Marilyn Monroe
Many people said that Marilyn Monroe was a great
inspiration in their lives, but through my research, I found
out that she was everything but an inspiration. Throughout
my report, I will give you many facts about Marilyn’s rough
life and what she did to handle them.
Marilyn Monroe, AKA Norma Jean Mortenson/Baker,
was born at Los Angeles General Hospital at 9:39 am on
June 1st, 1926. The hospital in which she was born is
now the County University of Southern California Medical
Center. Marilyn was born an illegitimate child whose father
(Edward Mortenson) had deserted her mother (Gladys
Baker). However, her real father was Stanley Gifford who
left Gladys when he found out she was pregnant.
Her mother worked at the Consolidated Film Industries
lab as a cutter of negative film. She worked long hours, at
low pay, at a boring and tedious eyestraining job. Since she
was at her job most of the time, she had to pay others to
look after Marilyn. Sometimes she would only get to see her
mother only early in the morning or at night. It was enough
for any mom to have a nervous breakdown. All Marilyn
remembered was her mother being in and out of hospitals.
Marilyn’s mother was working long hours at the film lab
just to make ends meet. She became very tired and nervous;
life became difficult for her. She had been sent to the
Norwalk State hospital for Mental Diseases for a rest when
Marilyn was only five years old. That was what caused her
to have a nervous breakdown and that is what caused
Marilyn to spend her childhood in and out of foster homes.
When Gladys first went to the hospital, Marilyn moved in
with her mother’s best friend.
When her mom’s best friend remarried, she told Marilyn that
her house was too small and someone had to go. Marilyn
was only nine years old then. So one day, she packed
Marilyn’s clothes in a suitcase and they got in her car. They
drove and drove for a long time without telling Marilyn
where she was going. They finally arrived at a three-story
red-brick building. Marilyn looked up at the sign and it said
LOS ANGELES ORPHANS HOME. Marilyn told her, “Please
don’t let me stay here. I’m not an orphan, my mother’s not
dead.” Her mom’s friend had to drag her inside the
orphanage. Her mother’s girlfriend had promised her that
she would take good care of her. She promised ...
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...a beach was taken, and
was to be her last. Her good friend and photographer
George Barris, lost his shoe on the beach right before their
departure from there, so Marilyn told him that the ocean
apparently needed it more than he did, so they both threw
their shoes in the ocean and left Santa Monica beach forever.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood
home, on August 5, 1962 officially a victim of barbiturate
overdose. Marilyn was 36. At 36, she made a statement-
“I’m thirty-six and I’m just getting started.” She overdosed
on sleeping pills. Marilyn was in the process of making a
movie “Something’s Got to Give”, but was dropped from the
movie because of chronic lateness and drug dependency. She
died four months after she was fired.
Marilyn’s funeral was on Wednesday, August 8,1962.
Marilyn’s coffin is in a marble wall-crypt to which a bronze
plaque is attached: Marilyn Monroe
1926-1962
May she rest in peace. She should have turned to God
rather than drugs. Popularity is no excuse to throw your life
away. What was the priority in Marilyn Monroe’s life?
How could she even begin to inspire a living person???
Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.
When Dr. Greenson and Marilyn’s housekeeper broke into Marilyn’s room they both claimed it happened around midnight to one in the morning. The cops showed up to the crime scene around 4:15 the morning of August 5th. This gives both the psychiatrist and the housekeeper time to stage her whole entire death as a suicide. To continue with the small theories about Marilyn’s death, Marilyn Monroe had a significant past with drug abuse. Marilyn was prescribed Barbiturate to help with relaxation and sleeping, this later was confirmed to be her cause of death, a Barbiturate overdose. Although, no actual traces of Barbiturate was found in her stomach or her blood stream even though there was a bottle on her bed stand
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.
Tupac later moved to Marin City, California. In Marin City Shakur went homeless for two years. He lived on the streets of Marin City and Oakland and sometimes stayed with friends. Through these times he continued to write and record his music, trying to somehow stimulate something so that could get him off the streets. During this time Tupac's mom was in and out of trouble and found herself luckily acquitted on 156 counts. Also, Shakur was dealing with the issue of his father's death. Tupac was tormented by the idea of never knowing his own father. All this lonliness began to wear him down. He began to realize that most of what he grew up around was self-delusion. He also realized that his mother was not the best person to be a role model for him and give him guidance on life. This left him directionless and turned his life into what popularly
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Marilyn Monroe is a common household name during the 1950’s-1960’s. This actress and singer has a reputation from her adoring fans as an iconic sex symbol. Her beauty and innocent smile will remain known for generations to come. Although Monroe’s life appears to be glamorous, her childhood and Hollywood career were unstable and uncertain. Monroe is faced with many challenging obstacles in her life. Monroe’s story expands over so much more than just a pretty face. Marilyn Monroe’s childhood and Hollywood career are uncertain, unstable, and filled with controversy; however, she spends her life searching for love and admiration, when she does not accomplish that in life, she accomplishes it with her death.
Marilyn Monroe, also known as, Norma Jeane, Norma Jeane Baker, Norma Jeane Mortenson, or Norma Jean depending on how you would like to spell it. Before Monroe was born there is some information about Norma Jeane. Norma Jean was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. On her Birth Certificate, her “father”, Edward Mortenson, and her mother Gladys was a supposed chaotic, desperate, and a lunatic, so she was sent to a psychiatric, unit after Norma Jean's birth. When Marilyn was born, she claimed that her mother tried to smother her when she was in her crib, Della Monroe, her grandmother, tried to smother her in her crib as well when she was 13 months old shortly before her mother was instituted, this is her earliest memory. Many biographers
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