Marilyn Monroe

Names: Janet Kerimov  325184257

Orian Kisos 213245152

Teacher’s name: Anita Dagan

Date:October 13th, 2020.

Content page:

Part 1- Introduction… 1

Part 2- Background… 2-6

Part 3- Creative writing…6-9

Part 4- Conclusions…10

Part 5-Bibliography…11

Introduction

We chose to write the paper on Marilyn Monroe.

We chose this topic because from a young age we have loved and adored this person and her many talents.

Marilyn Monroe was a famous movie star and model. She also tried a career as a singer.

She was very popular over the years 1962-1945, about 17 years of activity.

In addition, in 1959 she won the Golden Globe for best actress in  motion pictures, comedy and musicals.

We want to learn more about her personal life and why she was chosen as a pop symbol and the symbol of femininity and beauty.

Furtheremore, Marilyn wanted to prove that the stigma “blondes are stupid” isn’t true.

She was successful because she was pretty and and very smart. She had the IQ of 163.

She has won the love of the audience and popularity so we want to find out why and how.

Research question: 

Is there a connection between Marilyn’s beauty and the fact that she became a pop icon?

Background
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Her mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe, was born in Mexico and married at a very young age and had 2 children.
Mother could not grow up wanting and giving her a normative life so she took her to a foster family where they would provide for her and take care of her for just about anything she needed.
From age 7 to age 16 she moved from a foster family to another without end. And at the age of 16 so as not to move from place to place she first married. And already 10 years ago she changed her name to Marlin Monroe.
Merlin began working at an aircraft factory a photographer who immediately recognized her potential as a model and took her to sign on to model dangers.
She wanted to be an actress it was her biggest dream, she was presented to thousands of people, did hundreds of canvas tests, auditions endless things for her to succeed but swimming game was less in demand but as a model she was the most sought after and had to give up the dream as an actress and be a model .
And at this point in her life she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
She tried to deal with the secrets of the profession, hair styling, makeup, clothing and lighting and it also failed her.
But half a year later she was offered to star in 2 movies that she is the main character and because it became a success, they also offered movie 3, and she was so happy that the thing she loves most is acting.
Monroe spent her time modeling, starting her career as a nude model on wall panels and thus creating for herself a network of social connections across Hollywood. For several years the big offer she received was the game, to star in movies until one of the films she appeared began to publish nude photos of her taken that was anonymous and it was published in the famous Playboy newspaper and it became an extraordinary hit because of the high exposure of the photos, and many publications of Monroe in the press.
She was very confident and did not care what was thought of her and what was being said about her, who asked her about the pictures that were distributed, what she felt and what she wore, said Chanel No. 5 with a smile.
The films “Men Prefer Blondes” and “How to Marry a Millionaire” released in 1953, made Monroe one of the most famous actresses in the world during her time.
After 3 years, she set up her own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, and the first film released by this company was “The Prince and the Amusement Girl”, which she also produced. And the film received mixed reviews.
And also won a Golden Globe Award for Film In the movie “The Exceptions”.
Monroe did not stop being courted by men.
She got married numerous times and her men were unable to live with her and start a family because her fame and success was just what interested her and it was stronger than her and her top priority.
The relationship she ran revolved mainly around jealousy and infidelity.
She married the American-Jewish playwright Arthur Miller in 1950 as soon as they met there was a crazy love between them and to express her love for her she became a Jew and referred to herself as an “atheist Jew”.
Because she became a Jew it put her in a bad eye with some film producers and decided to cancel and not publish the films she starred in and therefore divorced Miller.
When Monroe and Miller returned from England after filming her movie there, it turned out she was pregnant and she was suffering from endometriosis, resulting in her pregnancy being terminated to save her life. Another pregnancy she experienced ended in a miscarriage Monroe was their main breadwinner, and because she was so successful she financed the alimony for Miller’s first wife.
By the time Miller wrote a screenplay for a film he wanted to direct their relationship was ruined.
During her marriage it was alleged that she had affair with many celebrities in Hollywood.
Marilyn Monroe enjoyed life she had everything she wanted and she lacked nothing, worked hard, succeeded in everything small to big offered to her and did not give up on herself.
Because everything was plentiful and accessible, drugs and alcohol were within her reach.
Her psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson, found her dead on August 5, 1962, at the age of 36, at her home in Brentwood, California. The investigator who performed the post-mortem determined that the cause of her death was an overdose of sedatives, and hypothesized that Monroe had committed suicide.
Various conspiracy theories developed around Monroe’s death.
Some have claimed that she was murdered as a result of her connections with the Kennedy family and especially US President John F.
Kennedy, in light of an affair she had with him during his marriage.
Various conspiracy theories developed around Monroe’s death, some claiming that she was murdered as a result of her connections with the Kennedy family and especially US President John F. Kennedy, in light of an affair she had with him during his marriage.
And some said she was an international risk and that she was too knowledgeable because she seduced men and they told her.
Monroe has made 34 films and been photographed for the most prestigious magazines in the world, countless interviews and articles. Marilyn Monroe was the dizzying success at that time in her life!

