband divorced.
Fox didn't really use her in anything except in pictures for promotions, so Marilyn dedicated her days to acting, singing and dancing classes. Eager to learn more about the film industry, she also spent time at the studio lot to observe others working and to promote herself.
Her contract was renewed in February 1947, and she was given her first film roles, bit parts in "Dangerous Years" and "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!".
The next year Fox dropped Marilyn and she went back to modeling. But that was Ok. Later that year, she signed with Columbia Pictures. Her hairline was raised and her hair was bleached platinum blonde. She also began working with the studio's head drama coach, Natasha Lytess, who would remain her mentor until 1955.
Her first starring role, and her only one with Columbia, was in the musical "Ladies Of The Chorus." She played a young burlesque queen. Her contract was not renewed in September 1948.
Marilyn then became the protégée of Johnny Hyde, the vice president of the William Morris Agency. Their relationship soon became sexual and he proposed marriage, but Marilyn turned him down. He paid for Marilyn to have plastic surgery on her chin and nose, which she was pressured her into. He also arranged a bit part in the Marx Brothers film Love Happy, the New York promotional tour of which she also joined in 1949. Meanwhile, Monroe continued modeling, and in 1949 she posed nude for photos taken by Tom Kelley.
She was on medications for anxiety, depression and insomnia.
In June of 1946, 20th Century Fox signed Marilyn to a standard six-month contract to avoid her being signed by rival studio RKO Pictures. They made her change her name from Norman Jean Baker to Marilyn Monroe. Her first name was picked by a fox executive, who was reminded of Broadway star Marilyn Miller; the last was Monroe's mother's maiden name.
Three months later, Marilyn and her husband divorced.
Fox didn't really use her in anything except in pictures for promotions, so Marilyn dedicated her days to acting, singing and dancing classes. Eager to learn more about the film industry, she also spent time at the studio lot to observe others working and to promote herself.
Her contract was renewed in February 1947, and she was given her first film roles, bit parts in "Dangerous Years" and "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!".
The next year Fox dropped Marilyn and she went back to modeling. But that was Ok. Later that year, she signed with Columbia Pictures. Her hairline was raised and her hair was bleached platinum blonde. She also began working with the studio's head drama coach, Natasha Lytess, who would remain her mentor until 1955.
Her first starring role, and her only one with Columbia, was in the musical "Ladies Of The Chorus." She played a young burlesque queen. Her contract was not renewed in September 1948.
Marilyn then became the protégée of Johnny Hyde, the vice president of the William Morris Agency. Their relationship soon became sexual and he proposed marriage, but Marilyn turned him down. He paid for Marilyn to have plastic surgery on her chin and nose, which she was pressured her into. He also arranged a bit part in the Marx Brothers film Love Happy, the New York promotional tour of which she also joined in 1949. Meanwhile, Monroe continued modeling, and in 1949 she posed nude for photos taken by Tom Kelley.
In December 1950, Hyde was able to negotiate a seven-year contract for Marilyn with 20th Century-Fox. He died of a heart attack only days later, which left her devastated.
She had supporting roles in the MGM drama Home Town Story, and in three moderately successful comedies for Fox, As Young as You Feel, Love Nest, and Let's Make It Legal. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times described her as "superb" in As Young As You Feel and Ezra Goodman of the Los Angeles Daily News called her "one of the brightest up-and-coming [actresses]" for Love Nest.
It was the time of the Korean War and her popularity with audiences was growing. She received several thousand fan letters a week, and was declared "Miss Cheesecake of 1951" by the army newspaper Stars and Stripes.
She had supporting roles in the MGM drama Home Town Story, and in three moderately successful comedies for Fox, As Young as You Feel, Love Nest, and Let's Make It Legal. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times described her as "superb" in As Young As You Feel and Ezra Goodman of the Los Angeles Daily News called her "one of the brightest up-and-coming [actresses]" for Love Nest.
It was the time of the Korean War and her popularity with audiences was growing. She received several thousand fan letters a week, and was declared "Miss Cheesecake of 1951" by the army newspaper Stars and Stripes.
