Marilyn was after stage actress Marilyn Miller (pictured above), and Monroe was her mother’s maiden name. There are various stories as to how the name change came about, and several people have claimed to have named her. The most common (and most likely true) version is that Fox talent scout Ben Lyon, who got Marilyn her first screen test, chose the name Marilyn. Either her mother Gladys, her guardian Grace McKee Goddard, or Marilyn herself suggested the last name, Monroe, according to various versions of the story. Norma Jeane began using the name in 1946 and legally changed to it in 1956.
I wish she was still with us! I am a huge fan and i want to become as famous as her! Ms. Marilyn Monroe?❤ R.I.P
Why did Marilyn Monroe change her name?
she must have needed a whole new identity to identify with?
When she started to model her boss said her name was too long
Norma Jean Baker and Marilyn Monroe are actually the same number of syllables and only one letter differs (two if you count spaces)
Because she wanted a better stage sounding name. I think ?
Everyone knew Marilyn Monroe but nobody knew Norma Jean Baker.
She was Marilyn Monroe for most of her life . Norma Jeane Baker was to long as a name so her boss said to changes it
I have learnt so much about norma jean, and i wish i had known her before she dead