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The Best Actress in Hollywood History

''I defy gravity.'' Those simple words were spoken by one of the most iconic actresses of all time. She was on top of the world in her era and still on top of our hearts today. Her name is Marilyn Monroe.

Early Life

Marilyn Monroe was born in 1926. According to Biography.com her real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson but was later changed to Norma Jeane Baker. When she was a child she was in foster care and orphanages for a part of her life. One person had fostered her for years but when she turned 7 she went back to the foster care system. Marilyn dropped out of high school at the age of 15. When Marilyn was around 16 she married a man named Jimmy Dougherty (1942). When her husband went to Van Nuys, California to work at a munitions factory she dreamt of becoming a famous actor. Her dreams would come true soon, slowly but surely. She was noticed by a photographer one day.

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