Creative Writing

– Janet

Date: 1.6.1946

Dear diary, today i will tell you again about an exciting day in my life.
First, I have a birthday today, today I am 20 years old.
Until recently I was Norma Jeane Mortenson and worked in an aircraft factory during World War II.
Luckily in this factory I met David Connover, who is a modeling agent. He recognized in me the potential to be a model straight away. I signed the contract and appeared on the cover of hundreds of magazines.
It’s good but that was not my dream.
I have always dreamed of being a famous and successful actress.
Today, I went to a big audition of a famous director and passed the test successfully.
I was signed to a contract where I would earn 75 $ a week.
In addition, I decided to change my name. I chose the first name of actress Marilyn Miller because I loved her and the maiden name of my mother, Monroe.
To sum up, it is such an exciting day on my birthday. I went through the day of my birthday and passed a big audition and chose for myself a name, wishing myself lots of success.

-Orian

 I chose to do an interview with Marilyn Monroe

Orian: Hi Merilyn or can you be called Norma Jeane

Merilyn: Hi, it’s very nice to be interviewed here  

Orian: What is it like to be an American actress, model and singer because actually your stage presence and your beauty have made you a sex symbol and a renowned pop icon of popular culture

 Merilyn: Indeed it is not easy to be where I came from  

Orian: Why did you have such a hard time   

Merilyn: From a young age I never had a normal home and family framework, they sent me to foster homes because my mother was unable to raise me and raised me for their Evangelical Christianity culture.  My mother tried to raise me again but suffered from a nervous breakdown and it only got worse over the years and I moved from foster homes to other foster homes

 Orian: A person needs mental and physical strength to deal with such things.  Do you remember how you started your career?  

Merilyn: I remember like it happened yesterday when my first husband fought in World War II I started working in an airplane factory and there a photographer who saw me offered to model for me at the Blue Book modeling agency and I became one of their most successful models when I appeared on hundreds of magazine covers.  

Orian: Sounds wonderful !, What is the thing you are most proud of in all the coolness you have done?  

Merilyn: I’m proud of everything because life from a young age I did not know what would happen if my life I signed so many modeling agencies even though I wanted to be an actress but the demand for a model was much higher.  I performed in full movies from making movie scenes to huge productions in the biggest dangers that existed. 

 Orian: What affected you the most?  

Merilyn: You matched nothing, even the nude photos that were circulated at the time I was not excited about it this is what I think spread me and my publicity more and I reached more audience of people.  The movies “Men Prefer Blondes” and “How to Marry a Millionaire” are what have especially made me so famous all over the world yet I have made over 30 successful movies.  

Orian: Probably because of all your success you were offered a lot of offers and everything was accessible.

Merilyn: That you are especially famous as an unknown celebrity you have offers everything from everything men, drugs, money and that is just the main things, you need to know how to deal with these things and not seduce. 

 Orian: Are you taking drugs or have you tried?  

Merilyn: I’ve never tried but I take sedative pills from the constant stress I have to succeed in anything I want.  

Orian: It was fun to interview you and only you will succeed.  

Merilyn: I had the honor

Conclusions

We learned a lot about the personality, life, the details, difficulty of having kids and about the divorce of Marilyn Monroe.
in addition, about her strong desire to become famous, the desire to become famous in playing, modeling and singing.
We especially realized that her special beauty helped her become famous in many fields and thus she became a pop icon.

Marilyn is the symbol that “dreams can come true” even though at first, she worked in a completely normal factory.

In conclusion, it was interesting and fun to explore a personality we love and admire.
We were able to find out what the connection is between her beauty and her becoming a pop icon.

Bibliography

*All movie.
*Hrg.
*Imdb.
*Metacritic.
*Mental floss.
*Tv.com.
*Wikipedia.