In February 1952, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association named Monroe the "best young box office personality". In her private life, Monroe had a short relationship with director Elia Kazan and also briefly dated several other men, including director Nicholas Ray and actors Yul Brynner and Peter Lawford.
She had affairs with John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.
Marilyn wanted to show more of her acting range. In "Clash by Night," she played a fish cannery worker. To prepare, she spent time in a fish cannery in Monterey. She received positive reviews for her performance: The Hollywood Reporter stated that "she deserves starring status with her excellent interpretation", and Variety wrote that she "has an ease of delivery which makes her a cinch for popularity". In "Don't Bother to Knock," she starred as a mentally disturbed babysitter. It received mixed reviews from critics, with Crowther deeming her too inexperienced for the difficult role, and Variety blaming the script for the film's problems.
Marilyn's three other films in 1952 focused on her sex appeal. In "We're Not Married!," her role as a beauty pageant contestant was created solely to "present Marilyn in two bathing suits". She acted opposite Cary Grant in "Monkey Business." She played a secretary who is a "dumb, childish blonde, innocently unaware of the havoc her sexiness causes around her". In "O. Henry's Full House," she had a minor role as a sex worker.
Marilyn's three other films in 1952 focused on her sex appeal. In "We're Not Married!," her role as a beauty pageant contestant was created solely to "present Marilyn in two bathing suits". She acted opposite Cary Grant in "Monkey Business." She played a secretary who is a "dumb, childish blonde, innocently unaware of the havoc her sexiness causes around her". In "O. Henry's Full House," she had a minor role as a sex worker.
Marilyn also began to get a reputation for being difficult to work with. She was often late or did not show up at all, did not remember her lines, and would demand several re-takes before she was satisfied with her performance. She disliked her lack of control on film sets and never experienced similar problems during photo shoots, in which she had more say over her performance and could be more spontaneous instead of following a script. To alleviate her anxiety and chronic insomnia, she began to use barbiturates, amphetamines, and alcohol, which also exacerbated her problems. Some of Marilyn's behavior, especially later in her career, was also in response to the condescension and sexism of her male co-stars and directors. Despite this she soon became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
At the Photoplay awards in January 1953, she won the "Fastest Rising Star" award. She wore a skin-tight gold lamé dress, which prompted veteran star Joan Crawford to publicly call her behavior "unbecoming an actress and a lady."
Marilyn then did the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
As part of the film's publicity campaign she returned to the Grauman's Chinese Theater, where her mom would take her when she was little, and pressed her hand and footprints in wet concrete outside.
She went on to do the film "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."
She went on to do the film "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."
Marilyn made her television debut in the Jack Benny Show, playing Jack's fantasy woman in the episode "Honolulu Trip". She co-starred with Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall in "How to Marry a Millionaire." It featured Monroe as a naïve model who teams up with her friends to find rich husbands. Despite mixed reviews, the film was Monroe's biggest box office success at that point in her career.
Monroe was listed in the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll in both 1953 and 1954, and became the studio's "greatest asset".
In December 1953, Hugh Hefner featured her on the cover and as centerfold in the first issue of Playboy. The cover image was a photograph taken of her at the Miss America Pageant parade in 1952, and the centerfold featured one of her 1949 nude photographs.
Despite being one of 20th Century-Fox's biggest stars, she was paid far less than other stars of her stature and could not choose her projects.
In January 1954, Fox suspended her when she refused to begin shooting yet another musical comedy, The Girl in Pink Tights.
On January 14th, 1954, she married Joe Dimaggio. They eloped and used an already-scheduled baseball trip to Japan as their honeymoon. While still on their honeymoon, the United States army asked her to go to Korea to entertain the troops. Joe stayed in Tokyo while Marilyn went to Korea and did ten shows.
Marilyn settled with Fox in March, with the promise of a new contract, a bonus of $100,000, and a starring role in the film adaptation of the Broadway success The Seven Year Itch.
