Soundtrack, Actress, Writer
					Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Her mother was a film-cutter at RKO Studios who, widowed and mentally ill, abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. She was almost smothered to death at two, nearly raped at six. At nine, the LA Orphans' Home paid her a nickel a month for kitchen work while ...
					Born: June 1, 1926
					Star sign: Gemini
					Height: 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
					Known for: Some Like It Hot (1959), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
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