Marilyn Monroe: Raped at 11 Years Old
Marilyn's Story
The beautiful icon, Marilyn Monroe, was a victim of a lot of trauma growing up and she struggled throughout her whole life.
1 - Marilyn Monroe was raped when she was 11 years old.
2 - Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, she never knew her father.
3 - Her mother Gladys was placed in a mental institution.
4 - She used to try to smother Marilyn with a pillow while she was in her crib.
5 - Monroe grew up in orphanages and foster families and was sexually assaulted on a constant basis.
6 - At 15 years old, she dropped out of high school.
7 - As a way out of foster care, she married at age 16.
8 - She started working in munitions factory, where a photographer discovered her.
9 - This launched her successful career as a model.
10 - Monroe got divorced in 1946, the same year she obtained her first movie role.”
11 - That’s when she dyed her hair blonde and adopted the name “Marilyn Monroe”.
12- Her seductive voice and voluptuous curves made her an international sensation while she still struggled with deep insecurities in her acting abilities.
13 - Monroe was often ill from pre-performance anxiety which was the main cause of her well known tardiness on films sets.
14 - She got divorced three times. Her marriage to Joe DiMaggio lasted only 9 months.
15 - In May 1962 she famously sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy.
16 - Monroe’s movies grossed more than $200 million in revenues.
17 - Marilyn did not own a house until the last year of her life, and possessed very few things.
18 - On August 5th, 1962 Monroe died of a drug overdose. She was only 36 years old.
19 - An empty bottle of sleeping pills was found by her bed.
20 - More than 50 years after she passed, she is still considered to be a timeless popular icon of sex appeal, and femininity.
21 - He beauty and wit shall forever be remembered.
22 - “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”