Imagine that you became a well-known women sex symbol. Imagine you went into depression and did an overdose. Those are the things that happened to Marilyn Monroe in the late 1950’s. Monroe impacted many people in the 1960’s and the people she impacted wanted to change. To wrap up the idea, Marilyn Monroe helped change people's lives today. You can see how that happened throughout her early life, rise to fame, and her death and legacy.
To start, Marilyn Monroe’s early life was filled with abuse and not enough care. Marilyn was born on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, she was an only child. Her mom had psychiatric problems, her dad didn't really care about her. She spent most of her early life in foster homes or an orphanage, until a close family friend took care of her for a while. Her first memory was being smothered in her crib by her mom. She didn't remember it well, but she knew that had been her first. At age seven, she was sexually assaulted in a foster home. At age sixteen, she had been working in a mutation factory. She had to be responsible at a young age (Biography.com editors).Marilyn Monroe faced many problems in her early life but that didn't stop her.
After that, Marilyn started getting her fame for all the jobs she took. In 1946, she signed her first
Marilyn Monroe began to have depression. The depression came from her last divorce with John Huston. She committed suicide on August 5, 1962 (History.com). She did an overdose of sleeping pills in her Los Angeles home. She was considered the most popular icon of sex and beauty (Biography.com editors.) So many people wanted to be just like her even famous people nowadays. For example, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, Madonna has imitated Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe impacted so many people all around the world (History.com). She was a big part of the 1960’s and she helped change the beauty and fashion of the
Some Like It Hot, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, and The Seven Year Itch are just a few of the movies that the actress Marilyn Monroe is known for. However the life of the movie star was cut short when she died at age 36 from an acute barbiturate poisoning. It was suspected that Marilyn took her own life, however she could have just as easily been taken out by the Kennedy family to prevent her from spilling all the dirty secrets she knew because of her alleged affairs with John and Robert Kennedy. Monroe was murdered by the Kennedy family in order to keep her from revealing government secrets that she gained knowledge of during the affairs she has with John and Robert Kennedy, which she threatened to make public after both
What ever happened to Marilyn Monroe? The most likely reason is murder. “An overwhelming amount of conspiracy theorists believes the Kennedy's murdered Monroe, or that the Kennedy's at least had a hand in her death.” stated by ibtimes.com.
€36 Marilyn Monroe major sex symbol and one of Hollywood's brightest stars, found dead in her Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA home on August 5, 1962. Discovered nude in her bed face down with the telephone in her hand. Death caused by overdose on pills given to Monroe to treat her depression.
She was always on movie sets and had several on and off relationships which led to high stress levels. Her Doctor decided to prescribe barbiturates (sleeping pills). She then had a bad habit of mixing alcohol with her sleeping pills which caused a different effect on her. She threatened her life on two different occasions, one time she attempted to throw herself out of her bedroom window, and the other was when she supposedly over dosed on her sleeping pills. On August 5, 1962 Marilyn was found dead under suspicious circumstances, which led to several conspiracy theories to surface. The original cause of death was considered a suicide, but several key facts point in a different direction. Most people who knew Marilyn understood she faced depression and knew she associated with men whom had a dark
June 19, 1942 she married her highschool sweetheart James Dougherty (“Marilyn Monroe.”) and moved to Van Nuys, California. While in Van Nuys, James was sent to the south pacific for World War II and Marilyn worked at Radio Plane Company. While James was away she was discovered by a photographer and enrolled in a three month modeling class (“Marilyn Monroe...Born.”). The photographer was taking pictures of women that were helping with the war. The photographer was so impressed by Marilyn that he told he to apply for a job at Blue Book Model Agency. In 1946 she was on 33 magazine covers and was posing for the best photographers (Bradshaw, Lauren). By 1946 when James returned, she had a successful modeling career that she was very focused on, causing a divorce. (“Marilyn
Monroe went to live with her mom’s good friend. She stayed with her for a long time until she got sent away again. She got tired of living in foster care so she decided to get married at sixteen years old. His name was Jim Dougherty and he was twenty-one years old. The marriage lasted until she was twenty. Then they divorced and she started modeling. During this time is when she started doing magazines and photo shoots. Monroe also started bleaching her hair blonde around this time. Then she started to use the name Marilyn Monroe instead of Norma Jeane. She signed to Fox after passing her screen test. This is when her acting career started and was just the beginning of her legacy.
Marilyn Monroe was liked by many, society liked her for the sheer fact that she never portrayed herself as famous, but as a human. She was the epiphany of Hollywoods misguided. She created this noble character that people admired, they also admired her f...
Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, and was a leading child film actress during the Great Depression. (Shirley Temple n. pag.) Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. (Biography for Shirley Temple n. pag.) Shirley Jane Temple was born to a banker and a housewife with two older children, on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California. (Shirley Temple n. pag.) Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! (Biography for Shirley Temple n. pag.) Temple's mother capitalized on the toddler's natural flair for dancing by enrolling her in dance classes at the age of 3 1/2.(Shirley Temple n. pag.) When Temple was just 3 years old, she landed a contract with Educational Pictures and made her acting debut in a string of low-budget movies dubbed "Baby Burlesques." (Shirley Temple n. pag.) Her father became her agent and financial adviser.(Shirley Temple n. pag.) Her first contract was with Educational Pictures Inc., for whom she worked in 1932 and 1933. (Shirley Temple Black n. pag.) She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. (Biography for Shirley Temple n. pag.) Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in her films and they ultimately bought millions of dollars worth of products that had her likene...
The image has a huge effect in society. A celebrity’s image can characterize, shape and circulate societal myths in Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. People think her figure and beauty make her become a popular icon and sex symbol in the 1950s. When people talk about the name of Marilyn Monroe, a blonde beautiful sexy female's image will appear in people's minds. What has the beauty standard shown us through Marilyn Monroe in the mid-20th century? Besides the beauty what other things did she need in order for her to be famous at that time? Marilyn Monroe's status as a sex symbol has influenced many artists since her time, even though the beauty standard has been different since then. If we look at the celebrities today, we can find many imitators of Marilyn Monroe: Madonna, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and even Lady Gaga. They do this not only because of marketing and media needs, but also because people today still “worship” the image Monroe created. A half-century has passed since Marilyn Monroe's death, so why is she still relevant today? As time has passed, Marilyn Monroe's image is becoming even more meaningful and valuable. Think about the image she has created, the main point I want to study is: how does a woman who passed away at thirty-six years old, after starring in only a handful of movies, has such on the impact on women, especially young women, in the 21st century? To find the answer of how she has an impact on young women today will also show how some of the young celebrities today became successful.
There are many people in the world who are influential. These people impact the world in different ways, they will inspire you to stand up for your beliefs, be proud of your accomplishments and to show character to all. An individual that showed those traits is Sophia Loren. Sophia loren is influential because of her beliefs, accomplishments and character. Sophia is influential because of her beliefs.
Norma Jean, most famously known as Marilyn Monroe was a famous actress in Hollywood that was one of the biggest sex symbols to come by in the 1900’s. Marilyn Monroe did not start out as an actress or one of the world’s biggest sex symbols, she began her career as a model. Monroe began work in a weapons factory in Burbank, California, where she was later discovered by a photographer. She was married to her first husband Jimmy Dougherty who was a marine. Jimmy had been deployed for some time and when he returned in 1946, Monroe had a fruitful career as a model, and she also changed her name from Norma Jean Baker to Marilyn Monroe in preparation for an acting career (Cinnamon,
Madonna has been a powerful woman that changed cultural, fashion, and social trends. She just may be the most iconic and influential woman the world has seen. She manipulated her position as a leading celebrity and proved women can be beautiful, sexual, and in complete control of their lives. Her opinions and attitudes on sexuality and feminism changed the way the traditional standards of beauty worked. There are no standards of beauty but what an individual finds beautiful. Madonna helped classify a modern woman as an independent and sexual being. She fought to give women more choices and freedom and become more confident about themselves. Madonna made it possible for a woman to be in complete charge of her sexuality and womanhood. Today, a woman is not defined by her beauty but by her attitude and style.
...ed was to be loved. She never received the affection she needed, and she wanted to achieve that from stardom. No one really knows why Marilyn took all those sleeping pills on August 5th 1962. Marilyn Monroe had a personality captivating and intriguing as her beauty. There was more beyond her platinum blonde hair, and blue eyes. Behind all the beauty, was Norma Jeane, the girl that no one knew. Marilyn Monroe was an illusion, and no one tried to see the person she was beneath this illusion.
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles on June 1st, 1926 to Gladys Baker. She was illegitimate, so the name Mortenson was assigned by the hospital. At twelve days old, she was taken away from her mother and placed in the care of Ida and Albert Bolender where she would remain for the next seven years. At the age of two, she was nearly smothered to death by a foster grandparent, and at the age of six Monroe was not the only foster child that the Bolender’s took in; there were often three of four other children in the household. During her seven years in the Bolender’s care, Monroe had 13 foster siblings come and go. The Bolender’s we...
Marilyn Monroe was the iconic Hollywood star: she encompassed both a childlike innocence, as well as a sensuality and promiscuity that had men and women both checking their blood pressure. However, many people do not know the events leading up to her alleged suicide aside from her appearances on the big screen and in photoshoots. Her childhood and family history led to many of the problems she dealt with in her adult life, which was also far from uneventful. Her outward personality was charismatic and enticing, though she often felt incomplete and miserable. She was both praised and ridiculed for her sexual exploits and other actions, which further confounded her. She detached from her personal reality and instead conformed to what others expected her to be, complying to their desires to receive affection. She kept her distance from people, even those whom she desired to connect with. A short biographical account is required to fully understand her personality development, after which we will apply a couple theories to her personality: Karen Horney’s theory and Erik Erikson’s theory, specifically his psychosocial stages of development.