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Although Marilyn Monroe was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed 200 million by the time of her death in 1962.
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Marilyn Monroe was the daughter of Gladys P.
Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson or Norma Jeane Baker, on June 1, 1926 at LACUSC Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Watch flashbacks from "Goodbye Norma Jean" as it leads up to the night when Marilyn Monroe died.
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24 24 Donald Spatos deeply researched and detailed biography of Monroe is a hard find today but worth the hunt.
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While working in a factory in 1944, she met a photographer and began a successful pin-up modeling career.
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By Gloria Steinem, 1986.