Background

Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She was the daughter of Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker, a film technician. Monroe's father is unknown, however, some sources of information stated, that Charles Stanley Gifford was her real father.

Gladys, Marilyn's mother, was born into a poor Midwestern family, who settled down in California at the turn of the century. When Gladys was 15, she married John Newton Baker, an abusive man nine years her senior. The couple gave birth to two children - Robert (1917-1933) and Berniece (b. 1919). Gladys and John divorced in 1923.

It was in 1924, that Marilyn's mother married her second husband - Martin Edward Mortensen. However, the couple broke up only some months later and divorced in 1928.

Monroe was not told, that she had a sister until she was 12 and met her for the first time as an adult.

Education

When Monroe entered school, she was going by the name of Norma Jeane Baker. As revealed in numerous biographies, written after she became famous, Monroe's childhood was as bleak as her stardom was glamorous. Both her mother's parents had been committed to mental institutions, and Gladys, Marilyn's mother, herself spent so much time in and out of mental hospitals, that her daughter had to be raised in a succession of foster homes and orphanages.

Marilyn was once placed in the care of a foster family, the Bolenders. Although the family wanted to adopt Marilyn, Gladys was eventually able to stabilize her lifestyle and took Marilyn back in her care, when Marilyn was 7 years old. However, shortly after regaining custody of Marilyn, Gladys had a complete mental breakdown and was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was committed to a state mental hospital. Gladys spent the rest of her life, going in and out of hospitals and rarely had contact with young Marilyn. Once Marilyn became an adult and celebrated as a film star, she paid a woman by the name of Inez Melson to look in on the institutionalized Gladys and give detailed reports of her progress. Gladys outlived her daughter, dying in 1984.

After Marilyn's mother was committed to a state mental hospital due to mental breakdown, the girl was taken in by Gladys' best friend, Grace Goddard, who, after a series of foster homes, placed Marilyn into the Los Angeles Orphan's Home in 1935. Marilyn was traumatized by her experience there despite the Orphan's Home being an adequate living facility. Grace Goddard eventually took Marilyn back to live with her in 1937 although this stay did not last long as Grace's husband began molesting Marilyn. Marilyn went to live with Grace's aunt Ana after this incident, although due to aunt Ana's advanced age, she could not care properly for Marilyn. Marilyn once again had to return to live with the Goddards. The Goddards planned to relocate and, according to law, could not take Marilyn with them. Monroe only had two choices - to return to the orphanage or get married. Marilyn was only 16 years old at that time. She decided to marry a neighborhood friend, named James Dougherty, whom she would divorce in 1946.

It's also worth mentioning, that, during the time, when Monroe lived with Grace's aunt Ana, she attended Emerson Junior High School (present-day Emerson Community Charter School) and went to weekly Christian Science services with her. Despite the fact, that Monroe was a mediocre student, she excelled in writing and contributed to the school newspaper.

It was in 1941, that Marilyn began attending Van Nuys High School. However, she didn't stay there for long.

In her later years, namely in the late 1940's and early 1950's, Marilyn studied acting with Natasha Lytess. Also, during 1956, she studied with Lee and Paula Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York City.

Career

Norma's career in modeling began, while her then-husband, James Edward Dougherty, whom she married at the age of 16, was away in the merchant marine during World War II, the period, when Monroe supported herself by working in aircraft factory and partly by posing for covers of minor photo magazines. She divorced Dougherty in 1946, cut her hair and bleached it blonde, changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, took a screen test with Twentieth Century Fox and signed her first movie contract. After several forgettable pictures, Monroe appeared in John Huston's "Asphalt Jungle" (1950), her first important film. She studied acting with Natasha Lytess in the late 1940's and early 1950's and survived a scandal, involving a nude calendar photo, taken during the period, when she had no acting work. Instead of ending her career, news of the photo only added to her sexual mystique.

By the mid-1950's Monroe had become a star, enjoying popular and sometimes critical success with such films, as "Niagara" (1953), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) and "The Seven-Year Itch" (1955). After the last of these movies, Monroe grew weary of the "dumb blonde" image she had long cultivated, the image, that had as much to do with her breathy voice and hourglass shape as with her platinum hair. Eager to grow artistically, she studied with Lee and Paula Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York City during 1956, and her efforts paid off in the most impressive performances of her career, including "Bus Stop" (1956) and "Some Like It Hot" (1959).

