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Marilyn Monroe, whose real name was Norma Jean, was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles. Her mother, Gladys Monroe Baker Mortensen, was a single working mom. Marilyn did not know her mother well because she often lived with foster families. She moved many times during her childhood. In 1933, she moved into an apartment with her mother until less than a year later, her mom entered a hospital for psychological disorders such as depression. Marilyn soon went to an orphanage. She left the orphanage in 1937 to live with her aunt, Grace McKee. Less than a year later, she went to live with Ana Lower, another aunt.
When Marilyn went to high school, she was known as a shy, average, and somewhat unpopular student. Gradually she gained popularity. When she was sixteen, she married her neighbor, Jim Dougherty, who was twenty-one. Two years later in 1944, Jim went overseas and Marilyn went to live with his mother. Marilyn got a job along with the millions of other women who worked......

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