Legend+Icon

By Iliana A.
 * //Legend Icon, Marilyn Monroe//**


 * " Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."**

Known for her exoticness and beauty along with her glamor, Marilyn Monroe was an outstanding actor, a legend icon and fashionista. She had a lot of sex appeal and was considered one of the most prettiest women in the world at the time. She was born on June 1, 1926 Los Angeles California. Her real name was Norma Jean Mortenson and she begun her career as an actress portraying herself as wild, untamed, bubbly, and blond. She had so much life and filled up the stage with her lively presence and comedian roles right aw ay. Marilyn became a very successful model appearing in many posters, magazines.

She pretty much had a difficult childhood filled with foster homes, and a father who wasn’t there that often. But she made up for that becoming a model, singer, award winning actor.

She was in many films like ( Something’s gotta give) ( The misfits) ( Bus Stop) and many more. In total she maid 23 movies, was very successful in life and was married three times. At first he characters portrayed and "dumb seductive blonde" in her films but later on she wanted to prove to everyone that she could make bigger and better films with more than just her looks but with her talent as well She did appear in the first addition of playboy and become successful right away. She has a song by Elton John as a contribute by her names " Candle in the wind". She was known for being crowned Miss California Artichoke Queen, and was nominated for the British Academy Award for " Best Foreign Actress". Marilyn unfortunately lived a well but short lived life. She was found dead in her room August 5th 1962, no one is certain for sure the cause of her death but a possibility is suicide and another is that she could have possible been posioned. Marilyn will always be looked at as an idol for many more years to come, she had made a mark and it is there to stay.

http://www.biography.com/deathiversary/marilyn_monroe/marilyn_monroe.jsp http://www.marilynmonroe.com/about/bio.html