Professional changes accompanied personal ones, as Monroe left one man, noted for his athletic prowess, and married another, who earned his living with his intellect. The first of these was Joe DiMaggio, the great New York Yankees slugger, whom she wed on January 14, 1954, and divorced just nine stormy months later. The other was playwright Arthur Miller, whom she married on June 29, 1956.

It was in the late 1950's, that Monroe reached the pinnacle of her career, but the decline, that followed in the early 1960's, was almost surreal in its haste. By the time "Let's Make Love" appeared in 1960 to a tepid critical reception, she had long since begun displaying signs of the behavior, that would send her life and career into a tailspin. A sufferer from insomnia, Monroe had become addicted to sleeping pills and compounded the dangers, associated with these and other barbiturates, by combining them with alcohol, which she had begun increasingly to abuse by the early 1960's. At the encouragement of the Strasbergs, Monroe had entered into psychoanalysis during the late 1950's, a move, that initially yielded benefits both professional and personal. On a more personal level, psychoanalysis helped her confront the pain and loneliness of her childhood, as well as the pressure and sense of exploitation, that came from being Hollywood's most acclaimed starlet - and from being a subject of the male sexual fantasy.

Although psychoanalysis helped Monroe at first, ultimately it became a crutch. As her personal and professional life spun out of control, Monroe relied on her therapist more and more to get her through each day. Examining and reexamining the painful details of her past was like overscratching an itch: by dwelling on the tendency toward mental illness in the Baker family, Monroe began to fear, that she, too, might be mentally imbalanced, or, at least, that she might be judged so.

The 1950's had been Monroe's decade, so it was fitting, that the beginning of her career's end occurred in 1960. First, there was "Let's Make Love", a dismal picture, compounded by a troubled off-screen romance with her co-star, Yves Montand. The affair served only to pinpoint the troubles in her marriage to Miller, with whom she had little more, than a professional relationship by 1960. Even that would come to an end, along with their marriage, in the aftermath of Monroe's last completed film.

Based on a script by Miller, "The Misfits" (1961) is the story of a beautiful divorcee and the men, who clamor for her affections. Because Miller repeatedly revised scenes, while on location, the resulting plot is a mishmash. Despite the challenges, however, John Huston, with whom Monroe had worked on "The Asphalt Jungle", turned in an exemplary performance as director. So, too, did Monroe's co-stars Clark Gable, Eli Wallach and an actor, who rivaled Monroe as a great tragic figure, Montgomery Clift. As for the star of the film, however, her contribution was uneven at best. Outward signs of Monroe's disintegration first became apparent during the filming of "The Misfits", when she regularly showed up late to the set and sometimes failed to turn up at all.

Gable's death on November 16, 1960, just twelve days after completion of "The Misfits", upset Monroe deeply. Two months later, Monroe divorced Miller. The film was released the following month, on February 1, to abominable reviews. Monroe had approximately eighteen months left to live and she would spend little of it actually filming. Her fears of mental instability came to fruition, when, in late 1961, she was confined briefly to an institution. Early in 1962, she moved into a modest bungalow in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles and, on April 23, began work on the prophetically titled "Something's Got to Give". Monroe's erratic behavior on the set of "The Misfits" carried over to her current picture, and this time Fox ran out of patience. After only twelve days of shooting, the studio fired her. They even took legal action against Monroe, suing her for $500,000. (She is estimated to have earned $200 million for Fox over the course of her career.)

Nonetheless, Fox had to finish the film - the first, that would contain nude scenes with Monroe - so the studio agreed to reinstate her. Before shooting could resume, however, Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood bungalow. An autopsy showed a deadly quantity of barbiturates in her body, and though her death is widely regarded as a suicide, she left behind no note. Joe DiMaggio, her ex-husband, made the funeral arrangements and for three decades, until his own death in 1999, he regularly placed flowers on her grave.

It's also worth mentioning, that, in 1954, Marilyn, together with Milton H. Greene, founded her own film production company, named "Marilyn Monroe Productions".

Achievements

• Marilyn Monroe was a well-known actress, model and singer. She gained prominence as one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950's and was famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters. Her most successful films include the screen adaptation of William Inge's "Bus Stop" and "Some Like It Hot". Other well-known films, that brought Marilyn success, include "As Young as You Feel", "Monkey Business", "Clash by Night", "Don't Bother to Knock", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "The Seven Year Itch" and others.
  
