Stanley Gifford (a salesman) married Jim Dougherty, on J(divorced 1946) married Joe DiMaggio (the baseball player), on Janu(divorced autumn 1954) married Arthur Miller (the playwright), on J(divorced January 1961) no children. Born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California died of a drug overdose on August 4, 1962, at home in Los Angeles daughter of Gladys Baker Mortonson (also seen as Mortensen) and possibly C. Name variations: Norma Jeane Mortonson or Mortensen Norma Jeane Baker Norma Jean Mortonson. Nothing more to see here, folks.One of the last stars of the Hollywood studio system and the most enduring of American cultural icons, whose appeal and allure have extended far beyond her brief life. To Dominik, the central fact of Marilyn’s life is that she died, in part by her own hand, at 36. “Everything in Blonde is a wound, everything another chink in Marilyn’s glossy armour, until she becomes incapable of tolerating it any longer. Vanishingly little of Marilyn’s screen career appears in the film but for her watching herself in some of her key moments – the star-making turn in noir Niagara the “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” sequence – and none is seen with any capacity for joy, for lightness. The scathing review continued: “Rarely have I seen a film with such a helpless, near-constantly weeping victim at its centre that isn’t set in the middle of a warzone.

Offering her take on Blonde, the i‘s film critic, Christina Newland, wrote: “ Ana de Armas is excellent, in both her mimicry of Marilyn and in telegraphing the anguish of those stoplight eyes and breathy speech patterns it’s a shame her vulnerability and talent cannot overcome the sheer ridiculousness of the way her character is conceived.” She died on 4 August, 1962 from what was described as a “barbiturate overdose”.Īnd although her death was ruled a probable suicide, there are those who believe she was murdered over her romantic relationships with the Kennedy brothers and there was an FBI cover-up.īlonde Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde (Photo: Netflix) These last liaisons, say some conspiracy theories, could hold the clue to what happened in her final hours. Monroe was also rumoured to have had affairs with among others the then president, John F Kennedy and his brother, Robert. Her marriage to Miller lasted five years and they divorced in 1961. She was married three times, first to a police officer James Dougherty, then to baseball star Joe DiMaggio and finally to the playwright Arthur Miller. One scene in another of her films, The Seven Year Itch, where Monroe is standing over a subway grating and her white dress is blown up has become one of the enduring images of the 20th century.ĭespite her success, her life was troubled and she struggled with addiction and mood disorders.

The actress was a success in films such as Some Like It Hot, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde (Photo: Netflix) What happened to Marilyn Monroe? Gifford died in 1965 near Hemet, California. Monroe tried to contact her father, who ran a Californian dairy farm, multiple times over the years, being rebuffed on each occasion. Gladys died in a retirement home in Florida on 11 March 1984, aged 81. Gladys bounced between psychiatric facilities for the rest of her life, outliving Monroe, who died in 1962. Having shot to fame in the 50s, Monroe was able to support her mother financially. Gladys married for a third time in 1949, to electrician John Stewart Eley, who died three years later from a heart infection. Monroe became a ward of the state, as her mother’s friend, Grace Goddard, took responsibility over her and her mother’s affairs. Gladys’s mental health deteriorated, leading to her admission to hospital for psychiatric care. Monroe had an unstable, but happy childhood, living with foster parents for periods, as her mother struggled with paranoid schizophrenia. Gifford left a pregnant Gladys soon after their dalliance, playing no role in Monroe’s upbringing, keeping his distance for the duration of her life.

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