MARILYN MONROE SIGNED CHRISTMAS CARD

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SOUTHEBYSAUCTION Presents.... A terrific and wonderfully preserved Christmas card with original signature by Marilyn Monroe. What a great addition to mount with a photo! Please bid with confidence and feel free to email me with any questions! All items have been examined and guaranteed 100% authentic prior to listing. We have over 20 years experience in historic and political documents and manuscripts. Thank you for taking the time to view this listing and please be sure to check out our other auctions! SHORT BIO: Marilyn Monroe ( June 1 , 1926 - August 5 , 1962 ) was an American actress , singer and model . After acting in small roles for several years, she gradually became known for her comedic skills, sex appeal and screen presence, going on to become one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s . Revered as a legendary Hollywood star, she is idolized throughout the world as a silver screen sex goddess. Later in her career, she worked towards serious roles with a measure of success. However, long-standing problems were exacerbated by disappointments in both career and personal life during her later years. Trivia She had a mild stutter , which was most severe during her teens . The beauty mark above her mouth was a very pale mole she darkened. [12] Truman Capote wanted her for Holly Golightly in the film adaptation of Breakfast At Tiffany's . Ella Fitzgerald credited Monroe with helping her break the colour barrier and launching her career into the mainstream. "It was because of [Marilyn Monroe] that I played the [tofore segregated] Mocambo . She personally called the owner ... and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn's superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was t, front table, every night. The press went overboard... After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her time. And didn't she know it." [16] The Jean-Louis gown Monroe wore to sing happy birthday to John F. Kennedy sold for over $1,500,000 at Christie's in 1999. Monroe was pregnant during the filming of Some Like It Hot and miscarried a male child in December 1958. She had miscarried twice before during her marriage to Arthur Miller and suffered from chronic endometriosis , a gynecological condition that prevented her from carrying a child to term. The endometriosis is also often given as the reason why she became addicted to prescription painkillers, and would also explain her chronic fatigue and absence from film sets. [citation needed ] Monroe's personal library contained over 400 books on topics ranging from art, history, psychology, philosophy, literature, religion, poetry, and gardening. Many of the volumes, auctioned in 1999, bore her pencil notations in the margins. Although Monroe's primary residence at the time of her death was a Manhattan apartment on the 13th floor of 444 W. 57th Street, she had purchased a three bedroom Spanish Colonial hacienda on 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Tiles on the front doorstep of the hacienda bore the Latin inscription, "Cursum Perificio"--translating to "My journey ends " She died in the hacienda's master bedroom before its renovation was completed. Controversy surrounds Marilyn Monroe's dress size. One urban legend suggests she was a modern UK dress size 16 or US 12. The Jean Louis dress she wore when singing happy birthday to JFK in 1962 was listed a US size 5. However, as reported, dress sizes have gone down since the 1950s and 1960s. According to the autopsy report by Thomas Noguchi, coroner, Marilyn was 5? 5½? and weighed 117 lbs. Monroe was crowned the first "Artichoke Queen" for the Artichoke Festival, in Castroville, CA. Hugh Hefner , founder of Playboy magazine, will be buried next to her. Film Year Salary Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! 1948 $125/week The Asphalt Jungle 1950 $1,050 All About Eve 1950 $50... read more

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