Timeline

1926 1935 1937 1939 1942 1944 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962
June 1
Norma Jeane
Mortensen is
born in Los
Angeles, CA

September
Norma Jeane
enters the
orphanage


June 26
Left orphanage
to live with
Grace McKee

November
Went to live
with Anna
Lower


June 19
Married her
neighbor, James
Dougherty


April
Started work at
Radio Plane
Munitions Factory


April 26
First National
Magazine Cover
("Family Circle")


June 26
Photographed by
David Connover for
"Yank Magazine"

July 17
First interview at
20th Century Fox
with Ben Lyon


July 19
First screen test
for Fox


July 29
First time mentioned
in a Hollywood
gossip column


August 2
Applied to Blue Book
Modeling Agency


August 26
First studio contract
with Fox; changed
her name to Marilyn
Monroe


September 13
Granted a divorce
from Jimmy
Dougherty


March 9
Signed contract with
Columbia Pictures

December 31
Met Johnny Hyde, her
agent, who dedicated
himself to promoting her


August 15
Started shooting
" A Ticket to
Tomahawk"
October
Sign contract
with MGM for
role in "The
Asphalt Jungle"

January 5
Started shooting
"The Fireball"


April
Landed part in
" All About Eve"


December 10
Signed seven-year
contract with Fox

March 29
Presenter at
The Academy
Awards


April 18
Started shooting
"The Love Nest"


September 8
First full-length
magazine feature in
"Colliers Magazine"


April 7
First "Life"
magazine cover"

June 1
Learned she was
cast in
"Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes"


August 31
Marilyn's live
radio debut


September 2
Grand Marchall
at Miss America
pageant


January 21
"Niagara" released
June 26
Left prints outside
Grauman's Chinese
Theater


September 13
First television
appearance on "The
Jack Benny Show"


October
Signed recording
contract with RCA


November 11
Premiere of "How to
Marry a Millionaire"


January 14
Married Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall
February 16
Started entertaining troops in Korea
May 29
Began filming "There's No Business Like Show Business"
October 5
Officially separated from Joe DiMaggio
October 27
Divorce granted from Joe DiMaggio
November 6
Honored at Hollywood party at Romanoff's
December 31
Formed Marilyn Monroe Productions
April 8
Appeard live on Edward R. Murrow's "Person to Person"
June 1
Premiere of "The Seven Year Itch"
February 9
Press conference with Laurence Olivier to announce joint project, "The Prince and the Showgirl"
February 25
Returned to Hollywood after one-year exile in New York
May 3
Began filming "Bus Stop"
June 29
Married Arthur Miller in Jewish ceremony
October 29
Presented "The Prince and the Showgirl" to Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Command Film Performance
June 18
Premiere of "The Prince and the Showgirl"
March 19
Premiere of "Some Like It Hot"
March 8
Received Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy for "Some Like It Hot"
January 20
Divorce from Arthur Miller granted
January 31
Premiere of "The Misfits"
February
Moved to Brentwood, CA home
March 5
Won Golder Globe for World Film Favorite
April 23
Began work on "Something's Got to Give"
June 1
Marilyn's last public appearance
June 22
Appeared on cover of "Life" magazine for the last time
June 23
Vogue photo session with Bert Stern
August 5
Marilyn Monroe died in her Brentwood, CA home
August 8
Funeral at Westwooed Memorial Park in Los Angelese, CA