  Marilyn was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2019) by the time of her death in 1962.
  
  Marilyn was an icon of American popular culture, the most marketable Hollywood star, her face and figure are still widely seen in advertisements, books and posters, her films are frequently revived and countless imitators have tried to mimic her breathy voice and seductive walk. Monroe has been imitated over the years by a number of celebrities, including Madonna, Lady Gaga and Gwen Stefani.
  
  During her lifetime, Marilyn attained several prestigious awards, including the Golden Globe Award, the David di Donatello Golden Plate Award, the Crystal Star Award, the Henrietta Award, the Photoplay Special Award and others. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award two different times and the Laurel Award five different times, among other award nominations.
  
  In December 1953, Monroe was Playboy's first "Sweetheart of the Month". On February 8, 1960, Marilyn was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with one star. In October 1997, Monroe ranked #8 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. In 1999, she was voted "Sexiest Woman of the Century" by People Magazine. In 2013, Monroe was posthumously inducted into the Online Film & Television Association Film Hall of Fame.

Works

More photos

• book

  • My Story

    (Written at the height of her fame, but not published unti...)

    1974

• movie

  • Let's Make Love

    (When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns, that he is to ...)

    1960
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    (Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, p...)

    1953
  • Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

    (In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the s...)

    1948
  • A Ticket to Tomahawk

    (In 1876 Colorado, the Tomahawk and Western Railroad is ex...)

    1950
  • Dangerous Years

    (After a botched robbery attempt lands a teenage boy in tr...)

    1947
  • Bus Stop

    (A naive, but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon ...)

    1956
  • Ladies of the Chorus

    (A chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but...)

    1948
  • All About Eve

    (A seemingly timid, but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuat...)

    1950
  • Some Like It Hot

    (After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the...)

    1959
  • The Seven Year Itch

    (When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto fait...)

    1955
  • The Prince and the Showgirl

    (An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intri...)

    1957
  • Don't Bother To Knock

    (After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pu...)

    1952
  • Monkey Business

    (A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned...)

    1952
  • The Misfits

    (A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy, who is stru...)

    1961
  • Home Town Story

    (After failing to be re-elected, politician Blake Washburn...)

    1951
  • Niagara

    (As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions betwe...)

    1953
  • River Of No Return

    (The titular river unites a farmer, recently released from...)

    1954
  • Let's Make It Legal

    (The nearly-final divorce of the Halsworths suddenly gets ...)

    1951
  • The Asphalt Jungle

    (A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and dou...)

    1950
  • How to Marry a Millionaire

    (Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marr...)

    1953
  • Love Nest

    (Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down buildin...)

    1951
  • We're Not Married

    (In separate stories, five wedded couples learn, that they...)

    1952
  • Love Happy

    (The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls, while thw...)

    1949
  • As Young As You Feel

    (A 65-year-old printer hatches an elaborate scheme to avoi...)

    1951
  • There's No Business Like Show Business

    (Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are T...)

    1954
  • Clash by Night

    (Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her...)

    1952
  • O. Henry's Full House

    (John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's...)

    1952

• music

  • Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friends 1949

Religion

Monroe's mother was a Christian Scientist, who is often cited as being "obsessed" with the religion. However, Marilyn's mother was a mentally unstable woman and, as a result, Monroe spent much of her childhood under the care of a foster family, the Bolenders, who were devout Baptists. Marilyn once said: "Nearly everybody I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him."

In adulthood, it could be said, that Monroe's religion was psychoanalysis - as religious as that can be. It would seem, that she had left Christianity behind for the most part. During the filming of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Monroe's co-star, Jane Russell, a devout born-again Christian, tried to get Monroe to come back into the fold. Monroe said: "Jane tried to convert me to religion and I tried to introduce her to Freud".

Marilyn did eventually find her religion. With the marriage to Arthur Miller, Monroe converted to Judaism. She was instructed by Rabbi Robert Goldberg and converted on July 1, 1956. Monroe's interest in Judaism as a religion was limited - she referred to herself as a "Jewish Atheist" and after her divorce from Miller, she did not practice the faith aside from retaining some religious items.

Some sources of information claimed, that Marilyn appeared at Jewish fundraisers, gave a pro-Zionist speech and attended conversion classes until her death.

Politics

Monroe was often marginalized by her beauty and many might assume, that her only political positions were the ones she found herself in during her alleged affair with President John F. Kennedy. But Marilyn was a socially forward-thinking woman. During the last interview before Marilyn's death, she asked the reporter to take her seriously and end the article with the following quote: "What I really want to say is that what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers. Please, don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe."

Monroe would probably be considered a liberal or a leftist to this day. She was known to have associated with communists - a very dangerous exercise in the McCarthy era - and the FBI had a file on her, that read: "Very positively and concisely leftist". The daughter of her psychiatrist once said of Monroe: "She was passionate about equal rights, rights for blacks, rights for the poor. She identified strongly with the workers."

It's also worth saying, that Monroe was a peace activist and a supporter of a "moral" and "sane" policy in regard to nuclear weapons.

Views

As a subscriber to the ideas, embodied in the Stanislavski acting method (named for the famed Russian actor and director), Monroe believed in inhabiting a character's personality as fully as possible; in order to do this, it was necessary to understand one's own personality to the fullest.

Quotations: "I believe, that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them, when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one, but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

"Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me."

"If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best."

"Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted."

"I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes."

"Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."

"Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle."

"A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows, that she has none."

"To all the girls, that think you're fat because you're not a size zero, you're the beautiful one, its society who's ugly."

"The sky is not the limit. Your mind is."

"Don't stop when you're tired. Stop, when you're done."

"The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived."

"It's better being completely ridiculous, than unbelievably boring."

"Promises are worse, than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope."

"I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker."

"I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else."

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

Personality

In her early years, Marilyn was a shy girl. In adulthood, Monroe was a thoughtful, sensitive and intelligent woman, who, by all accounts, was ahead of her time.

Marilyn started using the name Marilyn Monroe in 1946, but did not legally change it until 1956.

Marilyn frequently used Nivea moisturizer. Besides, fearing blemishes and sweat, she washed her face fifteen times a day. Marilyn also thought, that the right side of her face was her "best" side. In addition, the actress tried 9 different shades of blonde hair color before settling on platinum blonde.

Batman writer/artist, Bob Kane, used Marilyn's likeness as a reference, when he drew Vicki Vale.

Marilyn was fond of reading. Her personal library contained over 400 books on topics, ranging from art to history, psychology, philosophy, literature, religion, poetry and gardening. Many of the volumes, auctioned in 1999, bore her pencil notations in the margins.

It's also worth saying, that Monroe loved dogs.

Physical Characteristics: Due to a difficult childhood, Marilyn developed a stutter and became withdrawn in her early years. During the time, when she lived with foster families, she was exposed to sexual abuse many times.

During her lifetime, Monroe suffered from endometriosis, a condition, in which tissues of the uterus lining (endometrium) leave the uterus, attach themselves to other areas of the body and grow, causing pain, irregular bleeding and, in severe cases, infertility. Also, she suffered from Asperger's Syndrome.

In 1960, Monroe's health began to deteriorate - she was 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. Her doctors stated, that she had been prone to severe fears and frequent depressions with abrupt and unpredictable mood changes and had overdosed several times in the past, possibly intentionally.

Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 4, 1962 and the toxicology report showed, that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning. The possibility, that Monroe had accidentally overdosed was ruled out, because the dosages, found in her body, were several times over the lethal limit. Her death was ruled a probable suicide, although several conspiracy theories have been proposed in the decades, following her death.

Quotes from others about the person

• "The biggest myth is that she was dumb. The second is that she was fragile. The third is that she couldn't act. She was far from dumb, although she was not formally educated, and she was very sensitive about that. But she was very smart indeed - and very tough. She had to be both to beat the Hollywood studio system in the 1950's. The dumb blonde was a role - she was an actress, for heaven's sake! Such a good actress, that no one now believes she was anything, but what she portrayed on screen." - Sarah Churchwell, a professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities
  
  "My sister was a very hard working person. She was very beautiful, sweet and wonderful to everybody. She loved people, she loved animals and she was very serious about her work." - Berniece (Baker) Miracle, an American writer and Marilyn's half-sister
  
  "The great success of Monroe...was that she did not infuriate the female." - Billy Wilder, an American film director

Interests

• literature, Italian food, chocolate souffle

• Music & Bands

  "Who Cares?" song, performed by Judy Garland

Connections

Monroe was married three times during her lifetime. On June 19, 1942, Monroe wed James Dougherty, a 20-year-old merchant marine. Dougherty lived next door to a friend of Monroe's mother. He suggested he could marry Monroe so she wouldn't be sent to an orphanage or another foster home due to certain circumstances. When they wed, Monroe had just turned 16 and the couple had been dating for just a few months. After Monroe's career began to take off, she sought a quickie divorce in September 1946. James once said: "I never knew Marilyn Monroe and I don't claim to have any insights to her to this day. I knew and loved Norma Jeane".

