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Spoto 2001, pp.453, for a new role, 466–467 for operations, 456–464 for psychiatric hospital stays. Over the next four years, Monroe's living situation changed often. For the first 16 months, she continued living with the Atkinsons, and may have been sexually abused during this time. [30] [c] Always a shy girl, she now also developed a stutter and became withdrawn. [36] In the summer of 1935, she briefly stayed with Grace and her husband Erwin "Doc" Goddard and two other families. [37] In September 1935, Grace placed her in the Los Angeles Orphans Home #2, Hollygrove. [38] [39] [40] [41] The orphanage was "a model institution" and was described in positive terms by her peers, but Monroe felt abandoned. [42] Encouraged by the orphanage staff, who thought that Monroe would be happier living in a family, Grace became her legal guardian in 1936, but did not take her out of the orphanage until the summer of 1937. [43] Monroe's second stay with the Goddards lasted only a few months because Doc molested her. [44] She then lived for brief periods with her relatives and Grace's friends and relatives in Los Angeles and Compton. [45] If America was to export the democracy of glamour into post-war, impoverished Europe, the movies could be its shop window... Marilyn Monroe, with her all American attributes and streamlined sexuality, came to epitomise in a single image this complex interface of the economic, the political, and the erotic. By the mid 1950s, she stood for a brand of classless glamour, available to anyone using American cosmetics, nylons and peroxide. [326]

Monroe's childhood experiences first made her want to become an actress: "I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim ... When I heard that this was acting, I said that's what I want to be ... 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. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it." [46] Monroe also agreed to marry Miller, even after he surprised her by announcing their wedding plans in his HUAC testimony. Her public display of loyalty likely helped keep him out of prison (Miller was given a suspended sentence for his contempt conviction in 1957; the conviction went on to be overturned in 1958). However, Monroe's actions ended up attracting further interest: Support of Miller, combined with a request she'd made to visit the Soviet Union in 1955 (though she didn't make the trip), prompted the FBI to open a file on her. Chapman, Gary (2001). "Marilyn Monroe". In Browne, Ray B.; Browne, Pat (eds.). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2. When Niagara was released in January 1953, women's clubs protested it as immoral, but it proved popular with audiences. [129] While Variety deemed it "clichéd" and "morbid", The New York Times commented that "the falls and Miss Monroe are something to see", as although Monroe may not be "the perfect actress at this point ... she can be seductive—even when she walks". [130] [131] Marilyn was only 36 years old when she passed away in 1962. Read on to learn about the blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe’s journey, measurements, facts, and more.Marilyn joined Emerson Junior High School around 1938 when she started living in West Sawtelle with Ana Lower, her mother’s friend’s aunt. She also studied Christian Science. With a strong hand in writing, Monroe started writing for the school newspaper. Bus Stop was released in August 1956 and became a critical and commercial success. [208] The Saturday Review of Literature wrote that Monroe's performance "effectively dispels once and for all the notion that she is merely a glamour personality" and Crowther proclaimed: "Hold on to your chairs, everybody, and get set for a rattling surprise. Marilyn Monroe has finally proved herself an actress." [209] She also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her performance. [95] Crowther, Bosley (July 16, 1953). "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015 . Retrieved October 18, 2015.

On June 29, 1956, Monroe and Miller were married at the Westchester County Court in White Plains, New York; two days later they had a Jewish ceremony at the home of Kay Brown, Miller's literary agent, in Waccabuc, New York. [203] [204] With the marriage, Monroe converted to Judaism, which led Egypt to ban all of her films. [205] [j] Due to Monroe's status as a sex symbol and Miller's image as an intellectual, the media saw the union as a mismatch, as evidenced by Variety 's headline, "Egghead Weds Hourglass". [207] Banner, Lois (August 5, 2012). "Marilyn Monroe, the Eternal Shape Shifter". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019 . Retrieved August 30, 2015.

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O'Hagan, Andrew (January 22, 2013). The Atlantic Ocean: Reports from Britain and America. HMH. p.112. ISBN 978-0-547-72789-9. From the beginning, Monroe played a significant part in the creation of her public image, and towards the end of her career exerted almost full control over it. [294] [295] She devised many of her publicity strategies, cultivated friendships with gossip columnists such as Sidney Skolsky and Louella Parsons, and controlled the use of her images. [296] In addition to Grable, she was often compared to another well-known blonde, 1930s film star Jean Harlow. [297] The comparison was prompted partly by Monroe, who named Harlow as her childhood idol, wanted to play her in a biopic, and even employed Harlow's hair stylist to color her hair. [298] Marilyn Monroe extensive archive of her agent Charles K. Feldman's files of (150+) typed and handwritten letters, memos, clippings and telegrams from the Famous Artists Corporation". Heritage Auctions. December 11, 2018 . Retrieved September 10, 2022. Marilyn Monroe is giving press statements in New York that she was not returning to 20th-Fox, where she is under contract, and also that she was dismissing her attorney, Lloyd Wright, and her agency, Famous Artists... Ortner, Jon. "Sex Goddesses & Pin-Up Queens". issue magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022 . Retrieved July 19, 2022. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) As she started out in the movie industry, Monroe did submit to the casting couch. However, she also worked hard by taking lessons and giving her all to the parts that came her way. To gain experience for a role in B movie Ladies of the Chorus (1948), she performed in a burlesque show under the name "Mona Monroe." For a working-class role in the film Clash by Night (1952), she observed workers in a cannery (and apparently was offered a job beheading fish).

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