Before becoming famous, Monroe married James Dougherty when she was just 16-years-old. He later became a detective with the LAPD and was forbidden by his second wife from seeing any of her films.
Even though she was one of Hollywood’s biggest and most well-known actresses, she often found it difficult to memorize her lines. Once, it took her more than 60 tries to remember the line “It’s me, sugar” from Some Like It Hot.
Before becoming famous, Monroe married James Dougherty when she was just 16-years-old. He later became a detective with the LAPD and was forbidden by his second wife from seeing any of her films.
The famous dress she wore for the famous “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” performance for President Kennedy was sold in 1999 for around $1.3 million.
Monroe had an open-casket funeral and had to be laid to rest wearing a blonde wig as her head was partially shaved during the autopsy.
At the time of her death, Marilyn Monroe was thought to be making plans to remarry Joe DiMaggio. He had received help for his alcoholism, and the two seemed to be planning to give it another go.
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