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Marilyn Monroe once said that "fame is like caviar... it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal."

Uploaded 30-08-23

And, indeed, fame proved to be a double-edged sword for the sultry platinum-blond actress who took Hollywood by storm. Outwardly, she projected the image of a silly, sexy airhead who had all the men bowing at her feet. It was an archetype that played well in Hollywood, and it had been done before, but Monroe was in a class of her own. Even now, over half a century after her death, the notion of the “blonde bombshell” makes many people instantly think of Marilyn Monroe, perhaps in her iconic white
dress getting swept up by a gust of wind.

Behind closed doors, however, everything was not OK. First, Marilyn endured an unhappy childhood where she was moved around from place to place and, eventually, pressured into a marriage she didn’t
really want just to avoid the orphanage. Deep-seated feelings of abandonment and not being wanted haunted her throughout her life and had an adverse effect on her relationships and her career.

Eventually, her demons got the best of her and Marilyn ended her life at the tender age of 36 when she was still at the peak of her career.

Her time in Hollywood was surprisingly brief, but her legacy as one of cinema’s most legendary stars is everlasting.

Original article by Radu Alexander

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https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/g3603/best-marilyn-monroe-quotes/?slide=4
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marilyn-monroe-born
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marilyn-Monroe
https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofmari00tara/page/19/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a41425153/marilyn-monroe-father-charles-stanley-gifford/
https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofmari00tara/page/23/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofmari00tara/page/25/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofmari00tara/page/31/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofmari00tara/page/47/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofmari00tara/page/51/mode/2up?view=theater

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