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Marilyn Monroe: Life and Times
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Norma Jeane Dougherty Becomes Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn began her career as a model, and was "discovered" by a 20th Century Fox exec in 1946. She renamed herself after stage star Marilyn Miller and her own mother's maiden name, Monroe.
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Marilyn Monroe
Photo: J. R. Eyerman./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Feb 01, 1947
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