Although she'd become the most desirable woman on the planet, no one wanted Norma Jeane Mortenson when she was little. Born the morning of June 1, 1926, in the charity ward of Los Angeles General ...

Here, Norma Jeane poses for a photo in 1928, at age two. Her childhood was tumultuous, as she was brought up in a series of orphanages and foster homes. Here, Norma Jeane poses for a photo in 1928, at ...

Marilyn Monroe was Hollywood’s archetypal dumb blonde. She was also one smart cookie.That’s the twist in Lois Banner’s richly researched biography “Marilyn: the Passion and the Paradox” (Bloomsbury, ...

Is Netflix's Blonde based on a true story? What was Marilyn Monroe's childhood like? In the movie: In the early scenes of Blonde, we see a young Monroe – or Norma, as she was known then – struggling ...

Biographies are a girl's best friend. Few have done more revelatory and insightful research into Monroe's life as Lois Banner, a historian and leading figure in the field of women's history. With ...

No student of biography – and certainly no devotee of Marilyn Monroe biographies – should be without “The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe” (Metropolitan Books, 384 pages, $26). Nevertheless, caveat ...

Marilyn Monroe is ready for her closeup, again. Some incredible images of Monroe that were snapped by WPIX veteran Marvin Scott as a teenager in 1955 are going up for sale. The award-winning Channel ...

Marilyn Monroe's former Los Angeles home has been saved from demolition — temporarily, at least. The Hollywood legend's 1929 Spanish Colonial in Brentwood was on the chopping block to be demolished ...