Marilyn Monroe (1st June – 85 years from her Birthday )

It consisted of a rewarding, sometimes heartache. Her personal life

produced three failed marriages and countless affairs. Although her life was short lived, it would be rare to meet someone who hasn't heard of her.

her movie career. She started out in bit parts. She

won a small part in the movie Love Happy, a Marx Brothers movie in which she debuted her very sexy walk. She made a dozen of B-movies in which she played secondary roles as a dumb blonde.

movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; shortly after How to Marry A

Millionaire was made and released. Several other hits followed. She tried hard to break away from the comedienne, dumb-blonde role. Managing her own career, she made a series of more dramatic movies. They never went over as well as her previous movies. She died of an apparent drug over-dose.

Dougherty. He was over in the war when Marilyn (then

Norma Jean) was discovered and offered a modeling career. Jim wanted Marilyn to stay home and take care of the house and have babies but Norma Jean was more interested in modeling. They divorced soon after his return from over-seas.

caught the eye of the famous baseball player, Joe DiMaggio.

The courtship lasted two years, but due to his resentment towards her career, the marriage only lasted nine months.

playwriter author Arthur Miller. Her dependence on pills and constant

rescues of overdoses led to the downfall of their four year marriage. In the end it was Joe DiMaggio who arranged and paid for her funeral.

roses to her grave. And it is also been said

that DiMaggio's last words were that he would finally be with Marilyn again.

with before and during his presidency, was John Kennedy. There

are no real witnesses or evidence to document the affairs. But Marilyn told many friends, and they were seen at parties, arriving and leaving hotels, and at the home of Peter Lawford.

Can See I Love You", "Ladies Of The Chorus"
1950
A Ticket

to Tomahawk: "Oh, What a Forward Young Man You Are"
1953
Niagara: "Kiss"
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", "When Love Goes Wrong", "Bye Bye Baby", "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", "Four French Dances – Sur le balcon, La Tentateur, Sol taire, Parle d'affair", "Down Boy", "When The Wild Wild Women Go Swimmin' Down In the Bimini Bay"
1953
Recordings for RCA: "She Acts Like A Woman Should", "You'd Be Surprised", "A Fine Romance", "Do It Again"
1954
River of No Return: "I'm Gonna File My Claim", "One Silver Dollar", "Down In The Meadow", "River Of No Return"
There's No Business Like Show Business: "Heat Wave", "Lazy", "After You Get What You Want", "A Man Chases a Girl"

"I Found a Dream"
1959
Some Like It Hot: "Runnin' Wild", "I

Wanna Be Loved By You", "I'm Through With Love", "Some Like It Hot"
1960
Let's Make Love: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Specialization", "Let's Make Love", "Incurably Romantic"
1962 "Happy Birthday Mr. President"