Marilyn Monroe

―If you can make a girl smile, you can make her do anything.

Marilyn Monroe the name evokes many different feelings for many different people.
Even within my own heart it evokes a mixture of emotions that cannot be put into words. To the fans who love her to this day, she is more than an actress, more than a beautiful face, more than the world's most famous blonde.
I have chosen this topic because I really appreciate this perfect woman, in my opinion, Marilyn Monroe. I appreciate her not only for her talent, but for her ambition to go on in her life with a simple and strong determination. She came from a poor family and she didn‘t feel the love of a mother or of a father. She was at times extremely unhappy; she tried to cope with pressure by taking drugs or by being involved in various love affairs in search for happiness.
Although some consider her nothing but a failure, to me, she is a legend. This beautiful, fragile woman, probably the most beautiful woman of the 20th century, is my role model. Her quotes help me so much in life and maybe this is the reason why I appreciate her and I think she is really a perfect woman.

Her humour, as recognized by the people who knew her, her compassion for all living things, her desire to be loved, her wish to have children, are all impressive to me. All of these things are difficult to see in the glamorous woman we know as Marilyn Monroe. But she was human. Beneath it all, she was a little girl who was often hurt just like anyone else. Perhaps that is the most important lesson to be learned from her life and her death. Illusions are just that. We must always try to see the person beneath them. She is a vision...and a  man's creation. She is perfect because of her transformation which left her vulnerable to her own identity.

Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. During her career, Monroe's films grossed more than $200 million. At only 36 years old, Marilyn Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962. Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career.
She has one of the most recognized faces in the world. Over thirty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe is still a household name.
Her trademark platinum hair and beauty mark, her famous skirt-blowing scene from The Seven-Year Itch, all of these things are a part of our culture. Marilyn Monroe is an icon, a legend. Who was this luminous woman, this glamorous star?