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A Climb To the Top Marilyn Monroe will always be one of the most well known women in history. She influenced many people throughout her life. Her career as an actress spanned over 16 years and she made 29 films. Marilyn had many hardships, different jobs, and went through three marriages, all of them ending in divorce. On the outside she was beautiful and well liked, but on the inside she was struggling with many things emotionally. Marilyn Monroe influenced American culture during the 40s and 50s by being an influential actress, and model. Born as Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles General Hospital, she never knew who her father was. Due to her mother’s mental instability and the fact she was unmarried at the time, Norma Jean was placed in the foster home of Ida and Albert Bolender. It was here she lived the first seven years of her life. In 1933, Norma Jean lived briefly with her mother until her mother began to show signs of depression and in 1934 was admitted to a rest home. Grace McKee, a friend of her mothers took over the care of Norma Jean and much later introduced her to Jim Dougherty. Jim and Norma Jean married on June