| TimeLine - MARILYN INFORMATION | ||
1926Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, California in June 1st.1934Mother Gladys admitted to rest home, Santa Monica CA.1937Grace McKee is legal guardian of Marilyn.1942Marries neighbor and boyfriend of 6 months, Jimmy Dougherty on June 19th.1944Husband James Dougherty joins the Merchant Marines, who is assigned to the South Pacific.1945Begins modeling after being discovered by a photographer while working at the Radioplane Corporation, a wartime factory.1946Screen test at 20th Century Fox on July 17th.Signs a $125/wk contract with 20th Century Fox on Aug 26th Divorces Jimmy Dougherty on Sep 13th. Begins using Marilyn Monroe as a stage name, but doesn't make it legal until 1956. 1947Plays a small part in her first film, "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim", in 1947.1954Weds baseball player Joe DiMaggio on January 14th. Films the infamous skirt-blowing scene in "The Seven Year Itch" Divorces DiMaggio in October.1955Moves to New York City for a year to study under Lee Strasberg at the Actors' Studio. Forms her own company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, with photographer Milton H. Greene, which produces "Bus Stop" (1956) and "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957).1956Marries playwright Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony on June 29th, and again in a Jewish ceremony on July 1st.1960Awarded Golden Globe for Best Actress in a comedy for "Some Like it Hot".1961Divorces Arthur Miller. Admitted to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic for emotional and physical exhaustion.1962Awarded a Golden Globe for World Film Favorite. Dies from an overdose of sleeping pills at her Brentwood. California home on August 5th. source: rotten, biography.com | ||