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Read through the most famous quotes from Marilyn Monroe
Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me. ↗
I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes. ↗
When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again. ↗
In the decades following her death Marilyn Monroe has often been cited as both a pop and a cultural icon as well as the quintessential American sex symbol. Family and early life
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1 1926 in the Los Angeles County Hospital as Norma Jeane Mortenson (soon after changed to Baker) the third child born to Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe May 27 1902 – March 11 1984). Lyon did not like the name Norma Jeane and chose "Carole Lind" as a stage name after Carole Lombard and Jenny Lind but he soon decided it was not an appropriate choice.
In the decades following her death Marilyn Monroe has often been cited as both a pop and a cultural icon as well as the quintessential American sex symbol. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes Monroe began a career as a model which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox.