In April 1954, "River of No Return", the last film that Marilyn had filmed prior to the suspension, was released. The first film she made after the suspension was the musical "There's No Business Like Show Business," which she strongly disliked but the studio required her to do for dropping The Girl in Pink Tights. It was unsuccessful upon its release and Marilyn' performance was considered vulgar by many critics.
Joe had developed an active role in her career and wouldn't let her do films were should would be half dressed. Joe was on the set while Marilyn was filming "The Seven Year Itch" and became angered with the famous scene where her skirt blew up as she stood on the subway grate. Her filming that scene literally stopped traffic.
While Marilyn was out taking classes and consuming art and culture, Joe would sit up at home waiting for her, smoking and drinking. He allegedly was physically abusive. The marriage didn't work out for them. They ended up getting a divorce nine months later, in the fall of 1954.
Even after everything the two of them went through during their marriage, they kept seeing each other and Joe remained as the most trusted friend Marilyn had.
Joe loved Marilyn very much and was obsessed with her. Sometimes he would post up at the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria, where Marilyn lived shortly after their divorce, sporting a fake beard and shielding his face with a newspaper, just waiting to get a glimpse of her. He never gave up on trying to win her back and really thought that they would end up together in some capacity.
Joe and Frank Sinatra had been very good friends until after Joe and Marilyn divorced. Joe had hired a private investigator that Frank recommended. While Joe and Frank were having dinner, the private investigator called them to notify them that Marilyn was with another man. The two of them rushed to Marilyn’s duplex to try and catch her with the man, but she heard the break-in and fled the scene. Tabloids were all over the mishap, and Joe hardly spoke to Frank afterward.
Marilyn wanted greater independence in choosing her films and directors. She also wanted more money. After filming for The Seven Year Itch wrapped up in November 1954, Monroe left Hollywood for the East Coast, where she and photographer Milton Greene founded their own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). She claimed that she was no longer under contract to Fox, as it had not fulfilled its duties. This began a year-long legal battle between her and Fox.
Marilyn moved to Manhattan. She took acting classes with Constance Collier and attended workshops on method acting at the Actors Studio, run by Lee Strasberg. She grew close to Strasberg and his wife Paula, receiving private lessons at their home due to her shyness, and soon became a family member. She replaced her old acting coach, Natasha Lytess, with Paula. At the request of Strasbery, Marilyn started undergoing psychoanalysis. Which is a system of psychological theory and therapy which aims to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind by techniques such as dream interpretation and free association.
She also had spent hours listening to Ella Fitzgerald's recordings as a recommendation from he coach in hopes to improve the star's own singing. In November 1954, she got to see Fitzgerald perform in Los Angeles. The two became fast friends.
The venues that hired Ella were often smaller clubs because some places weren't interested in having an overweight black woman perform for them, no matter her talent. When Marilyn found out that Ella wanted a gig at the Mocambo, a famous L.A. nightclub, she decided to help. Marilyn demanded that Fitzgerald be allowed to perform. She promised the management of the nightclub that if Fitzgerald could sing there, she would ensure publicity and a packed crowd by sitting in the front row every night for a week.
Marilyn kept her word to sit up front, and Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland showed up on opening night. Ella's shows sold out, and the owner even added a week to her contract. This successful engagement changed Fitzgerald's career trajectory. She later told Ms. magazine, "After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again."
When Marilyn became aware of this, she traveled to Colorado to see Ella perform. Once there, she saw her friend ushered away from the front entrance, so Marilyn refused to go inside unless both she and Ella were allowed through the front doors. Marilyn got her way and soon all of Ella's performance spots were treating the singer with the respect she deserved.
Marilyn dated actor Marlon Brando and playwright Arthur Miller. She had first been introduced to Miller by Elia Kazan in the early 1950's. The affair between Monroe and Miller became increasingly serious after October 1955, when her divorce was finalized and he separated from his wife. The studio urged her to end it, as Miller was being investigated by the FBI for allegations of communism and had been subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, but Marilyn refused. The relationship led to FBI opening a file on her. The complete files are available now, though huge parts are blacked out. The original, untouched copies of the Monroe files no longer exist.
