Keep Calm Darling, It's Norma Jeane!

Hi there, my name is Aisling and this is simply a blog dedicated to the beautiful Norma Jeane Mortenson, also known as Marilyn Monroe! I've been a fan of Marilyn since I was a young child, although it is only in the last couple of years I have really began to pursue my interests in MM. I like to post extracts from books, videos, quotes, text and questions but mostly photographs of Marilyn which I like. Sometimes I edit pictures and make GIFs. Message me if you have any questions, I would love to help :)

“There are a thousand and one girls who can sing and dance and look good, and she wants to be in the movies. Well, good luck to her.” - Jim Doughery (Marilyn Monroe’s first husband) on being told she had filed for divorce (1946).

Eight years after this comment, Marilyn Monroe was a household name around the world; Marilyn had starred in films with Lauren Bacall and Jane Russell (amongst other huge stars), had imprinted her hand prints outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and had covered almost every popular magazine in America, she had also married American baseball hero Joe DiMaggio. The above photograph shows Marilyn performing to thousands of US troops in Korea (1954) in an attempt to keep spirits high. This was one of the ten crowds she performed to over four days with audiences combined totalling as over 100,000 troops. Marilyn would later describe the experience as “the best thing that ever happened to [her]”.