Marilyn Monroe – Timeline

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1st June 1926	Norma Jeane Mortenson born at LA General Hospital
1935	Norma Jeane’s mother Gladys Baker (nee Monroe) taken into an institution
13 September 1935	Norma Jeane enters an orphanage in Los Angeles as orphan number 3463
26 June 1937	Norma Jeane leaves the orphanage to live with Grace McKee
November 1938	Goes to live with “aunt” Ana Lower
19 June 1942	Marries Jim Dougherty
April 1944	Norma Jeane starts work at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory
26 April 1946	First national magazine cover in Family Circle
26 June 1946	Photographed by David Connover for Yank magazine
17 July 1946	First interview at 20th Century Fox with Ben Lyon
19 July 1946	First Screen Test for 20th Century Fox
26 August 1946	First studio contract with Fox, Norma Jeane changed her name to Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn was after actress Marilyn Miller and Monroe was her mothers maiden name)
29 July 1946	First mention in a Hollywood gossip column
2 August 1946	Norma Jeane applies to Blue Book Modeling Agency
13 September 1946	Divorce granted from James Dougherty
25 August1947	Fox contract not renewed, Marilyn is dropped by Fox
Feb 1948	Marilyn befriends mogul Joseph M. Schneck
9 March 1948	Contract with Columbia Pictures
8 September 1948	Dropped by Columbia
31 December 1948	Meets Johnny Hyde, who dedicates himself to promoting her
27 May 1949	Poses for photographer Tom Kelley-the nude calendar
24 July 1949	First interview with Earl Wilson
15 August 1949	Starts shooting A Ticket To Tomahawk
October 1949	Signs contract with MGM for role in The Asphalt Jungle
5 January 1950	Starts shooting The Fireball
April 1950	Lands small but perfectly-formed part in All About Eve
10 December 1950	Signs a new contract with Fox
18 December 1950	Johnny Hyde dies
29 March 1951	Presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony
18 April 1951	Shooting starts on Love Nest
11 May 1951	Latest six-month contract and Fox converted to seven year deal
8 September 1951	First full length feature in Collier’s magazine
March 1952	Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date
13 March 1952	Nude calendar story broken to the public
7 April 1952	First Life magazine cover
1 June 1952	On her birthday she learns she is to be Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
31 August 1952	Live radio debut
2 September 1952	Grand Marshall at the Miss America pageant
4 October 1952	Allegedly married Robert Slatzer
21 January 1953	Niagara released, Marilyn is a star
9 March 1953	Joan Crawford’s prudish sensibilities offended as Marilyn picks up her Photoplay magazine award
26 June 1953	Marilyn and co-star Jane Russell leave their prints outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
13 September 1953	First TV appearance in “The Jack Benny Show”
October 1953	Meets Milton Greene at a party given by Gene Kelly
October 1953	Signed recording contract with RCA
4 November 1953	How to Marry a Millionaire premiers
15 December 1953	Marilyn fails to turn up for the first day of shooting on the Girl in the Pink Tights
4 January 1954	Fox suspends Marilyn
14 January 1954	Marries Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall
2 February 1954	Honeymoon couple mobbed by fans in Tokyo
16 February 1954	Marilyn starts ten-venue tour of the troops in Korea
15 September 1954	Infamous skirt-blowing scene shot for The Seven Year Itch
5 October 1954	Officially separates from Joe
27 October 1954	First divorce hearing held
5 November 1954	Joe and Frank Sinatra go on “Wrong Door Raid”
6 November 1954	Agent Charles Feldman throws Hollywood party at Romanoff’s in Marilyn’s honor
31 December 1954	Marilyn and Milton Greene form Marilyn Monroe Productions
7 January 1955	Marilyn and Milton Greene hold press conference announcing the creation of Marilyn Monroe productions
15 January 1955	Fox suspends Marilyn
Feb 1955	Meets and begins studying with Lee Strasberg
31 March 1955	Rides a pink elephant at Madison Square Garden for arthritis benefit
8 April 1955	Edward R. Murrow interviews Marilyn live on “Person to Person”
1 June 1955	The Seven Year Itch premiers
31 October 1955	Granted final divorce from Joe Dimaggio
