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When was Marilyn born?

June 1st. She was born at 9:30pm.

What year was Marilyn born in?

1926. Her mother was twenty-four at the time.

To which name was Marilyn born?

Norma Jeane Mortensen. She was baptized NOrma Jeane Baker. Her mother was Gladys Baker.

What was the surname of the family that the little Norma Jeane was given to shortly after she was born?

Bolender. Norma Jeane lived with the family, which held many orphans already, for the first seven years of her life.

What was Marilyn's mother called?

Gladys & gladys. Her full name is Gladys Pearl Monroe. The last name has changed several times, though.

What is the name of Norma Jeane's mother's friend who looked after Norma Jeane?

Grace McKee. Grace's and Norma Jeane's roads parted as NJ married her first husband just after she turned 16.

Norma Jeane's mother's friend who looked after Norma Jeane: which movie star was this woman obsessed with?

jean harlow & jeane harlow & harlow & Harlow & Jean Harlow & Jeane Harlow. Some say she was the original bombshell. However, Grace McKee was desperate to make Norma Jeane the "next Jean Harlow". She was, yes, and a million times more famous.

Who was Norma Jeane's first husband?

Jim Dougherty. Their marriage was set up by Grace McKee, in hope she (Grace) could move elsewhere with her new husband and his family. Norma Jeane and Jim got married right after NJ turned sixteen. Their marriage lasted for four years.

Norma Jeane's first husband left in 1944 to fight in the war. Norma Jeane followed him shortly afterwards to do her share, which included spraying varnish on fabrics. Her beauty was discovered by a local photographer, who soon had discovered Marilyn Monroe. Who was this photographer?

David Conover. He later made a few bucks by writing a book about how he "made Marilyn". Blah, I say.

Shortly after she was discovered by a photographer, Norma Jeane made a contract with the Twentieth Century Fox. How much would she earn per week with this contract?

$75. Her first screen test with Twentieth Century Fox in 1946, Fox offered her $75 per week and an "option" to renew for another 6 months at twice this. It was a very standard contract.