Marilyn Monroe's Secrets
#14 Marilyn's Stutter...
Marilyn Monroe had a stutter. However, it was not that severe, but it was still easily noticeable. She regularly visited vocal coaches that would help her fight with her problem...
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Two Miscarriages...
Marilyn Monroe was pregnant twice during her life, however, both times she had miscarriages. Marilyn had many unfortunate events in her life that made her emotionally unstable and eventually led her to commit suicide...
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Marilyn's Stutter...
Marilyn Monroe had a stutter. However, it was not that severe, but it was still easily noticeable. She regularly visited vocal coaches that would help her fight with her problem...
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Marilyn Monroe a Genius???
Marilyn was far more intelligent than the majority of people think she was. Some sources say that her IQ was 160+ which basically makes her a genius. There were also rumors that she was intimate with Albert Einstein... Looks like smart girls like smart boys too.
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Avid Reader
Marilyn had a very large library in her home. She had over 400 books on all kind of topics. Marilyn was not a shallow model... Her ex-husband said in an interview that she was able to get the basic idea behind a book from reading just the first 10 pages...
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Tough Childhood
Marilyn did not have an easy life. She spent most of her early years in orphanages as her mother had mental issues and was unable to take care of her daughter. It is widely considered that this might be one of the reasons why Marilyn was emotionally unstable...
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Original Hair Color
Marilyn is famous of her beautiful blonde hair. However, this is not her natural hair color. She was born a brunette and began dying her hair when she signed her first studio contract. Her producers considered blonde to be much more seductive than brown.
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Happy Birthday Mr. President
One of the most memorable moments of Marilyn's life is when she sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy. The dress she wore during that evening was sold for the world record amount of $1,267,500. You've got to be a real fan of Marilyn to pay that much...
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Her Many Names...
Marilyn's birth name is Norma Jeane Mortenson. However, she was later baptized and changed her name to Norma Jeane Baker. She chose the pseudonym Marilyn Monroe to be her stage name, as her mother's maiden name was Monroe. 'Marilyn', however, was chosen by her agent as it sounds good when combined with Monroe... "I've never liked the name Marilyn. I've often wished that I had held out that day for Jean Monroe. But I guess it's too late to do anything about it now."
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A Nudist?
While many people said Marilyn loved wearing only bathrobes and sometimes bikini when she wasn't on the set, we believe that it was only a trick she used to create a mystery around her.
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Book Worm
A little known fact is that Marilyn wore glasses. However, at the time glasses were considered to be a negative feature as they were thick and ugly. Also, most people associated them with nerdiness and Marilyn thought that glasses would destroy her image of a sex-symbol. As a result, she rarely wore them in public.
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Right is Better than Left
Marilyn would often tell her photographer to take photos only of her right side of her face. She thought that her right side looked better than her left side...
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Extreme Hygiene
Marilyn would often feel sweaty and unclean. As a result, she was reported to wash her face over 15 times a day. Sounds a little extreme...
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Favorite Book
One of her favorite books was "The Biography of Abraham Lincoln." She was often seen carrying the book wherever she went. Marilyn certainly had a thing for presidents...
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First Job
Marilyn's first job as a model was not highly paid. In fact, she received only 5 dollars for the modeling she made. It is a rather humble beginning of a glamorous career.
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Under FBI's Investigation
FBI was investigating Marilyn Monroe as they thought that she was a communist sympathizer. They had compiled a 34 page file of evidence that she indeed was a communist supporter. The files are open for public eyes and can be accessed online.