By the end of the year, Marilyn and Fox signed a new seven-year contract, as MMP. Fox would pay her $400,000 to make four films, and granted her the right to choose her own projects, directors and cinematographers. She would also be free to make one film with MMP per each completed film for Fox.
By the end of the year, Marilyn and Fox signed a new seven-year contract, as MMP. Fox would pay her $400,000 to make four films, and granted her the right to choose her own projects, directors and cinematographers. She would also be free to make one film with MMP per each completed film for Fox.
Time magazine called her a "shrewd businesswoman"
Marilyn began filming the film "Bus Stop." In it she played Chérie, a saloon singer whose dreams of stardom are complicated by a naïve cowboy who falls in love with her. For the role, she learned an Ozark accent, chose the costumes and make-up, and provided deliberately mediocre singing and dancing. Broadway director Joshua Logan agreed to direct, despite initially doubting her acting abilities and knowing of her reputation for being difficult. The experience changed Logan's opinion and he later compared Marilyn to Charlie Chaplin in her ability to blend comedy and tragedy.
On June 29th, Marilyn and Miller were married at the Westchester County Court in White Plains, New York. Two days later they had a Jewish ceremony at the home of Miller's literary agent, in Waccabuc. Marilyn converted to Judaism, which led Egypt to ban all of her films.
She then went to England to film the movie adaptation of the play, "The Sleeping Prince." The play is about an affair between a showgirl and a prince in the 1910's, it was to be directed, co-produced and co-starred by Laurence Olivier. The film was named The Prince and the Showgirl. Complications arose by conflicts between Marilyn and Olivier. He was angered her with the patronizing statement "All you have to do is be sexy" . He also disliked the constant presence of Marilyn's acting coach, on set. In retaliation, Marilyn became uncooperative and began to deliberately arrive late, stating later that "if you don't respect your artists, they can't work well."
During the production, Marilyn's pill dependency problem worsened and she had a miscarriage.
Bus Stop was released in August of 1956 and became critical and commercial success. The Saturday Review of Literature wrote that Monroe's performance "effectively dispels once and for all the notion that she is merely a glamour personality" and Crowther proclaimed: "Hold on to your chairs, everybody, and get set for a rattling surprise. Marilyn Monroe has finally proved herself an actress." She also received a Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination for her performance.
In October, Marilyn was presented to the Queen of England.
After returning from England, Monroe took an 18-month hiatus to concentrate on family life.
Marilyn had an ectopic pregnancy in mid-1957, and a miscarriage a year later. Marilyn was also briefly hospitalized due to a barbiturate overdose.
After returning from England, Monroe took an 18-month hiatus to concentrate on family life.
In May of 1957, Arthur Miller was placed on trial for contempt of congress. Marilyn followed him to Washington and was confident that he would win his case.
Marilyn had an ectopic pregnancy in mid-1957, and a miscarriage a year later. Marilyn was also briefly hospitalized due to a barbiturate overdose.
The Prince and the Showgirl was released to mixed reviews in June 1957. In Europe she was awarded the Italian David di Donatello and the French Crystal Star awards and was nominated for a BAFTA.
Also that year, Marilyn bought her partner's share of the MMP.
In 1958, with the encouragement of her husband, Marilyn starred in "Some Like It Hot," with Tony Curtis. Her director was Billy Wilder and the two didn't get along. He disagreed on how Marilyn should play her role. Marilyn demanded dozens of re-takes, and did not remember her lines or act as directed. Curtis famously stated that kissing her was "like kissing Hitler" due to the number of re-takes. Marilyn likened the production to a sinking ship.
In the end, Wilder was happy with Marilyn's performance and stated: "Anyone can remember lines, but it takes a real artist to come on the set and not know her lines and yet give the performance she did!"
