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Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. She became one of the world’s most enduring iconic figures and is remembered both for her winsome embodiment of the Hollywood sex symbol and her tragic personal and professional struggles within the film industry.

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She’s face is probably one of the most recognizable in pop culture. Marilyn Monroe became the top sex symbol of her era. She made a symbolic change in the trends of sexuality in the 1950s and early 1960s. By 1953, she was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars.

Until her death, her filming career went extremely high. She won many awards but unfortunately never won an Oscar.

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Monroe was born, Norma Jeane Mortenson, in June 1926. Her mother had a turbulent mental state and struggled to cope with bringing up her children. Marilyn was moved between different orphanages and foster homes. The traumatic childhood made her shy and reserved.

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Marilyn Monroe was first discovered working at a local munitions factory, when photographer David Conover was struck by her beauty and photogenic nature. Her first few films were low key, but from these beginnings, it gained her more prominent roles in films such as All About Eve, Niagara and later Gentleman Prefer Blondes and How To Marry A Millionaire

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Marilyn never gave up. In an era when feminism was still a distant future she fought all the stereotypes, and most of the time alone. Her life was a constant battle to maintain her own independence and identity and she overcame each hurdle life threw at her.

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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.
There has been some speculation over the years that she may have been murdered, but the cause of her death was officially ruled as a drug overdose.