Suprising facts about Marilyn Monroe!
Did you know- In 1999 Marilyn was called 'sexiest woman of the century'?, by people Magazine!
Did you know Marilyn had Agoraphobia?
Did you know- Marilyn had a halfborther, Jack, and a halfsister, Berniece, Marilyn never met Jack, because he died when he was 14, but she did met Berniece, and Berniece wrote a book about Marilyn and her, called 'Marilyn: My sister'.
Marilyn Monroe- photographed by Cecile Beaton, 1955
Did you know- Marilyn thougt her hands we're fat, so she didn't want her hands on screen to much.
Did you know - In 'Some Like It Hot' Marilyn did 70 takes over, because she couldn't say 'We're's the Bourbon?'
Did you know - That when they shot the scene in the 'Seven Year Itch' on Lexington Avenue, they didn't used this footage, they re-shot this scene in the studio.
Did you know - Marilyn first Television Debut was on the 'Jack Benny Show'? It was in 1953.
Did you know - When Marilyn wrote her name in the wet cement of the 'Graumann Chinese Theater', she pulled an rhinestone at the dot of the 'i' of her name. It was her own idea, because of her song 'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend'. The rhinestone was later stolen.
Did you know - When Marilyn shot 'Bus Stop' she darkened her hair to rediish blonde.
Did you know - MM was raped when she was a child? A list:
- At age of six, she was raped by a friend of the family.
- At age seven, a mr. Litman penetrated Norma Jeane with his finger. Litman was a boarder at one of the foster homes Norma Jeane lived at.
- At age eight, she was molested by a boarder at one of the foster homes.
- At age eight, she was molested by a Mr. Kimmel, a boarder at one of her foster homes.
- At age eight, she was raped by Mr. Kimmel. It was because of this violation she began to stammer.
- Before moving in with Grace Goddard, Norma Jeane was raped by a foster parent. She became pregnant.
- At age eleven, she was raped by a boarder at one of her foster homes.
- After being caught stealing fruit, a grocery store manager forced her to give him oral sex.
- At age twelve, she was beaten and raped by an artist.
