Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn can be said to be the two goddesses of the 1950s - one sexy and charming, and the other elegant and lively, representing two completely different beauties of that era. We have introduced how to wear Hepburn's clothing style, but few people will think of imitating Monroe , because she is an attractive sexy girl with a delicate figure and a white dress, which is naturally out of reach for ordinary people. However, in addition to this classic scene, how much do you know about the daily side of this Hollywood superstar? Have seen 21 secrets about her, or she will become your fashion icon.
1/ Once sent to an orphanage
Monroe's mother was hospitalized for treatment due to mental problems, so she was sent to an orphanage at the age of 9. She had 11 foster parents in her childhood.
2/ Get married at the age of 16
She married her first husband Jim Dougherty at the age of 16, but the marriage lasted only 4 years.
3/ Marilyn Monroe is the stage name
Her real name is Norma Jeane Mortenson. On February 23, 1956, she officially adopted the stage name given by Ben Lyon for her Marilyn ·Monroe. Marilyn is a New York stage actor, while Monroe is her grandmother’s last name.
4/ The pay is lower than others
Compared with the superstars of the same era, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Russell, Monroe's pay can be said to be very low. She earned only $100,000 in her last film "Something's Gotta Give", while Taylor's "Cleopatra" earned $1 million in the same period.
5/ Weight fluctuations
Her weight numbers are not stable, and Beatrice Dawson, the costumer of the movie "The Prince and the Showgirl", also wants to make costumes of different sizes for her.
6/ Dog lover
Marilyn Monroe has had many puppies in her life, and the last one is the Maltese beagle given to her by Frank Sinatra, and was named Maf. At Christie's auction in 1999, two photos of Polaroid from Maf were sold for £220,000.
7/ Once plastic surgery
Marilyn Monroe also used a knife on her face, including raising her nose and placing cartilage on her chin, making the jawline more distinct.
8/ "Playboy"'s first cover star
1953, she became the first cover actress of "Playboy" and occupied the middle folding page. In 1949, she took photos of it for $50 and was bought by Hugh Hefner for $500.
9/ The second marriage was only 8 months
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10/ owns production company
Marilyn Monroe has its own production company Marilyn Monroe Productions, but only released one movie "The Prince and the Showgirl".
11/ Whitening folk remedy
Monro uses hormone cream to whiten the skin, but the side effect is that the hair on the face grows faster. But she wouldn't take off her hair because she felt that it would make her face soft and glow when she was photographed.
12/ Once a miscarriage
When she married her third husband and playwright Arthur Miller, she caused an abortion due to an ectopic pregnancy, and she tried to commit suicide.
13/ Like to read
Don’t think that Marilyn Monroe is a vase with no meaning. She is a "bookworm" who loves reading very much. The relics include 400 books. Once when the director saw her reading "Letters to a Young Poet", she asked her why she chose this book. She replied: "I just open a book at will, and when I see a page or paragraph I like, I will buy that book.”
14/ I often forget the lines
Although she is an internationally renowned actress, she often cannot memorize the lines because the camera always makes her nervous.
15/ Not good at cooking
Monroe can be called "Hell Chef". Shelley Winters once asked her to wash lettuce and prepare salad. However, after entering the kitchen, she found that she was washing vegetables with a cleaning cloth! However, she also left behind a recipe after her death, and the New York Times found it quite complicated and organized as she made pies, which shows that she also had a good cooking talent.
16/ Record-breaking auction
The Jean Louis bead evening outfit she sang on President Kennedy's birthday, and was sold for a high price of £820,000 in 1999, setting a record for the price of a single piece of clothing at that time. In 2011, the record was broken for £2.8 million by the white dress sold by Debbie Reynolds, which was also owned by Monroe during his lifetime.
17/ The emotional intellectual
Although she married the writer Arthur Miller, according to her roommate Shelley Winters, they listed the list of men who "wanted to sleep with him", and Monroe's list was actually Einstein, and he was also placed on the piano with a portrait of him in a silver frame.
18/ Hobby of yoga
She is also a yoga enthusiast. Her coach is Swedish and Russian movie star Indra Devi, who also coached Greta Garbo and Gloria Swanson.
19/ Like nude
"I only wear Chanel No.5 to sleep." It is a famous quote from Marilyn Monroe . It turns out that she will walk around without clothes between female employees such as barbers and makeup artists... She was also naked under the black mink fur given to her by Joe DiMaggio once in an interview.
20/ The inside story of death
Although most of Monroe's death was considered suicide, she only tested the poison in her liver at that time. According to coroner Thomas Noguchi, he tried to test with other organs, but mostly had already died.
21/ Wished the hearts of writers
Writers all hope that Monroe will interpret their works. Jean-Paul Sartre wanted her to play the hysterical patient in the movie "Freud"; Truman Capote also initially wanted her to play Holly Golightly in " Tiffany's Breakfast ", but later this classic role was played by Audrey Hepburn.
