10 Questions about Marilyn Monroe | Celebrities

Answer: her grandmother

Monroe was her grandmother's married name and her mother's maiden name. Ben Lyon, a Fox talent scout, came up with Marilyn, which was tribute to an earlier star, Marilyn Miller.

Answer: a Los Angeles orphan home

Her mother was in and out of mental hospitals, so Marilyn was forced to spend two years in the Los Angeles Orphanage and the rest of her childhood and teenage years in foster homes.

Answer: The Marines

Even though she was just 16, Marilyn was encouraged to marry by the last of her guardians, even though they had only dated for six months.

Answer: "Golden Dreams" and "A New Wrinkle"

"Golden Dreams" and "A New Wrinkle" were published in calendars that sold millions worldwide. When asked by the media if she really had "Nothing on?", Marilyn replied with a giggle, "Nothin' on, but the radio."

Answer: Hitler

Before the film "Some Like It Hot", Marilyn was reported to be well liked by her co-workers, but as you can tell from the above statement, Tony Curtis was showing anything but love for Marilyn.

Answer: True

A publicity man once commented that Marilyn Monroe would look good in anything. Marilyn took the comment to heart and posed in a converted potato sack complete with a barely there, fringed skirt style.

Answer: red roses

Joe DiMaggio sent red roses each week for 20 years to Marilyn's grave in Westwood Memorial Cemetary in Los Angeles, California. Joe and Marilyn's second marriage was to take place on August 8th, 1962, but Marilyn tragically passed away three days before. Her crypt and marker are plain, but are permanently stained by the thousands of fans who have touched and kissed it over the years.

Answer: The Trans-Lux Theater in New York

This famous photo shoot was said to be the last straw for Marilyn's second husband, Joe DiMaggio. He could not stand the way people ogled his wife and a divorce soon followed later that year, ending their marriage in the fall of 1954.

Answer: Dr. Ralph Greenson

Dr. Ralph Greenson, a psychoanalyst to the stars of Hollywood, relied heavliy on "drug therapy". He mainly prescribed barbiturates and tranquilizers in addition to his therapy sessions. Even while Marilyn was filming, he had them flown in regularly to her. Marilyn was reported to have pills to wake her up, to put her to sleep, to calm her down, to speed her up...you get the idea.

Answer: soul

One of many (in)famous Marilyn Monroe quotes. This is the complete quote:
"In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty."