Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, California to Gladys Pearl Baker. Despite Gladys listing her husband Martin Edward Mortensen on Marilyn's birth certificate as her father, most historians agree this is unlikely as Gladys had separated from Mortensen before her pregnancy with Norma/Marilyn. Gladys placed Marilyn in foster care for most of her early childhood. Despite gaining some financial stability and even a home when Marilyn was around nine, Gladys fully succumbed to her paranoid schizophrenia and was committed to a state hospital. Marilyn subsequently became a ward of the state and bounced between families and orphanages until she was 16.
Marilyn gained attention as an actress in 1950 in the The Asphalt Jungle, where she had a small part. That same year she negotiated a seven-year contract with Fox which helped lift her ability to secure roles as she continued to gain popularity with audiences. By 1952, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was calling her the "best young box office personality" and her life and films were becoming a magnet for public interest.
While Marilyn was indisputably a talented performer, the public was deeply fascinated with her relationships and her personal life. In 1952 she began dating retired baseball star Joe DiMaggio, one of the most celebrated athletes of the time. The pair married in 1954, but DiMaggio was allegedly extremely controlling and abusive and they divorced after only nine months of marriage. In 1955, she started seeing playwright Arthur Miller, who she married the following year and converted to Judaism for, but the couple would divorce in 1961. Marilyn was also linked to Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, and John F. Kennedy.
Marilyn Monroe is arguably one of the most famous faces from Hollywood, and one of the most significant public figures of our time. The Smithsonian Institution named her as "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time" and both Varietyand VH1 have placed her in the top ten for rankings of the greatest popular culture icons of the 20th century. While she may not be around to celebrate 100 years of her legacy, it clearly will continue on for decades to come.
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