Some Like It Hot was one of the great box office hits of the year. Marilyn earned a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and prompted Variety to call her "a comedienne with that combination of sex appeal and timing that just can't be beat". The movie has been voted one of the best films ever made in polls by the BBC, the American Film Institute, and Sight & Sound.
In 1960, she starred in the musical comedy "Let's Make Love." During the shoot, Marilyn had an affair with her co-star Yves Montand. Her husband already had wrote the script "The Misfits." for Marilyn and her childhood idol, Clark Cable.
Marilyn disliked that Miller had based her role partly on her life, and thought it inferior to the male roles. She also struggled with Miller's habit of re-writing scenes the night before filming.
During the filming, she collapsed and was sent to the hospital for detox. She had been in pain from gallstones, and her drug addiction was so severe that her make-up usually had to be applied while she was still asleep under the influence of barbiturates.
Despite her problems, the director stated that when Marilyn was acting, she "was not pretending to an emotion. It was the real thing. She would go deep down within herself and find it and bring it up into consciousness."[
Marilyn and Miller's marriage was effectively over and they divorced in January of 1961.
Marilyn had her gallbladder removed and surgery for her endometriosis, and spent four weeks hospitalized for depression. She was helped by Joe DiMaggio. She also dated Frank Sinatra for several months.
In 1958, with the encouragement of her husband, Marilyn starred in "Some Like It Hot," with Tony Curtis. Her director was Billy Wilder and the two didn't get along. He disagreed on how Marilyn should play her role. Marilyn demanded dozens of re-takes, and did not remember her lines or act as directed. Curtis famously stated that kissing her was "like kissing Hitler" due to the number of re-takes. Marilyn likened the production to a sinking ship.
In the end, Wilder was happy with Marilyn's performance and stated: "Anyone can remember lines, but it takes a real artist to come on the set and not know her lines and yet give the performance she did!"
Some Like It Hot was one of the great box office hits of the year. Marilyn earned a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and prompted Variety to call her "a comedienne with that combination of sex appeal and timing that just can't be beat". The movie has been voted one of the best films ever made in polls by the BBC, the American Film Institute, and Sight & Sound.
In 1960, she starred in the musical comedy "Let's Make Love." During the shoot, Marilyn had an affair with her co-star Yves Montand. Her husband already had wrote the script "The Misfits." for Marilyn and her childhood idol, Clark Cable.
Marilyn disliked that Miller had based her role partly on her life, and thought it inferior to the male roles. She also struggled with Miller's habit of re-writing scenes the night before filming.
During the filming, she collapsed and was sent to the hospital for detox. She had been in pain from gallstones, and her drug addiction was so severe that her make-up usually had to be applied while she was still asleep under the influence of barbiturates.
Despite her problems, the director stated that when Marilyn was acting, she "was not pretending to an emotion. It was the real thing. She would go deep down within herself and find it and bring it up into consciousness."[
Marilyn and Miller's marriage was effectively over and they divorced in January of 1961.
Marilyn had her gallbladder removed and surgery for her endometriosis, and spent four weeks hospitalized for depression. She was helped by Joe DiMaggio. She also dated Frank Sinatra for several months.
Marylin also moved permanently back to California in 1961, purchasing a house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
On May 19, she took a break to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on stage at President John F. Kennedy's early birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York. She wore a beige, skintight dress covered in rhinestones.
Marilyn's next filmed a scene for Something's Got to Give in which she swam naked in a swimming pool. To generate advance publicity, the press was invited to take photographs; these were later published in Life magazine. This was the first time that a major star had posed nude at the height of their career.
On June 1st, the cast threw her a 36th birthday party.
Marilyn was sick for again for several days and Fox decided that it could not afford to have another film running behind schedule when it was already struggling with the rising costs of Cleopatra. On June 7, Fox fired Marilyn and sued her for $750,000 in damages. She was replaced by Lee Remick, but after Martin refused to make the film with anyone other than Marilyn, Fox sued him as well and shut down the production. The studio blamed Marilyn for the film's demise and began spreading negative publicity about her, even alleging that she was mentally disturbed.
