Marilyn Monroe's personality has been transformed into a larger-than-life caricature, but in many ways her legacy has been misunderstood
To learn more about Marilyn Monroe's life and legacy, check out the new CNN Original Series "Reframed: Marilyn Monroe" premiering Sunday, January 16, at 9 p.m. ET with back-to back episodes.
The marriage was the idea of her foster mother, Grace McKee."Grace arranged it. She and her husband were going to West Virginia, and they were going to put me in a home, or I could marry this boy who was 21," she said.Hide Caption 5 of 36 Photos: Marilyn Monroe's life in picturesAt 19 years old, Monroe tried her luck with the Blue Book Model Agency.
"She loves to be in front of the camera," said photographer Nancy Lee Andrews."She's staging it, and the photographer, he's clicking it... Follow Marilyn, and you'll get the shot."Hide Caption 13 of 36 Photos: Marilyn Monroe's life in picturesMonroe fixes her hair in front of a mirror in 1951. That year she had several supporting roles in comedies, including"As Young as You Feel,""Love Nest" and"Let's Make It Legal.
The flashy scene in New York was one of many straws that allegedly ended their tumultuous marriage."After about the tenth of the skirt going up, he began to tremble," said Monroe's friend Amy Greene."And I put my hand on his arm and said, 'Joe, it's just a movie. It's not real.' And he said, 'I realize that, but it's my wife showing off her panties.
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