“The Golden Girl of Hollywood” Marilyn Monroe
INTRODUCTION
Marilyn Monroe was a talented American model, actress, and singer. Becoming popular during the late 1940s to early 1960s. Monroe was one of the most iconic Hollywood entertainer who received three Golden Gobles, and a star on the Hollywood walk of fame as recognition as an artist.
Character Analysis
Monroe became one of the world’s most famous actress. She worked with the biggest agency called “Blue Book Modeling Agency” and multiple photographers, for example, Milton and Joshua Greene, Zinn Arthur, Douglas Kirkland, and many more. The “Blue Book Modeling Agency” offered her a full-time modeling career which she accepted. She didn’t hold back, she would always give the camera everything she had. With new contracts coming in a new image and name for her started to surface she even dyed her hair blonde, when she then became, “ Marilyn Monroe” the best-loved blonde in Hollywood As one article stated “Overall, Norma Jean was a very successful model and posed for a countless amount of photographers…” this confirms Monroe was an actual talented model. Marilyn was always an easy, and fun person to photograph if she was on time for a shoot.
The Camera just loved her like nobody else it was extraordinary how her personality would manifest in pictures. What sets her apart from everybody else was not just her beauty but the uncanny way to communicate emotions and personality with her facial expressions. There was no doubt that her modeling career seem to grow more than diminish. Marilyn was constantly featured in LIFE Magazine and Vogue which captured some of her best features yet. Her journey to fame was just starting and her photos continue to have a remarkable audience in her talented history. From having a self-illuminating body, all photographers had to do when shooting was to capture the beautiful and sexy persona she would show that almost nobody else would do like her.
As she was talented in the modeling industry, she was in acting becoming an unforgettable pop culture icon in successful films. Then she was offered a six-month contract by Mr. Ben Lyon with Twentieth Century-Fox Studio. Marilyn started in a small role in the film “The Asphalt Jungle” which caught a lot of public attention. She then started in “All About Eve” which got her another contract with Fox and much fascinating recognition. Her success gained her lead roles that helped her win Best New Actress in 1953, the Golden girl of Hollywood.
The dazzling fame she had was unique and was adored by millions. Marilyn worked the system to her advantage to be the actress she was, even after her death she was the most famous woman in the world who is remembered and loved by many. Always wanted to do her best from when the camera started until it stopped. Wanted to accomplish being a good actress “an artist with integrity”, she studied at the Famed Actors Studio and started her own production company called “Marilyn Monroe Productions”.
She then divorced in 1946 due to marriage complications. Continuing her stunning modeling career she impressed the world with her astonishing positive charisma. She then met the famous legendary baseball player Joe Dí´maggio and tied the knot in 1954. Marilyn continued her roles and even traveled to entertain American troops in Korea which interrupted her honeymoon, where she quoted “I felt like a star if I am a star, the people made me a star” for the first time. Shortly she divorced Dímaggio due to “mental cruelty”. The unfortunate marriages that Monroe dealt with didn’t stop her from her roles, she continued to smile and shine like the star she was. Again she remarried Arthur Miller and also ended up divorce leaving Marilyn in a very emotional state of fragility in 1961.
As for her singing career she had a good voice that matched her seductive appearance in all her performances. Monroe was the type of artist who rarely stepped into a recording studio to make recordings. She made a few movie musicals and took it very seriously to the point she spent time with voice couches. She had the power to carry a tune and deliver goods to the publics ears with not much effort but she was mostly seen for her looks and not by her talents which she then quoted “I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking.” In 1962 she sang “Happy birthday, Mr.President at a Madison Square Garden Gala for John F. Kennedy which lead to rumors stating that both had an affair going.
