Born June 1, 1926 at 9:30 am at the Los Angeles General Hospital, on the birth certificate it says Norma Jeanne Mortensen but it was sometimes called Norma Jeanne Baker. We do not know who his father is really, Mortensen is the name of the second husband of his mother, but it would have left before the birth of Norma Jeanne. On the other hand, the mother of Norma Jeanne had an affair with one of his colleagues during the absence of her husband and this for several months. Norma Jeanne’s childhood is quite chaotic. Her mother up in foster family while the baby is older than a few days, His mother comes to see the weekend is long and sometimes without seeing his daughter because she frequently stays in psychiatric hospitals. It seems that this is a special feature in the maternal family of Norma Jeanne. The first seven years of the girl are quite stable. Having put aside enough money to afford a bungalow Norma Jeanne’s mother recovers her daughter. This situation did not last long because his mother is in a psychiatric clinic again. Norma Jeanne is entrusted to various orphanages and foster families under the tutelage of his "aunt" Grace a friend of his mother. But when Grace decides to marry it abandons some Norma Jeanne, this has not proven one is very cheerful childhood. Grace gets official guardianship and therefore it comes to live with Grace, her husband and children occasionally it. At 16 Jim wife Norma Jeanne Dougherty a neighbor of five years her senior, Wedding somewhat "settled" by "Aunt Grace". The ceremony held on 19 June 1942 at 20:30. Norma Jeanne began life as a housewife, but the war encouraged her husband to join the navy. Despite assiduous film in his neighborhood Norma Jeanne bored. She found work as Auditor parachutes R. Plane Co. This is an army photographer who instructed to photograph women at work to raise the morale of the troops who noticed. She made the cover of the magazine "Fank" June 26, 1945. Full insurance and nurtured dreams of glory since childhood, she has the modeling agency Emmeline Snively "Blue Book". This is Miss Snively who encouraged him to discolor blond for more "spicy". She began to think that the modeling career is incompatible with that of wife and despite the reluctance of Jim gets a divorce that will be delivered on 2 October 1946. In 1946 she made the cover of every magazine, Miss Snively suits him an interview with Ben Lyons talent scout from 20th Century Fox that allowed him to do a screen test. The verdict is clear: it is provided with a defining quality, the "sex appeal". Daryl Zanuck ordered Lyon to sign him to a contract. But Lyon engineering initiative is to give a new name to this new woman. It offers Marilyn tribute to actress Marilyn Miller and Norma Jeanne is offering Monroe surname of his maternal grandmother. It does, however, agreed to make its legal name seven years before his death. She turns two small roles for Fox but his contract was not renewed. She then signed a 6-month trial contract with Columbia where she played some minor roles in B movies during this time she studied drama and diction. Columbia did not renew his contract. Marilyn is unemployed. So she agreed to pose for many photojournalisms especially with Tom Kelley who made the famous scandal calendar or she poses nude. In 1950 Grouch Marx hired him for the film "Love Happy" because according to him "it is most nice ass the profession!” For several months she lived with Johnny Hyde an important and wealthy agent who wants to marry her and make her heir, but she does not want to hear about it. It happens when even before his death to engage Marilyn for John Huston film "Asphalt Jungle." At the end of the film is a big personal success for Marilyn. MGM is flooded with mail about it but he refuses a contract. Fox hires him. His career was launched. That’s when the scandal broke out the calendar (1952). Fox asks his distraught star deny that it is. Marilyn refused and publicly explained. "I needed money," she says. About the scandal of this calendar, mail felt he had a pornographic and prohibited the distribution in some states. An edited version then appeared with clothes drawn on the original photo. Early 1952, she met Joe DiMaggio , baseball idol. They were married January 24, 1954, but Joe does not support the success of Marilyn, the male gaze on her, her necklines and slinky skirts, the divorce is granted October 27, 1954. Marilyn craves respectability according to him, she dreams of a home, children, normal life parallel to his career. This course seems difficult to reconcile. ± 250 that receives marriage proposals per week began to treat its brand image and went to New York to follow the course of the "Inside the Actors Studio" directed by Lee Strasberg. She collects a lot of satisfaction and gratification as it shows good student. At the time we see much arm Marlon Brando . It is also during this period that begins its relationship with Arthur Miller . Playwright, married with two children, one gets a divorce from his wife on 11 June 1956 and married Marilyn June 29, 1956 (civil marriage). On July 1, held a traditional Jewish ceremony, Marilyn is being converted to Judaism. Always in search of a "real" family, it fully integrates with the family of Miller, his two children and his parents. The summer of 1956 was spent in Amagansett the happiest time of Marilyn's life. In July she discovered happily pregnant, but it is a short-term happiness because it is an ectopic pregnancy must be interrupted with dismay as Marilyn sinking into depression. Twice it saves her from overdoses of barbiturates. 's a writer of Miller requires a certain loneliness that at first seems to suit Marilyn, but in the long run, the isolation weigh him and Miller insists that it accepts the set of "Some Like It Hot." On movie sets it annoys everyone by his whims and also numerous delays. In late December, she had a miscarriage and even the triumph of "some like it hot" does not come out of his depression. His marriage deteriorates. During the filming of "Billionaire" the rumor of a romance between Marilyn and Yves Montand . It is more likely that Marilyn had a crush on him but he did not want this adventure. During the filming of "The Misfits" specially rewritten by Marilyn Miller, the couple's relationship went from bad to worse. They separated in November 1960. The divorce will be January 20, 1961. Then follows a long period of depression. Hospital stays, alcohol and drugs. Marilyn in early 1962 (probably) an affair with Robert Kennedy. This seems to cheer him up, she began filming another movie. It is more than possible that she also had an affair with President Kennedy. Ironically, after his death, an unfinished letter to be found Joe Dimaggio in which it expressed its intention to remarry him ... him in May 1962, she was invited to sing "Happy Birthday" at Madison Square Garden the anniversary of President Kennedy. But she interpreted his way singing, whispering, and panting ...What the President said: "After too sweet words, I can retire." The filming of "Something must crack" is interrupted in June 1962, Marilyn was too exhausted physically cannot continue. It will stress and Dean Martin 's partner (who defends him) to pay damages to the Fox for breach of contract. On the morning of August 5, 1962 Marilyn is discovered dead at his home. Formal investigation concluded that a suicide, but will it ever be what really happened? More than 30 years have passed and the Marilyn myth is still alive.