Marilyn Monroe Fun Facts* In her autobiography “My Story” she said that someone told her she was a descendant of the former U.S. president James Monroe, but there is no evidence this is true.

* When she died she left a fortune with an estimated value of $ 1.6 million. She left 75% to her acting teacher Lee Stasberg and 25% to Gladys Baker Eley, her psychoanalyst.

Her mom got a $ 5,000 annual pension. When she died (her mother) in 1980 the money went to the Anna Freud Centre, a children’s psychiatric institute in London.

* AHe is buried in the Westwod Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California in the Corridor of Memories crypt # 24.

Hugh Hefner owns the lot on the right side of the tomb of the actress. He wants to be buried next to her

The sexy blonde having breakfast

* Hugh Hefner bought the copyright of the nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe, taken by the famous photographer Tom Kelley for $ 500.

This photo was used in the first publication of Playboy magazine in 1953 and generated millions of dollars .Marilyn nor Tom Kelly saw a penny.

Hugh Hefner never met Marilyn Monroe in person.

* In 1972, actress Veronica Hamel and her husband bought the home of Marilyn and wanted to remodel it. The contractor discovered a sophisticated spy cam system in every room of the house.

Such components werent in the market at that time . They were exclusively used by FBI and CIA.
This gave greater strength to the rumors that Marilyn was being monitored by the Kennedys and the Mafia.

The new homeowners spent $ 100,000 on removing the entire installation.

* The famous scene for the film The Seven Year Itch (1955) where her dress flies while she was standing over a crack on the Subway, was originally filmed in Manhattan on Lexington Street and 52 on September 15, 1954 at 1: 00 in the morning.

The take had to be repeated several times, having five thousand people whistling and shouting at her take after take because she kept forgetting her lines.

This scene was filmed in front of her then-husband Joe DiMaggio, whose marriage officially ended that night.

It took 40 shots to finally achieve Marilyn famous scene.

* When told that she would be the lead actress of “Gentleman Prefer Blondes” (1953) she replie: “Well no matter who does (get the part), I’m still the blonde.”

* According to tailors her measures were 92.5, 57.5, 90.

* She spent most of her childhood in orphanages and foster homes because her mother was interned in mental health houses.

* She tried nine different shades of blond before going platinum.

* Her personal library contains over 400 books with topics ranging from history of art, psychology, philosophy, literature, religion, poetry and gardening.

Many of these books, auctioned in 1999, contain marginal notes made by the actress.

* She received five dollars for her first modeling job

Niagara was the only film where her character dies.

* She was suffering from endometriosis, a condition where tissue from the uterus leaves the uterus and attach itself to other areas of the body, and growscausing pain, irregular bleeding and in severe cases, infertility.

* The first time she signed an autograph as Marilyn Monroe, she had to ask how to spell it – She would not know where the “i” go.

* Her last divorce from Arthur Miller, was in Juarez, Mexico.

* As a child she had a dog named Tippy, same name as the dog who accompanied her in her last film unfinished in 1962

Considered the sexiest woman of the century by People Magazine in 1999

She was originally going to have the main part in the film Breakfast at Tiffanis (1961), role eventually played by Audrey Hepburn.

Sometimes she had to repeat 65 times her scenes.

She won the eighth place in the list of “100 best actors and actresses of all time by Empire magazine in the United Kingdom in October 1997.

Considered the sexiest movie star of all time by Empire magazine in 1995

She was Playboys “Sweetheart” in December 1953

She was named Sex Star of the 20th Century by Playboy magazine in 1999 -

She died with the phone in his hand

Her ex-husband Joe DiMaggio. Placed roses on his grave for many years.

Ginger’s character in the television series “Gilligan’s Island” was based on her.

She used Nivea cream as a skin moisturizer.

She negociated in her contract that she wouldnt work during their menstrual period.

She washed her face fifteen times a day

She thought the right side of her face was her “best” side.

She was born at 9:30 am

There are over 600 books written about it.

“Fragments,” the book, is expected to appear in October, bringing together the personal diary notes of Monroe, according to his French publisher, Bernard Comment, and emotive and important side of the Hollywood star.

“There are a number of publications about Marilyn, but this is a Marilyn book : This is the first time that we discover the universe within her mind,” he told BBC.

The publication includes manuscripts and poems of the blonde actress since she was 17 years, until 1962, the year she died in an obscure way.

Many believe it was suicide, but Ideas behind her intimate scripts suggests theres no indicators of a suicidal personality. “From the book leaves an impression contrary: she had projects to finish,” he said.

The writings to be published were found a couple of years ago by Anna Strasberg, widow of former acting teacher and personal friend of Monroe, Lee Strasberg, who received the texts after her death.

“Marilyn was an intellectual, an artist, she was a look into the literary world ” she said.

Strasberg did not know what to do with the material, said Comment.

Its purpose was to protect the image of the movie star while revealing less known aspects, so she agreed to when the French publisher proposed “literary book.”

The new book will be published in France by Editions du Seuil and the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, in an editio with 250 pages that includes “all the notes” that Strasberg found in Monroes diary, said Comment.

“”Hollywood wanted to enclose a little image of the blonde woman, and (in the book) Marilyn is discovered as an extremely sensitive, sometimes very sad and complex human being.”

He added that the letters represent “a constant questioning about herself, time spent in relationships with others and love … there are many things about love.”

Dangerous Years as Evie
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Girl in canoe/Girl exiting church
Ladies of the Chorus as Peggy Martin

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk as Clara
The Asphalt Jungle as Angela Phinlay
The Fireball as Polly
All About Eve as Miss Caswell
Right Cross as Dusky Ledoux

1951

Home Town Story as Iris Martin
As Young as You Feel as Harriet
Love Nest as Roberta ‘Bobby’ Stevens
Let’s Make It Legal as Joyce Mannering

1952

Clash by Night as Peggy
We’re Not Married! as Annabel Jones Norris
Don’t Bother to Knock as Nell Forbes
Monkey Business as Miss Lois Laurel
O. Henry’s Full House as Streetwalker

1953

Niagara as Rose Loomis
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Lorelei Lee
How to Marry a Millionaire as Pola Debevoise

1954

River of No Return as Kay Weston
There’s No Business Like Show Business as Vicky Hoffman/Vicky Parker

1955

The Seven Year Itch as The Girl

1956

Bus Stop as Cherie

1957

The Prince and the Showgirl as Elsie Marina

1959

Some Like It Hot as Sugar Cane Kowalczyk

1960

Let’s Make Love as Amanda Dell/Delson

1961

The Misfits as Roslyn Taber

1962

Something’s Got to Give as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

The publication called Fragments have poems written by Monroe as well as some of his thoughts on life, literature and other writings never before seen on the actress.

The editor Courtney Hodell, said that the publication will also reflect on Arthur Miller and other men in the life of Monroe, and she herself made references to the works of Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and other authors.

This seems to be a very important year in the history of the actress, who died in 1962, and that in February the artist and photographer Len Steckler, released a photo gallery on Monroe never seen before, while a few weeks ago range of accessories, including personal photo

With her hair platinum blonde and wavy as the legendary actress Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Scarlett repeats the image in the new Dolce & Gabbana campaign.

It is not the first time that this young actress is compared with Marilyn ,  in a snapshot that has leaked image of the campaign, Scarlett characterization is perfect.

In it, the actress wears a sexy and daring bodice of black silk and gently caresses her neck while trying to captivate and seduce the camera with her eyes.

“Makeup is something that helps you feel better,” said the actress.