Fox soon regretted its decision and re-opened negotiations with Marilyn. A settlement about a new contract, including re-commencing Something's Got to Give and a starring role in the black comedy "What a Way to Go!," was reached later that summer.
Marilyn was planning on starring in a biopic of idol, Jean Harlow. She also gave interviews for Life and Cosmopolitan and did her first photo shoot for Vogue. For Vogue, she and photographer Bert Stern collaborated for two series of photographs, one a standard fashion editorial and another of her posing nude, which were published posthumously with the title The Last Sitting.
It was rumored that Marilyn had affairs with Robert and John Kennedy. It has been said that she was in love with Bobby. A alledged letter was sent to Monroe by Kennedy's younger sister, Jean Kennedy Smith.
"Understand that you and Bobby are the new item!" she wrote. "We all think you should come with him when he comes back East!"
The FBI was investigating the suspected relationship between Bobby and Monroe with J. Edgar Hoover at the helm. He was particularly determined to find anything scandalous.
Marilyn died on August 5, 1942 between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Her psychiatrist had Marilyn's housekeeper stay with her that night.
She received a call from actor Peter Lawford, He wanted her to come party. She didn't feel like it. He said she sounded very weird on the phone and he was concerned. He said she had slurred speech. She told him to "Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president , and say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy".
He tried to call her back, but he couldn't get a hold of her. He contacted the her lawyer and the lawyer called the housekeeper.
It was around ten and the housekeeper noticed the light on under Marilyn's door. The lawyer said that everything was fine.
August 6th, 3 a.m., the light is still on under Marilyn's door. The housekeeper knocks on the door a few times, realizing it was locked. Instead of calling the police, the housekeeper called Marilyn's psychiatrist and asked him to come over. He came over, but couldn't get the door open either. He went outside and looked in to Marilyn's window. He saw Marilyn, face down, naked in her bed, with her hands by her side. He broke a window. Some people say that the window was broken from the inside, in attempts to stage the whole thing. He called her doctor. The doctor came over and confirmed the death.
Marilyn was brought to the morgue. The two men who brought her to the morgue, found the situation to be suspicious. They said the body looked fake and bloated. Her neck was bloated.
The first officer to the scene thought something was off as well. He thought it was staged and looked a little too neat. There was nothing to drink in the room and no empty containers.
The toxicological analysis concluded that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning. The possibility of an accidental overdose was ruled out because the dosages found in her body were several times over the lethal limit and had been taken. Some people think that this is suspicious, because there were no pills found in her body.
Weeks after he performed the autopsy, the coroner asked the lab to test her other organs but they had already been destroyed.
Marilyn was severely depressed before she edgily committed suicide. She tried to kill herself a few other times before.
A lot of forensic evidence related to her death went missing. Many witness accounts of that night were contradictory. One of the suspicious things was, that Marilyn's half sister reported that Marilyn's manager was burning some of her papers. During renovations by the new owner to Marilyn's house after she died, discovered elaborate wiretapping and a telephone tapping system.
An unnamed Justice Department official claimed that the system was built with parts that were "standard FBI issue." Later, documents confirmed she was under surveillance by the F.B.I for years.
Actor Gianni Russo claimed that Marilyn Monroe was killed by a guy known as "The Doctor" paid by Bobby Kennedy. The Doctor allegedly is a killer for a hire and an actual MD. Gianni said that The Doctor injected air into the vein near Marilyn's pubic region, and she died of an embolism, but it looked like drugs to the coroner. Gianni said there had been rumors tying the Kennedys to affairs with Monroe and Bobby feared the story getting out.
Another entry reads,
"all this thought and writing has made my hands tremble but I just want to keep pouring it out until that great pot in the mind is, though not emptied, relieved."
Until he tied in 1999, Joe DiMaggio send roses to Marilyn's grave several times a week.
A mysterious box, Box 29, was recently found by Private detective Becky Aldrige at UCLA library. It will remain sealed to the public for another two decades, despite a list of contents showing it contains a trove of files about Monroe.
