‘She said what?!’
a new item to meappropriatestyle
featuring statements from outspoken women:
opinions, outlooks, observations
which they were more than willing to share.
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She was born on 1 June 1926.
At birth she was given the name Norma Jeane Mortensen.
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She never knew her father.
Her mother suffered from mental illness.
As a result of these unfortunate circumstances,
she spent much of her childhood in foster care.
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Raped at the age of eleven, a high school drop-out at fifteen
and desperate to escape a childcare system,
which was anything but-
she wed her boyfriend at the age of sixteen.
At twenty, she was divorced
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She signed her first movie contract in 1946-
the same year of her divorce.
She dyed her hair blonde and styled herself “Marilyn Monroe“
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She would go on to study acting under Lee Strasberg,
at the prestigious Actors’ Studio.
She would become an international movie star.
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She was known for her breathy voice, screen sex appeal and curvaceous figure.
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She married baseball great Joe DiMaggio –
a marriage which lasted only nine months.
She wed famed playwright Arthur Miller-
a marriage which lasted five years.
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She was known to have an offbeat sense of humour
and a lively, sharp wit.
Many famous quotes on life, men and career are attributed to her.
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(image from quotesvalley.com):
Marilyn Monroe
“She said what?!” :

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On 5 August 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her Los Angeles home-
the cause of death was ruled as a drug overdose.
She was thirty-six years old.
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