As Netflix releases the biopic 'Blonde,' Marilyn Monroe is as much of a sensation as ever, more than 60 years after her death-fueled conspiracy theories.
More than 60 years after her death at age 36, the “blonde bombshell” is as much of a sensation as she ever was.
Monroe never was nominated for an Academy Award, but she was the most famous actress in the world. She grew up as Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles-area orphanages and foster homes. She dropped out of high school and soon became a photo model, first as a brunette then as a bleached blonde. In 1946, at age 20, she signed a movie contract with 20th Century Fox, which changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
That year, Monroe became enamored with new President John F. Kennedy, and the feeling was mutual. According to numerous biographies, they spent a night together at the Palm Springs, Calif., home of singer Bing Crosby. In May 1962, the actress created a sensation at Madison Square Garden when she sang a sultry “Happy Birthday” to Kennedy while wearing a dress so tight it had to be sewed on. “I can now retire from politics,” JFK quipped.
Everybody from Monroe’s housekeeper to novelist Norman Mailer wrote books about the star. In his best-selling 1973 book, “Marilyn: A Biography,” Mailer included previously published claims that Monroe had an affair with married Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and was murdered by the CIA. In a TV interview with Mike Wallace, Mailer admitted he didn’t believe the speculation but included it to sell books because “I needed money very badly.
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