Fox soon regretted its decision and re-opened negotiations with Marilyn. A settlement about a new contract, including re-commencing Something's Got to Give and a starring role in the black comedy "What a Way to Go!," was reached later that summer.
Marilyn was planning on starring in a biopic of idol, Jean Harlow. She also gave interviews for Life and Cosmopolitan and did her first photo shoot for Vogue. For Vogue, she and photographer Bert Stern collaborated for two series of photographs, one a standard fashion editorial and another of her posing nude, which were published posthumously with the title The Last Sitting.
It was rumored that Marilyn had affairs with Robert and John Kennedy. It has been said that she was in love with Bobby. A alledged letter was sent to Monroe by Kennedy's younger sister, Jean Kennedy Smith.
"Understand that you and Bobby are the new item!" she wrote. "We all think you should come with him when he comes back East!"
The FBI was investigating the suspected relationship between Bobby and Monroe with J. Edgar Hoover at the helm. He was particularly determined to find anything scandalous.
Her psychiatrist had Marilyn's housekeeper stay with her that night.
She received a call from actor Peter Lawford, He wanted her to come party. She didn't feel like it. He said she sounded very weird on the phone and he was concerned. He said she had slurred speech. She told him to "Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president , and say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy".
He tried to call her back, but he couldn't get a hold of her. He contacted the her lawyer and the lawyer called the housekeeper.
It was around ten and the housekeeper noticed the light on under Marilyn's door. The lawyer said that everything was fine.
A fresh bruise was on Marilyn's hip and when her stomach was examined there were no traces of the dye that coated the Nembutal capsules that allegedly claimed her life. The coroner later admitted that he should have tested her internal organs instead of just performing toxicology tests on the blood and liver.
Weeks after he performed the autopsy, the coroner asked the lab to test her other organs but they had already been destroyed.
A lot of forensic evidence related to her death went missing. Many witness accounts of that night were contradictory. One of the suspicious things was, that Marilyn's half sister reported that Marilyn's manager was burning some of her papers. During renovations by the new owner to Marilyn's house after she died, discovered elaborate wiretapping and a telephone tapping system.
An unnamed Justice Department official claimed that the system was built with parts that were "standard FBI issue." Later, documents confirmed she was under surveillance by the F.B.I for years.
Actor Gianni Russo claimed that Marilyn Monroe was killed by a guy known as "The Doctor" paid by Bobby Kennedy. The Doctor allegedly is a killer for a hire and an actual MD. Gianni said that The Doctor injected air into the vein near Marilyn's pubic region, and she died of an embolism, but it looked like drugs to the coroner. Gianni said there had been rumors tying the Kennedys to affairs with Monroe and Bobby feared the story getting out.
An FBI file suggests that Bobby Kennedy was aware of a plan to "induce" the starlet's suicide.
Page 2 of the FBI document describes wiretap evidence of Robert Kennedy inquiring to Peter Lawford “Is Marilyn dead yet?”
Marilyn's personal papers were published in 2010.They show her frustration at dealing with day-to-day life and the people around her.
"I can't really stand Human beings sometimes — I know they all have their problems as I have mine — but I'm really too tired for it. Trying to understand, making allowances, seeing certain things that just weary me."
Page 2 of the FBI document describes wiretap evidence of Robert Kennedy inquiring to Peter Lawford “Is Marilyn dead yet?”
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A FBI document alleges that Marilyn Monroe knew about a secret airbase. The memo states five relevant points from the wire taps that were conducted. It also states that she was about to divulge what she knew to the public. The memo reads:
A FBI document alleges that Marilyn Monroe knew about a secret airbase. The memo states five relevant points from the wire taps that were conducted. It also states that she was about to divulge what she knew to the public. The memo reads:
"1. Rothberg discussed the apparent comeback of subject with Kilgallen and the break up with the Kennedys. Rothberg told Kilgallen that she was attending Hollywood parties hosted by the “inner circle” among Hollywood’s elite and was becoming the talk of the town again. Rothberg indicated in so many words, that she had secrets to tell, no doubt arising from her trists with the President and the Attorney General. One such “secret” mentions the visit by the President at a secret air base for the purpose of inspecting things from outer space. Kilgallen replied that she knew what might be the source of visit. In the mid-fifties Kilgallen learned of secret effort by US and UK governments to identify the origins of crashed spacecraft and dead bodies, from a British government official. Kilgallen believed the story may have come from the New Mexico story in the late forties. Kilgallen said that if the story is true, it would cause terrible embarrassment for Jack and his plans to have NASA put men on the moon.
