Marilyn Monroe

Okay, who doesn't love Marilyn Monroe?! I think she was absolutely beautiful! Not only was she beautiful, she was also intelligent and insightful. I am more than certain you all have read at least one of her quotes. I am going to include some in the post, as well as some facts about her. Also, this picture of her is one of my most favorite pictures! I want to get it framed for my new apartment.

FACTS:

1. Marilyn Monroe was brought up by foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender until the age of seven. Marilyn Monroe wrote in her biography that she believed that Albert, her foster father was actually a woman. In total she had 12 sets of foster parents. 

2. When she was 16, Marilyn Monroe married 21 year old James Dougherty in order to avoid being sent to an orphanage or to yet another foster home. She divorced him when she was 20. 

3. Marilyn did her famous nude photoshoot in 1947 nearly SIX YEARS BEFORE the photos were used for Playboy's 1953 first edition. the rights to the photos were purchased for $500 by Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe became the first 'Sweetheart of the Month'. Later the name was changed to Playmate of the Month. In 2007, Playboy published 20,000 EXACT replicas of this first edition. Some copies of this republication are still available for purchase for approximately $50. 

4. Marilyn's great love was probably baseball giant Joe Dimaggio. When they were married, Joe was intensely jealous of the attention showered on Marilyn Monroe by men everywhere. When the "The Seven Year Itch", was filmed in New York, now famous promotional photos were taken on a subway ventilator outside the Trans-Lux Theater on 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Joe watched Marilyn's skirt fly up again and again, revealing her white panties before thousands of enthusiastic photographers and fans. Jealous Joe angrily stormed off. Later the couple had a huge fight in the hotel. Two weeks later they separated and eventually divorced. 

5. After their divorce, Joe Dimaggio rescued Marilyn Monroe from forced institutionalization at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic (67th Street and York Avenue, NY City). For 20 years after her death he had a dozen red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week. He never remarried. It is claimed that Joe's last words were: "I'll finally get to see Marilyn". (Ugh, I just think that is soooo sweet!) 

6. Hugh Hefner owns the burial vault next to Marilyn Monroe at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California and intends to be buried there.

QUOTES:

 I hope you all enjoyed this post just as much as I did putting it together. Sources:  http://www.squidoo.com/marilyn and images.google.com.