Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn MonroeShe vigorously played the dumb-blonde stereotype in her movie roles, but there is nothing at all dumb about Marilyn Monroe. Born to a single mother who suffered from severe mental illness, the odds were stacked against the girl originally named Norma Jeane from the very beginning. She became a ward of the state and bounced around from foster home to foster home. The fact that she rose from such impoverished beginnings to become one of the top-billed acts in Hollywood speaks for itself. Inside you will read about...- From Foster Child to Movie Star- The Scene with the White Dress- Marilyn the Jew- Diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia- Marilyn's First Overdose- The Presidential Affair- Locked in the Psych WardAnd much more Discover the life and legend that is Marilyn Monroe.