Marilyn+Monroe

INTRODUTION
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1st 1926 and died on August 5 1962. Marilyn Monroe was a foster child, and spent much of her time with different parents. She begun a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. In her early years she started in out with minor parts such as 'The Asphalt Jungle' and 'All About Eve' which where both preformed in 1950. By 1953, Monroe had climbed her to leading roles such as 'Dumb Blond', 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'(1953), 'How to Marry a Millionaire'(1953) and 'The Seven Years Itch'(1955).

Her production company released 'The Prince and the Showgirl'(1957), and after she received a BAFTA Award nomination, and then another for 'Some Like It Hot'(1959)

The Final Years of her life were marked by illness, personal problens and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. The reason she died was because of an overdose of barbiturates. Though officially classified as a 'probable suicide', however her death was also caused by homicide. In 1999 she was ranked as the sixth greatest female actress of all time by the American Film Institue. In the Years after her death she was considered a pop or cultural icon.

Photoplay magazine voted Marilyn the Best New Actress of 1953, and at 27 years old she was undeniably the best-loved blonde bombshell in Hollywood.

Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles County Hospital. On her birth certificate names her father as Martin Edward Mortensen with his residence stated as 'unknown'. Monroes mother Gladys was mentally unstable and had a financially problems, and could not take care oF Monroe so she was placed with foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender of Hawthorne, California, where Marilyn lived until she was seven.
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When Marilyn was very young and living with the Bolenders, an unusual incident occurred. Monroes real mother, came to the the Bolenders and demanded that they give her daughter. Ida knew that Gladys was unstable at the time. Unwilling to cooperate, Gladly managed to pull Ida into the yeard while she ran inside the house and locked the door behind her. And to Ida's horror, Gladys had stuffed Marilyn in to a bag and proceeded to leave the house. However Ida charged towards Gladys and the quarrel resulted in the bag with Monroe in it to split open. Marilyn Monroe fell out of the bag and began to cry loudly as Ida grabbed her and pulled her back into the house, away from Gladys. This was just one of many bizzarre things or moments that happened between young Marilyn Monroe and her disturbed mother.

In 1933, Gladys bought a house and Marilyn was in her care once again. However a few months after moving in Gladys suffered a mental breakdown, which contained a series of mental episodes that would plague her for the rest of her life. Monroe said that she remembers her mother "screaming and laughing' as she was forcibly removed to the State Hospital in Horwalk. After this Marilyn Monroe was declared a ward of the state, and Gladys' best friend, Grace McKee, became her legal Guardian.

Grace was the one who told Monroe that someday she would become a movie star. Grace would let Monroe wear makeup and would often take her to curl her hair. They would also watch movies togeather. Two years after, Frace Mckee married Ervin Silliman Goddard in 1935 and a few months after they got married Monroe the Los Angeles Orphans Home, and then she was foster carried once again. During her stay in the Orphans Home, many families were very interested in adopting her, however Glady never signed any of the adoption papers sent to her, therefore no one could adopt Monroe. In 1937, Grace took Monroe back to live with her, Goddard and one of Goddard's daughters from a previous marriage. This arrangemant didn't really last for very long because of Goddard's several attemptes of sexually assaulting Monroe. Grace was very disturbed by this so she sent Monroe to live with her Great aunt, Olive Bruning in Comptom, California. This arrangement also did not last long, as 12 year old Monroe was assaulted by one of olive's sons. After this Grace sent her to live in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles with another Aunt of hers named Ana Lower. Living there was one of Monroe's most stable periods in her life. Years later, Monroe would reflect fondly about the time that she spent with Ana Lower who she affectionaly called 'Aunt Ana'. However by 1942, Lower developed serious health problems, therfore Monroe went back to live with the Goddarsa once again. It was there where she met a neighbor's son James Dougherty and began a relationship with him. At the end of 1942, Grace and Goddard decided to relocate to Virginia, where Goddard had received a lucrative job offer. The Goddards decided not to take Monroe with them, so Grace needed to find a home for Monroe before they moved. An offer from a neighborhood family to adopt Monroe was proposed but Gladys still would not allow it. With hardly any options left, Grace approached Dougherty's mother and suggested that Jim marry Monroe so that she would not need to return to the Orphanage or foster care. Dougherty was very reluctant because Monroe was only 16 years old, but he finally relented and married her in a ceremony, arranged by Ana Lower, after graduationg from high school in June 1942. Monroe would state that she did not feel like a wife; she enjoyed playing with the neighborhood children until her husband would call her home. In 1943, with World War 2 raging, Doughterty enlisted in the Merchant Marine and was shipped out to the Pacific. Monroe was scared that he would not come back alive, Monroe begged him to try and get her pregnant before he left. But Dougherty disagreed, that Monroe was too young to have a child, but he promised that he would come home. After he was shipped out Monroe moved in with his mother.



Her "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress sold for $1,267,500.00, a world record for the most expensive piece of clothing ever sold, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Monroe is considered a ground breaker because she changed the history of the world. She was one of the greatest models and well know actors in the world and effected the way lives of many people. Women started to die their hair blond the same as Monroe did to her hair, and women started to feel stronger about themselves.

= Death = Why i think Monroe is a ground breaker is because she is an amazing person even though she had a very difficult life and a mother who was a bit crazy. Her personality is amazing, the fact that she could still be happy and enjoy every moment she had in her life despite all the bad times she had, and that she really wanted children of her own but she never had any. And finally people today still remember her and Monroe will be remembered for every!

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__What personal qualities are needed for success?__ You must be someone who will not give up and will always try your best in everything.
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__Find a dictionary definition of success.__ 1. T he favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. 2. The attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like. 3. A successful performance or achievement: //The play was an instant success.// 4. A person or thing that is successful: //She was a great success on the talk show. //  5.   //Obsolete//. [|outcome.]

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__Form your own definition of success (Ms Rogge's Workshop).__

Success to me means to fully acomplish one thing and to be able to let go of bad times I've had whilst trying to acomplish one thing, also being able to ask for help from one person who has knowledge of the things I'm trying to acomplish. Success also means to me that I am willing to take on the commitment that the goal i have needs in order to acomplish it and fianly to know what to do with the actions i make when i am trying to succeed my goal.

__What did you learn during Ms Rogge's workshop?__ I learn that everyone's definition of success is always different, and people have postive or negative thoughts towards it.

__Why do people fall short of achieving their potential?__ Some do because most goals made by us are quite hard to successed and so some may give up and find another goal to try and successed.

__Why does God want us to achieve our full potential?__ Im not sure because I am an atheous and think that we are the one in charge of our lives and we should try to reach our full potential so we can achevie greatness in the future.

__What do you think about this WIKI project - compared to a written assignment? What do you like and dislike?__ I did not really like it because im not such a computer fan, I actually like to make presentations like posters which I think I would have done extreamly well on.

By: Abigail Ooi 9A