In 1954, Monroe was married to baseball great Joe DiMaggio for nine months. However, Monroe's longest marriage was to playwright Arthur Miller. They first met in 1950 at a party and later began exchanging letters. They met again, when Monroe moved to New York in 1955, and they began an affair, while she was still married to DiMaggio. The two married on June 29, 1956. Right away, the couple began having problems. Reportedly, Monroe experienced two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy. Miller and Monroe divorced on January 20, 1961, after they had begun working together on what would have been her last film, "The Misfits".

Some sources of information also claimed, that Monroe had romantic affairs with many other men. These men included Yves Montand, an Italian-French actor and singer, Marlon Brando, an American actor and film director, Tony Curtis, an American film actor, Frank Sinatra, an American singer and actor, among many others. There have also been rumors, that Monroe was involved with President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert Kennedy, around the time of her death. On May 19, 1962, Monroe made her now-famous performance at John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration, singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President." Moments later, President Kennedy appeared on stage, saying "I can now retire from politics after having had "Happy Birthday", sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way". Although Monroe and John F. Kennedy sometimes had casual sexual encounters, there is no evidence, that their relationship was serious.

Mother:

Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker

Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker was a film technician at Consolidated Film Industries.

Ex-husband:

James Dougherty

James Dougherty was an American aircraft production worker and a merchant marine. James and Marilyn were married between 1942 and 1946.

Stepsister:

Berniece (Baker) Miracle

Berniece (Baker) Miracle, Monroe's half-sister, is an American writer.

Ex-husband:

Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio was an American baseball center fielder, who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.

mentor:

Paula Strasberg

Paula Strasberg was a former American stage actress, who became actor and teacher Lee Strasberg's second wife and mother of actors John and Susan Strasberg. She was Marilyn Monroe's acting coach and confidante.

Stepbrother:

Robert Kermit Baker

Ex-husband:

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller was an American playwright, essayist, blacklisted writer and controversial figure in the twentieth-century American theater.

Partner:

Yves Montand

Yves Montand was an Italian-French actor and singer.

Partner:

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando was an American actor and film director with a career, spanning 60 years, during which he won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.

Partner:

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was an American film actor, whose career spanned six decades, but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950's and early 1960's.

Partner:

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra was an American singer, actor and producer, who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

Partner:

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy was an American politician, who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

Partner:

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer, who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as the United States Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.

Friend:

Judy Garland

Judy Garland was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a good friend of Monroe.

mentor:

Natasha Lytess

Natasha Lytess was an American actress, writer and drama coach. Marilyn studied acting under the guidance of Natasha.

mentor:

Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg was a Polish-born American actor, director and theatre practitioner. He was Marilyn's mentor at the Actors Studio in New York City.

References

• Marilyn Book by Norman Mailer.
  1973
• The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe This work, authored by J. Randy Taraborrelli represents a definitive biography of the most enduring icon in popular American culture.
  2009
• Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy In this moving essay, bestselling author, David Morrell, analyses Monroe's poignant life, which had more significance, than any movie, in which she appeared.
  2012
• Marilyn Monroe Barbara Leaming's "Marilyn Monroe" is a complex, sympathetic portrait, that will forever change the way readers view the most enduring icon of America sexuality.
  1998
• Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs This work represents a candid memoir, enhanced by 150 black-and-white and color photos.
  1995
• Marilyn Monroe: The Biography This biography of the screen legend employs thirty-five thousand formerly sealed documents - letters, diaries and other papers - to examine virtually every aspect of Monroe's life and death.
  1993
• Marilyn Offering new information about and strong new insights into the complex and tragic life of Marilyn Monroe, this biography features photographs of the world-famous movie star, taken during the last two months of her life.
  1986
• Marilyn: In Words and Pictures This work represents a photographic history of Marilyn's career, from Norma Jeane to stardom.
  2010
• The Official Website Of Marilyn Monroe