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Monroe, originally Norma Jeane Mortenson, and then shortly thereafter Norma Jeane Baker (Baker being the last name of her mother’s husband before Martin Mortensen, Monroe’s father), was born all the way back in 1926 and spent most of her early years in foster care and some time in an orphanage.  Her father ran off before she was born and her mother had severe mental problems, including ultimately being placed in a mental institution.  When she was 16 years old, her foster parents moved and could no longer afford to keep her. In order to avoid having to go back to an orphanage, she married her first husband, 21 year old Jimmy Dougherty in June of 1942; apparently not entirely by choice, though this point has been disputed.  Monroe herself stated about it,  “Grace McKee arranged the marriage for me, I never had a choice. There’s not much to say about it. They couldn’t support me, and they had to work out something. And so I got married.”

Doughtery soon went off to fight in WWII, leaving Monroe at home.  Before he left, she tried to convince him to get her pregnant, as she was afraid he’d die, but he refused because he thought she was too young to be pregnant.  This worked out for her, though, in some respects, as she found herself working in a Radioplane plant where she was discovered by a photographer.  Before her husband returned from the war, she already had a successful career in modeling and would very soon launch her movie career.  Shortly after he returned, they got a divorce partially due to the fact that he did not approve of her new career and how scantily clad she was in many of the photos.  According to Monroe, though, they just didn’t have a good relationship, with the two almost never talking, not because they were fighting or angry at one another, but just because they had nothing to say.

Doughtery wasn’t the only husband she lost due to her career, another was Joltin Joe DiMaggio.  When she met him she was “surprised to be so crazy about Joe. I expected a flashy New York sports type, and instead I met this reserved guy who didn’t make a pass at me right away! He treated me like something special. Joe is a very decent man, and he makes other people feel decent, too.”  However, less than a year after getting married, the two divorced.  According to Monroe, “I didn’t want to give up my career, and that’s what Joe wanted me to do most of all.  I want to be a big star more than anything. It’s something precious.”  That being said, DiMaggio and she remained close and when she was in the Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in 1961, he helped her get out.  She then spent time with him in Florida where he was working as a batting coach for the Yankees.  Concerned with her mental state and the people she had surrounded herself with, he tried to get her to marry him again so he could look out for her directly, but she refused.  DiMaggio was the one who a year later arranged her funeral.

For 20 years after her death, DiMaggio had fresh roses placed in the vase next to Monroe’s crypt three times per week.

Marilyn Monroe was on the cover of the first ever Playboy magazine in 1953.  The nude centerfold photo inside was taken by Tom Kelley and was originally for a calendar called “Miss Golden Dreams”.  After she became famous, it was discovered that the nude photo in the calendar was Monroe.  Rather than payoff a blackmailer at the time, she instead came out and admitted the photo was her stating, “My sin has been no more than I have written, posing for the nude because I desperately needed 50 dollars to get my car out of hock.”  Hefner shortly thereafter purchased the right to use the photo in the first edition of Playboy for $500.  Besides the initial amount she was paid when the photo was taken, she never saw a dime for it after, even though it made Hefner millions thanks to it instantly propelling his magazine into wide circulation, selling around 54,000 issues within week of that first issue being published.

Hugh Hefner purchased the burial vault next to Marilyn Monroe as his future place of final rest.

Playboy was founded thanks to $1000 Hugh Hefner’s mother gave him to start the magazine, along with another $7000 he raised from other sources, such as his brother.

When Monroe died at the age of 36 in 1962, her estate value was estimated at around $1.6 million (about $11.4 million today).  Four months shy of 50 years later, her estate still earns around $2 million per year licensing her name and likeness.  Her films grossed around $200 million in her lifetime (about $1.7 billion today).  She earned so little through most of her career largely thanks to being under contract in the old studio system, making a certain amount per week. In her early years, this was often less than the makeup artists and the like made, despite her being the star of the picture.  At the time of her death, she was making considerably more and even had an offer for a four movie stint for $10 million ($72 million today), among many other offers.

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013

Quotes Of Marilyn Monroe Form Long Hair Names Medium Length For Round Faces Short Layers Updos Over 50 2013