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Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California.
* She was a model and actress who became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s.
* She starred in films such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), "The Seven Year Itch" (1955), and "Some Like It Hot" (1959).
* She was troubled by personal problems throughout her life, including drug addiction and depression.
* She died of a drug overdose on August 4, 1962, at the age of 36.
* She remains a cultural icon and is one of the most famous actresses of all time.
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
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