Marilyn Monroe
Timeline of Marilyn Monroe
1926 June 1st Birth of Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles General Hospital, in Los Angeles, California
Left in the care of Ida and Albert Bolender, in Hawthorne, California
1929 Death of Edward Mortenson
1933 Moved to her mother Gladys Baker
1935 Gladys Baker committed to a psychiatric hospital
1935 In custody of Grace McKee
1935 Grace McKee married Ervin Silliman Goddard
1935 September 13th Became occupant number 3463, at Los Angeles Orphans Home
1937 June 26th left Los Angeles Orphans Home
1937 June 26th Moved to Grace McKee
1938 November Moved to Ana Lower
1941 September Returned to Grace and Ervin Goddard
1942 June 19th Married Jim Dougherty
1944 April Employed in the Radioplane Munitions Factory
1946 June 26th Photographed by David Conover for a Magazine article
1946 Encouraged by David Conover to apply to The Blue Book modeling agency
1946 July 17th Interviewed at Twentieth Century Fox
1946 July 19th Screen test at Twentieth Century Fox
1946 August 26th Offered a six-month Contract with Twentieth Century Fox
1946 Changed her name to Marilyn Monroe
1946 September 13th Granted divorce from Dougherty
1947 Starred in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 Starred in Dangerous Years
1947 Starred in Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!
1947 Crowned Miss California Artichoke Queen
1947 August 25th Contract not renewed with Twentieth Century Fox
1948 February Met Joseph M. Schneck
1948 March 9th Signed six-month Contract with Columbia Pictures
1948 Starred in Green Grass of Wyoming
1948 Starred in Ladies of the Chorus
1948 September 8th Contract not renewed with Columbia
1948 November 16th Posed for Earl Moran
1949 Posed nude for Calendar
1949 Starred in Love Happy
1949 May 27th Photographed by Tom Kelley
1949 August 15th Started filming A Ticket To Tomahawk
1949 October Signed Contract with MGM for role in The Asphalt Jungle
1950 January 5th Started filming The Fireball
1950 April Completed filming All About Eve
1950 December 10th Signed new Contract with Twentieth Century Fox
1950 December 18th Death of Johnny Hyde
1951 March 29th Presenter at the 23rd Academy Awards
1951 April 18th Started filming Love Nest
1951 May 11th Contract with Twentieth Century Fox was converted to Seven year deal
1951 Starred in Home Town Story
1951 Starred in As Young as You Feel
1951 Starred in Love Nest
1951 Starred in Let's Make It Legal
1952 March First date with Joe DiMaggio
1952 March 13th Nude photograph from 1949, featured in Calendar
1952 June 1st Told about role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1952 Starred in Monkey Business
1952 Starred in We're Not Married
1953 January 21st Niagara released
1953 February Named The Most Advertised Girl in the World by the Advertising Association of the West
1953 March 9th Received the Photoplay magazine award
1953 June 26th Signed name, placed hands and feet at the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard
1953 June 26th Premiere of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in Los Angeles
1953 October Met Milton Greene at a party
1953 October Signed recording contract with RCA
1953 November 4th Premiere of How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 December Playboy Sweetheart of the Month
1954 January 4th Suspended by Twentieth Century Fox
1954 January 14th Married Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall
1954 February 16th Started Tour of the Troops in Korea
1954 March Returned to Twentieth Century Fox
1954 May 29th Began filming There's No Business Like Show Business
1954 Started filming Seven Year Itch
1954 September 15th Posed in the Skirt Blowing scene outside the Trans-Lux Theater, in New York City
1954 October 5th Officially separated from DiMaggio
1954 December 31st Formed Marilyn Monroe Productions with Milton Greene
1955 January 15th Suspended by Twentieth Century Fox
1955 March 31st Rode Pink Elephant in Madison Square Garden
1955 May Started dating the playwright, Arthur Miller
1955 June 1st Accompanied by Joe DiMaggio to the premiere of The Seven Year Itch in New York City
1955 October 31st Granted divorce from DiMaggio
1955 Student of Lee Strasberg
1956 Nominated for the British Academy Award for Best Foreign Actress in the Seven Year Itch
1956 February 9th Press conference with Laurence Olivier
1956 February 23rd Legally changed name to Marilyn Monroe
1956 May Started filming Bus Stop
1956 June 29th Married Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony in White Plains, New York
1956 July 1st Married Arthur Miller in a Jewish ceremony
1956 July 14th Arrived in London, England
1956 October 29th Presented to Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Command Film Performance
1957 May 6th Photographed by Richard Avedon
1957 June 13th Premiere of The Prince and the Showgirl
1958 Returned to Hollywood
1958 November 6th Finished filming Some Like it Hot
1958 December 17th Suffered Miscarriage
1959 March 29th Premiere of Some Like it Hot
1960 March 8th Received Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Actress for Some Like it Hot
1960 June Began seeing psychoanalyst Ralph Greenson
1960 July 18th Started filming The Misfits in Nevada
1960 November 4th Finished filming The Misfits
1960 November 11th Announcement of Divorce to Miller
1960 November 16th Death of Clark Gable
1960 Starred in Let's Make Love
1961 January 20th Granted Mexican divorce from Miller
1961 January 31st Premiere of The Misfits
1961 February 7th Entered Payne Whitley Psychiatric Clinic
1961 February 11th Transferred to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
1961 March 5th Discharged from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
1961 Purchased house in Brentwood, Los Angeles
1961 October Met Robert Kennedy
1961 November 19th Attended dinner with President Kennedy
1962 February Moved into the house in Brentwood, Los Angeles
1962 March 5th Won Golden Globe Award, Worlds Film Favorite
1962 March 24th Spent a weekend with John F. Kennedy in Palm Springs
1962 April 23rd Began to work on Something's Got to Give
1962 May 19th Sang Happy Birthday, Mr. President and Thanks for the Memory at a birthday party for President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden
1962 May 28th Filmed pool sequence on Something's Got to Give
1962 June 1st Last public appearance
1962 June 1st Fired by Twentieth Century Fox
1962 June 23rd Bert Stern began The Last Session
1962 Photographed by George Barris
1962 July 28th Spent the weekend at Cal-Neva Lodge
1962 August 1st Twentieth Century Fox rewrote the Contract
1962 August Set the Date 8 August 1962 for remarry with Joe DiMaggio
1962 August 5th Death of Marilyn Monroe in Brentwood, California
The Pink Rose
The Pink Rose
