donald spoto marilyn monroe the biography

While light comedies and musicals like Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire shot her into the celebrity stratosphere, she yearned to play more serious roles. She found acting a true challenge and struggled with crippling self-esteem issues her entire career, and there were people who took advantage of that and encouraged her self doubt to make them depend on them, keeping their wallets padded as movie studios threw more and more cash Monroe’s way. Marilyn found modelling for photographs easy and never found discomfort in revealing clothing or nudity. Heaps of attention from male admirers came when she hit puberty and she filled out into the idyllic hourglass that helped her find fame. She was left or relocated by parental figures (especially women) several times and she was plagued by abandonment issues for her entire life.įrom an early age, she was complimented on her looks. Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Monroe had an unstable childhood and was bounced between relatives and foster homes.

The book is a detailed look at Monroe’s life, beginning with her grandparents and parents and finally Marilyn’s early years.

Marilyn Monroe’s relationship with baseball player Joe DiMaggio was a perfect storybook romance.Īfter reading Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto (published in 1993), I genuinely believe all of those things are false.

Marilyn Monroe only had her beauty and her figure and no actual talent.

Marilyn Monroe was a “dumb blonde,” capable of only playing “dumb blonde” roles.

Marilyn Monroe had an affair with Robert Kennedy and President John F.

I feel guilty for believing all the things people have said about Marilyn Monroe.

Donald spoto marilyn monroe the biography