A Star is Born: Marilyn Monroe

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A Star is Born: Marilyn Monroe
I was inspired to write about Marilyn Monroe because she seemed like she knew a lot about life and everything she went through. She was a big movie star and she fought for what she believed in she wanted a good part in movies but the directors always put her as a blonde and she had to be dumb and she didn't like that. She didn't understand because she was intelligent and that is what they thought of beautiful blonds back then. She was good at everything she did. People wanted to take an advantage of her. But she was a good person that always got took for granted.

She was born on June 1st, 1926 n Lag Angles and died August 5, 1962. She was known for a sex symbol to people and she had a difficult life growing up. She never knew father and her mother tried to kill her when she was in was in her crib and by smothering her with a pillow. She spent most of her life in a foster care. In 1937 a family friend and her husband took care of her for many year because they took her. At 7 year old Marilyn Monroe went back to the orphanage at 7 years old. She was sexually assaulted and she got raped when she was 11 years old. She ended up marrying her boyfriend after she got out and grew up. She grew up as going to be a model and dreamt of being a actress.

Her career was getting harder because she got married and it hit her acting career a little bit. They got divorced in 1946. Marilyn Monroe ended up signing her first movie. She started calling herself Marilyn Monroe and she actually died her hair blonde but her acting career didn't start of until 1950. She impressed her audience by performing in a movie called The Asphalt Jungle. And she even impressed the critics and they loved her performance. She loved...

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(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-smith/bette-davis-and-marilyn-m_b_5295694.html). Smith, Liz. "Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe -- Were They Alike in ANY Way?"The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 09 May 2014. Web. 13 May 2014.

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