2. Subject repeatedly called the Attorney General and complained about the way she was being ignored by the President and his brother.
3. Subject threatened to hold a press conference and would tell all.
4. Subject made reference to “bases” in Cuba and knew of the President’s plan to kill Castro.
5. Subject made reference to her “diary of secrets” and what the newspapers would do with such disclosures."The memo is signed head of CIA counterintelligence James Jesus Angleton.
Did you know that on August 3rd, 1962, less than 48 hours after Dorothy Kilgallen wrote a piece about Marilyn Monroe‘s affair with President John K. Kennedy, Marilyn was found dead? Then Dorothy began writing of her suspicions that Marilyn’s cause of death was an overdose of pills and challenged the police and medical evidence.
2. Subject repeatedly called the Attorney General and complained about the way she was being ignored by the President and his brother.
3. Subject threatened to hold a press conference and would tell all.
4. Subject made reference to “bases” in Cuba and knew of the President’s plan to kill Castro.
5. Subject made reference to her “diary of secrets” and what the newspapers would do with such disclosures."The memo is signed head of CIA counterintelligence James Jesus Angleton.
Did you know that on August 3rd, 1962, less than 48 hours after Dorothy Kilgallen wrote a piece about Marilyn Monroe‘s affair with President John K. Kennedy, Marilyn was found dead? Then Dorothy began writing of her suspicions that Marilyn’s cause of death was an overdose of pills and challenged the police and medical evidence.
Dorothy's death also had some eerie parallels to Marilyn's. When Dorothy was found, her light was also on and like Marilyn Monroe it was determined that her death had been caused by a fatal combination of alcohol and barbiturates.
Many people thought that Marilyn was just a dumb blonde, but she was deeply intellectual and an avid reader. She had hundreds of books lining the shelves in her home, such as James Joyce's Ulysses. At the time of her death, Monroe was reading two novels, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Leo Rosten's Captain Newman MD.
After Marilyn's death, many recipes were found in her home. She planned on writing a cookbook one day. Cooking experts deemed those recipes as wonderful and that they seemed to come from a confident cook.
Many people thought that Marilyn was just a dumb blonde, but she was deeply intellectual and an avid reader. She had hundreds of books lining the shelves in her home, such as James Joyce's Ulysses. At the time of her death, Monroe was reading two novels, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Leo Rosten's Captain Newman MD.
After Marilyn's death, many recipes were found in her home. She planned on writing a cookbook one day. Cooking experts deemed those recipes as wonderful and that they seemed to come from a confident cook.
"I can't really stand Human beings sometimes — I know they all have their problems as I have mine — but I'm really too tired for it. Trying to understand, making allowances, seeing certain things that just weary me."
Another entry reads,
"all this thought and writing has made my hands tremble but I just want to keep pouring it out until that great pot in the mind is, though not emptied, relieved."
Until he tied in 1999, Joe DiMaggio send roses to Marilyn's grave several times a week.
"I discovered he was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe because he had every book, every magazine, every newspaper that was ever written about Marilyn Monroe, everything," said Aldrige.
Aldrige also finds it odd that Marilyn's housekeeper, Eunice Murray, called the Greenson before calling the ambulance. Allegedly, Murray also had a key to Marilyn's bedroom, so the doctor wouldn't have had to break in.
Aldrige has opened a petition asking for the finding of "probable suicide" to be struck from Monroe's death certificate and for the death to be re-investigated as homicide.
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