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Discover how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe, star of stage and screen. Follow her, on a journey with lots of highs and lows, as she strived for success. Her childhood years were filled with much anxiety and sadness. Discover how she overcame the obstacles that came her way and how she came to be hailed a great actor by peers and successors alike. Marilyn Monroe is one of the world’s most iconic figures and has inspired and influenced art, film, TV, literature, music and popular culture, on a gargantuan scale, all over the world. Her legend continues to live on and seems to get stronger with the passing of time.
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