Tormented Beauty

Marilyn Monroe was born June 1st, 1926 as Norma Jeane Mortenson at Los Angeles General Hospital. Her mother's name was Mulberry Shoulder Bags Gladys Baker and her father's name was unknown. For the first seven years of her life, she lived with foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender. In 1933, Norma lived with her mother until 1934 when her mother started to show signs of mental depression. After that, Grace McKee Goddard took custody of her. Grace was having financial difficulties which caused in Norma having to move out and into an orphanage. In 1941, Norma went to live with Grace again. While she was working in a factory inspecting parachutes, a photographer named David Conover, asked to take more Mulberry Alexa Bags pictures of her. By 1945, she had appeared on 33 national magazine covers. On July 23, 1946, she signed a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios. She played a small role in 'Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!' and then was dismissed as a contract player. In 1948, she was rehired and sang in the movie 'The Ladies of Chorus'. Her first serious job came in 1950 when she had a small but very important role in 'The Asphalt Jungle". In 1954, 'The Seven Year Itch' started Mulberry Alexa Bags filming. There was a scene in this movie where Marilyn was wearing a white cocktail dress and was standing above a vent when air would blow up her skirt. Over 700 amateur and proffesional photographers were there to take a picture. In 1962, the film 'Somethings Got to Give' started filming. Fox had fired Marilyn later that year. Fox rehired her on August first to complete the filming of the movie. On August fifth, Marilyn died, the cause was unknown. Her career lasted for 16 years and she had made 29 films during that time.