Title: Marilyn revealed
First published: 2009
Description: What made Norma Jean special was the quality she discovered when, bored with being a teenage bride with a husband in the Merchant Marine during World War II, she took her first and most enduring lover, the camera. At the age of 36, Marilyn Monroe died a Hollywood movie star and an American legend. Her rise to fame, however, had very little to do with her limited talents. Monroe infiltrated Hollywood, swarming with fake names and idealized careers, and pressed herself into its mold. Monroe's personal confessions, along with interviews with friends and contemporaries, reveal the truth behind this Hollywood icon.
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses, Biography, Monroe, marilyn, 1926-1962, Motion picture actors and actresses, united states, Motion pictures, biography, Artists, biography
Places: United States
People: Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
LC classification: PN2287.M69 S39 2009