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Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Famous for playing dumb blonde characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s, emblematic of the eras attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a topbilled actress for only a decade, her films grossed 200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon.

Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles County Hospital on June 1, 1926, as the third child of Gladys Pearl Monroe , a negativecutter at Columbia Pictures. Gladys older children, Robert and Berniece , were from her first marriage to John Newton Baker in 191723. After she had filed for divorce in 1921, Baker had taken the children with him to his native Kentucky. Monroe was not told that she had a sister until she was 12, and met her for the first time as an adult. Gladys then married Martin Edward Mortensen in 1924, but they separated after only a few months and before she became pregnant with Monroe they divorced in 1928. The identity of Monroes father is unknown. During her childhood, Mortenson, Mortensen and Baker were all used as her surnames.

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