Marilyn Monroe (née Norma Jean Mortensen) was one of the lead stars of the last century. She became so famous not because of her good looks, but because of her amazing talent.

Monroe was a wonderful actress with a charming voice, she succeeded in everything. Gaining recognition for her comedy roles as a blonde beauty, Marilyn Monroe became one of the most famous sex symbols of the 1950s.

She was named Norma after the silent film star Norma Talmay. Her mother was in a psychiatric clinic for a long time.

During World War II, Norman worked in an aircraft factory, checking the quality of parachutes and painting planes and that’s the place were the first famous photos of the future star was taken for election booklets in defense of the fighting of American soldiers.

The future star grew up in an orphanage. Many families tried to adopt the girl(11 times) but every time the girl had been returned to the orphanage.

The management of the 20th Century Fox studio, which offered Monroe the first contract, advised her to choose a new name from several options: Claire Norman, Marilyn Miller … Norman, also known as Monroe, was inclined to choose the pseudonym Jean Adair.

She becomes the cover of Playboy magazine (1949). Monroe was paid $50 for the one photo.

She made her screen debut in 1947 in ‘The Shocking Miss Pilgrim’, which for first was famous because of the issue about equal rights for men and women in the work. Marilyn appears in the film as a telephone operator.

She constantly forgot lines on the set, often being late, which caused conflicts with the directors. The number of duplicates of the same scene sometimes reached twenty.

According to her agent, Monroe underwent two plastic surgeries to change her nose and chin. In addition, for three years she walked with paraffin (silicone was not used at that time) with breast implants.

One of Marilyn’s most popular songs was ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.’ In real life, the actress was not a lover of jewelry.

She loved to read. Monroe’s personal library consisted of 400 books by various authors. The favorite authors were Camus, Joyce, Freud, Tolstoy. She became friend with the singer Ella Fitzgerald, which helped her a lot in her career.

Monroe’s paid much lower than the other Hollywood stars. The actress received a $100,000 fee for her latest film ‘Something’s Got to Happen’, while her partner Dean Martin received $500,000. Four days before death, she signed first $1 million contract for two films.

Monroe’s heirs now receive $5 million a year for the rights to her image, as well as the actresses film rentals.

Marilyn Monroe’s last film was George Cukor’s comedy ‘Something’s Got to Happen’. The film, in which Monroe made her last appearance on set on June 1, a month before death, was not completed and was later completely remade with other actors, including Doris Day’s James Garner.

In addition to her relationship with Frank Sinatra, the actress was also linked by a general psychoanalyst, Ralph Greenson. It was he who on August 5, 1962 received a call from the star’s housekeeper, who found Monroe’s body.

Joe DiMaggio kept his promise to Marilyn. If Monroe had died before him, he would have had to lay fresh flowers on her grave every weekend.For twenty years he carried six roses to the grave every weekend.

Monroe was buried in a green dress by Emilio Pucci. During the farewell ceremony, she lay in an open coffin with a platinum forge.

In 1999, Mariah Carey bought her white grand piano for $662,500.