4 January 1956	Announcement of reconciliation between Marilyn and Fox studios
9 February 1956	Press conference with Laurence Olivier to announce The Prince and the Showgirl
Feb. 17 1956	Performs bar room scene from Anna Christie at the Actors Studio, New York
25 February 1956	Returns to Hollywood after more than one year away in exile in New York
3 May 1956	Bus Stop starts shooting
3 June 1956	Returns to New York after finishing filming of Bus Stop
29 June 1956	Marries Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony
1 July 1956	Marries Arthur Miller in a Jewish ceremony
14 July 1956	Arrives in London to begin work with Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl
August 1956	Becomes pregnant but loses baby
29 October 1956	Presented to Queen Elizabeth II at the royal command film performance
18 December 1956	Radio show from Waldorf-Astoria
13 June 1957	The Prince and the Showgirl premiers
1 August 1957	Ectopic pregnancy has to be terminated
4 August 1958	Starts work on Some Like it Hot
6 November 1958	Finishes Some Like it Hot
17 December 1958	Miscarries again
29 March 1959	Premiere of Some Like it Hot
8 March 1960	Receives Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Actress for Some Like it Hot
June 1960	Begins seeing psychoanalyst Ralph Greenson on a daily basis
18 July 1960	Shooting starts on The Misfits
26 August 1960	Flies to LA because of nervous breakdown during filming
5 May 1960	Returned to the production of The Misfits
4 November 1960	Finishes The Misfits
11 November 1960	Public announcement that Marilyn and Arthur to divorce
16 November 1960	Clark Gable dies of heart attack
20 January 1961	Mexican divorce from Arthur Miller granted
31 January 1961	Premiere of The Misfits
7 February 1961	Enters Payne Whitley Psychiatric Clinic in NY
11 February 1961	Joe Dimaggio arranges for Marilyn to be transferred to the much less intimidating Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
11 February 1961	Left the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and entered Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
5 March 1961	Discharged from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
October 1961	Meets Robert Kennedy at Peter Lawford’s beach house
19 November 1961	Attends a dinner at Peter Lawford’s house with President Kennedy
February 1962	Moves into house she has bought in Brentwood, LA
1 February 1962	Dinner in honor of Robert Kennedy
5 March 1962	Marilyn wins Golden Globe Award, Worlds Film Favorite
24 March 1962	Marilyn and JFK spend weekend together in Palm Springs
23 April 1962	Begins work on Something’s Got to Give
19 May 1962	Sings “Happy Birthday” and “Thanks for the Memory” to JFK at Madison Square Garden
28 May 1962	Nude pool sequence shot on Something’s Got to Give
1 June 1962	Marilyn’s last day at work at Fox and final public appearance
7 June 1962	Fox fires Marilyn for breach of contract
23 June 1962	Bert Stern begins first of three photo sessions for Vogue “The Last Sitting”
28 June 1962	Negotiations resumed with Fox about Somthing’s Got to Give
29 June 1962	George Barris spends three days shooting Marilyn for Cosmopolitan
4 July 1962	Begins extensive interview, her last, with Richard Meryman
6 July 1962	Allan Grant shoot for Life Magazine
12 July 1962	Meets Fox studio chiefs
20 July 1962	Allegedly enters Cedars of Lebanon hospital for abortion
28 July 1962	Weekend at Cal-Neva Lodge
1 August 1962	Fox rewrites Marilyn’s contract for double the salary and restart production of Something’s Got to Give
3 August 1962	Appears on the cover of Life for last time
4 August 1962	Marilyn’s last day alive includes a 6hr session with Greenson
5 August 1962	Police called to Marilyn’s home. Official day of death. Autopsy performed
8 August 1962	Funeral at Westwood Medical Park Cemetery
28 August 1962	Marilyn’s death certificate is signed

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December 6, 2012 at 5:18 am #12555
Ashley	I have been planning to get a tattoo of Marilyn Monroe, but didn’t know what picture I wanted to use of hers…until I saw that the “skirt-blowing scene” was originally shot on Sept. 15, 1954 (my birthday). And there it is…that’s the photo. (:
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