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Right away, the couple began having problems. Monroe experienced two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy. After Miller and Monroe had begun working together on what would have been her last film, The Misfits, they divorced on January 20, 1961. Marilyn Monroe is our timeless icon of glamour, vulnerability, and the American dream whose star power remains as strongly felt now as it was in the 1950s. MM-Personal is another look behind the veil of that legend, providing a look into the most fascinating relics and findings from her personal archive that have never before been revealed to the public. Selected from more than 10,000 previously unpublished items from Marilyn’s own filing cabinets, the documents that make up this book paint a vivid portrait of a woman horribly misunderstood by her own times. My Story by Marilyn Monroe and Ben Hecht Cooper is intrigued by ‘the way she could sometimes show her vulnerability and sometimes hide it’. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix/Netflix

The same year, she began attending Van Nuys High School. [52] In 1942, the company that employed Doc Goddard relocated him to West Virginia. [53] California child protection laws prevented the Goddards from taking Monroe out of state, and she faced having to return to the orphanage. [54] As a solution, she married their neighbors' 21-year-old son, factory worker James Dougherty, on June 19, 1942, just after her 16th birthday. [55] Monroe subsequently dropped out of high school and became a housewife. She found herself and Dougherty mismatched, and later said she was "dying of boredom" during the marriage. [56] In 1943, Dougherty enlisted in the Merchant Marine and was stationed on Santa Catalina Island, where Monroe moved with him. [57] 1944–1948: Modeling and first film roles A photo of Monroe taken by David Conover in mid-1944 at the Radioplane Company Crowther, Bosley (July 16, 1953). "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015 . Retrieved October 18, 2015. Monroe died at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962, at only 36 years old. An empty bottle of sleeping pills was found by her bed. Three nights ago, for the umpteenth time, I watched Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and for the first time in many viewings I took my eyes off Jane Russell (my favorite, the sex symbol a man could have a beer with) and gazed steadily at the perfectly-crafted image of Marilyn Monroe. It was weird for me, for, in spite of how fascinating she is, I felt compelled to avert my gaze, as if I were peeping at the nakedness of a divinity, as if I were staring presumptuously into a sacred fire. How could the image of one woman, dead for fifty years, still channel so powerfully the archetype of The Goddess? My Story provides a few hints, but no real answers.Her funeral, held at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on August8, was private and attended by only her closest associates. [287] The service was arranged by Joe DiMaggio, Monroe's half-sister Berniece Baker Miracle, and Monroe's business manager Inez Melson. [287] Hundreds of spectators crowded the streets around the cemetery. [287] Monroe was later entombed at Crypt No.24 at the Corridor of Memories. [288] Começou por ser modelo, depois actriz e actualmente é um ícone de moda para muitas gerações. O mundo só a valorizou realmente depois de ela ter morrido. Porque será que o ser humano só reconhece o talento dos verdadeiros artistas depois de eles estarem mortos?

Crowther, Bosley (February 2, 1961). "Movie Review: The Misfits (1961)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015 . Retrieved October 18, 2015.

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I did not think I’d end up having her as part of my body, but you become obsessed with her,” she tells the Guardian. “On my first research trip in Los Angeles, I went to see her grave and visit the Academy. While I was in town, I also met one of her biographers. They said, ‘Strap yourself in. You’re going to go mad for her.’ I thought, ‘Of course I won’t.’ Cut to me on Sunset Boulevard, getting this done.” Monroe identified with the Jewish people as a "dispossessed group" and wanted to convert to make herself part of Miller's family. [206] She was instructed by Rabbi Robert Goldberg and converted on July 1, 1956. [205] Monroe's interest in Judaism as a religion was limited: she called herself a " Jewish atheist" and did not practice the faith after divorcing Miller aside from retaining some religious items. [205] Egypt also lifted her ban after the divorce was finalized in 1961. [205]