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Welcome to the Our Marilyn Monroe blog! Here you will find posts debunking the rumours surrounding Marilyn’s life, career and relationships as well as opinion posts and more!
Marilyn’s Family History: Was She REALLY Mexican-American?
The short answer? No. The long answer? Well, we need to explore Marilyn's family history (briefly, as it is LONG) and where her relatives came from. Looking at her confusing and somewhat dysfunctional family tree, I would imagine, could lead to many identity issues...
Marilyn Monroe Books You NEED
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of Marilyn Monroe books published covering an array of topics. Her life, her death, movies, relationships and more. Of course, some are more reliable than others and the one question I am often asked is which book is the best. I...
10 Marilyn “Facts” That Are Actually Myths III
SOMETIMES I LOOKED AT WHAT THEY REPORTED ME AS SAYING AND I SAID “NO! NO! NO!” Will Acting Spoil Marilyn Monroe by Pete Martin, 1956. The myths never end, do they? Especially with the likes of social media, people believe anything and everything they are told from...
Part II: Marilyn’s Peers: Who Can We Trust?
Finding reliable sources is a tricky job, especially when those sources are meant to have been friends or close in some way to Marilyn Monroe. But who within Marilyn’s circle of friends or her acquaintances can be deemed as reliable and who can’t? This is a...
Marilyn and Her Pets
When you Google search "Marilyn Monroe's Pets" it's very obvious that she wasn't afraid of dogs! From a young age, Marilyn was incredibly affectionate towards animals. Her first husband, James Dougherty said that Norma Jeane loved animals so much that she had been...
Marilyn Monroe and the 1962 Golden Globes Dress
Firstly, I wanted to note I have discussed this dress in the past on my Instagram and on a previous blog post. Since then I have had a few things cleared up which now correct some of the information I had previously believed (due to content elsewhere). In 1961, whilst...
Marilyn Monroe and the Happy Birthday Mr President Dress
Marilyn Monroe, along with other celebrities such as Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Benny and Maria Callas, was asked to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York on the 19th of May 1962 (by Jean Dalrymple, the event's producer). The event would be a birthday celebration...
Part I: Marilyn’s Peers: Who Can We Trust?
Finding reliable sources is a tricky job, especially when those sources are meant to have been friends or close in some way to Marilyn Monroe. But who within Marilyn's circle of friends or her acquaintances can be deemed as reliable and who can't? This is a sensitive...
‘When Marilyn Met The Queen’ Review
After many painstaking years, hard work and dedication, Michelle Morgan’s latest masterpiece on Marilyn Monroe does not disappoint. When Marilyn Met The Queen is everything My Week With Marilyn should have been but instead of fluff and fiction, we are given...
Was Marilyn Monroe REALLY Such A Sad Person?
Due to her untimely passing, Marilyn Monroe is easily associated with having a sad existence in her short 36 years. The seemingly always happy, forever smiling sex goddess is often described as being secretly downcast and depressed behind that glowing exterior. It's...
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