![]() ![]() ![]() Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose on August 4, 1962. As Sarah Churchwell, author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, put it, “The biggest myth is that she was dumb. Many of her most successful roles saw her playing women who were naïve, artificial, sexually available, or a combination of all three - the stereotypical “dumb blonde.” Her onscreen persona, however, was far removed from the real woman, the real Norma Jeane. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it.” In her last-ever interview, just days before her death, Monroe said, “Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Her “blonde bombshell” characters, often appearing in comedic roles, lit up the screen, and her colorful and turbulent private life - which often became very public - made her even more famous.īorn Norma Jeane Mortenson, the future star had a tough childhood, moving between 12 successive sets of foster parents and spending time in an orphanage. From the beginning of the 1950s to the early 1960s, Marilyn Monroe was one of the hottest stars in Hollywood. ![]()
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