Part 2- The Life of Ms. Marilyn Monroe Aadhyapublication

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Part 2- The Life of Ms. Marilyn Monroe

In the same year 1950, another appearance in a movie All About Eve got her another contract from FOX. In this movie she got a little-bit higher recognition.

Thereafter, Marilyn Monroe moved ahead with good movies contract continuously, including the films Let’s Make It Legal (1951), Love Nest (1951), Clash by Night (1952), and Niagara (1953). In each movie, Marilyn Monroe’s performances excelled and there was no competition to her, and she almost established as an actress, on part with other actresses.

With good acting performances in the movies like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and There’s No Business-Like Show Business (1954), her stylish fame grew well steadily and spread throughout the world. She became very popular actress with lakhs of fans.

Marilyn was very smart and very beautiful in the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Movie. In The Court Hall, the dance scene is terrific.

**Part 2- The Life of Ms. Marilyn Monroe**

A still from the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) (Marilyn Monroe)

Last scene entering the Hall, Marilyn Monroe’s style of entry is very impressive. Some stills are here for readers perusal.

In 1954 Marilyn Monroe married Baseball Star Player Joe DiMaggio and the publicity was very big and enormous.

A Still from the Movie “The Seven Year Itch”

Monroe studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors’ Studio in New York City, and in The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Bus Stop (1956) she began to emerge as a talented comedian. In 1956 she married playwright Arthur Miller and briefly retired from moviemaking, although she co-starred with Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). She won critical acclaim for the first time as a serious actress for Some Like It Hot (1959). Her last film, the drama The Misfits (1961), was written by Miller specifically for Monroe, though their marriage disintegrated during production; they divorced in 1961.

Marilyn Monroe

In 1962 Monroe began filming the comedy Something’s Got to Give. However, she was frequently absent from the set because of illnesses, and in May she travelled to New York City to attend a gala where she famously sang “Happy Birthday” to Pres. John F. Kennedy, with whom she was allegedly having an affair. In June Monroe was fired from the film. Although she was later rehired, work never resumed. After several months as a virtual recluse, Monroe died from an overdose of sleeping pills (barbiturates) in her Los Angeles home. Her death was ruled a “probable suicide,” and this finding was supported by the actress’s history of drug use and previous suicide attempts.

A still from Bus Stop

Some Like It Hot

However, some believed that she had been killed after threatening to reveal her relationship with the Kennedy brothers—she was also rumoured to have had an affair with U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy—or that she had information linking the two men to organized crime. Although there was insufficient evidence to support these claims, conspiracy theories persisted.

In their first runs, Monroe’s 23 movies grossed a total of more than $200 million, and her fame surpassed that of any other entertainer of her time. Her early image as a dumb and seductive blonde gave way in later years to the tragic figure of a sensitive and insecure woman unable to escape the pressures of Hollywood. Her vulnerability and sensuousness combined with her needless death eventually raised her to the status of an American cultural icon.

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