| April 1944 |
Norma Jeane starts work at the Radio Plane Munitions
Factory |
| 26 April 1946 |
First national magazine cover in Family Circle |
| 26 June 1946 |
Photographed by David Connover for Yank magazine |
| 17 July 1946 |
First interview at 20th Century Fox with Ben Lyon |
| 19 July 1946 |
First Screen Test for 20th Century Fox |
| 26 August 1946 |
First studio contract with Fox, Norma Jeane changed her name
to Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn was after actress Marilyn Miller and Monroe was
her mothers maiden name) |
| 29 July 1946 |
First mention in a Hollywood gossip column |
| 2 August 1946 |
Norma Jeane applies to Blue Book Modeling Agency |
| 13 September 1946 |
Divorce granted from James Dougherty |
| 25 August1947 |
Fox contract not renewed, Marilyn is dropped by Fox |
| Feb 1948 |
Marilyn befriends mogul Joseph M. Schneck |
| 9 March 1948 |
Contract with Columbia Pictures |
| 8 September 1948 |
Dropped by Columbia |
| 31 December 1948 |
Meets Johnny Hyde, who dedicates himself to promoting
her |
| 27 May 1949 |
Poses for photographer Tom Kelley-the nude calendar |
| 24 July 1949 |
First interview with Earl Wilson |
| 15 August 1949 |
Starts shooting A Ticket To Tomahawk |
| October 1949 |
Signs contract with MGM for role in The
Asphalt Jungle
|
| 5 January 1950 |
Starts shooting The
Fireball |
| April 1950 |
Lands small but perfectly-formed part in All
About Eve |
| 10 December 1950 |
Signs a new contract with Fox |
| 18 December 1950 |
Johnny Hyde dies |
| 29 March 1951 |
Presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony |
| 18 April 1951 |
Shooting starts on Love
Nest |
| 11 May 1951 |
Latest six-month contract and Fox converted to seven year
deal |
| 8 September 1951 |
First full length feature in Collier's magazine |
| March 1952 |
Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date |
| 13 March 1952 |
Nude calendar story broken to the public |
| 7 April 1952 |
First
Life magazine cover |
| 1 June 1952 |
On her birthday she learns she is to be Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes |
| 31 August 1952 |
Live radio debut |
| 2 September 1952 |
Grand Marshall at the Miss America pageant |
| 4 October 1952 |
Allegedly married Robert Slatzer |
| 21 January 1953 |
Niagara
released, Marilyn is a star |
| 9 March 1953 |
Joan Crawford's prudish sensibilities offended as Marilyn picks up
her Photoplay magazine award |
| 26 June 1953 |
Marilyn
and co-star Jane Russell leave their prints outside Grauman's Chinese
Theatre
|
| 13 September 1953 |
First TV appearance in "The Jack Benny Show" |
| October 1953 |
Meets Milton Greene at a party given by Gene Kelly |
| October 1953 |
Signed recording contract with RCA |
| 4 November 1953 |
How
to Marry a Millionaire premiers |
| 15 December 1953 |
Marilyn fails to turn up for the first day of shooting on the Girl
in the Pink Tights |
| 4 January 1954 |
Fox suspends Marilyn |
| 14 January 1954 |
Marries Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall |
| 2 February 1954 |
Honeymoon couple mobbed by fans in Tokyo |
| 16 February 1954 |
Marilyn starts ten-venue tour of the troops in Korea |
| 15 September 1954 |
Infamous skirt-blowing scene shot for The
Seven Year Itch
|
| 5 October 1954 |
Officially separates from Joe |
| 27 October 1954 |
First divorce hearing held |
| 5 November 1954 |
Joe and Frank Sinatra go on "Wrong Door Raid" |
| 6 November 1954 |
Agent Charles Feldman throws Hollywood party at Romanoff's in
Marilyn's honor |
| 31 December 1954 |
Marilyn and Milton Greene form Marilyn Monroe
Productions |
| 7 January 1955 |
Marilyn and Milton Greene hold press conference announcing the
creation of Marilyn Monroe productions |
| 15 January 1955 |
Fox suspends Marilyn |
| Feb 1955 |
Meets and begins studying with Lee Strasberg |
| 31 March 1955 |
Rides a pink elephant at Madison Square Garden for arthritis
benefit |
| 8 April 1955 |
Edward R. Murrow interviews Marilyn live on "Person to
Person" |
| 1 June 1955 |
The
Seven Year Itch premiers |
| 31 October 1955 |
Granted final divorce from Joe Dimaggio |
| 4 January 1956 |
Announcement of reconciliation between Marilyn and Fox
studios |
| 9 February 1956 |
Press conference with Laurence Olivier to announce The
Prince and the Showgirl
|
| Feb. 17 1956 |
Performs bar room scene from Anna Christie at the Actors Studio,
New York |
| 25 February 1956 |
Returns to Hollywood after more than one year away in exile in New
York |
| 3 May 1956 |
Bus
Stop starts shooting |
| 3 June 1956 |
Returns to New York after finishing filming of Bus
Stop |
| 29 June 1956 |
Marries Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony |
| 1 July 1956 |
Marries Arthur Miller in a Jewish ceremony |
| 14 July 1956 |
Arrives in London to begin work with Olivier in The
Prince and The Showgirl |
| August 1956 |
Becomes pregnant but loses baby |
| 29 October 1956 |
Presented to Queen Elizabeth II at the royal command film
performance |
| 18 December 1956 |
Radio show from Waldorf-Astoria |
| 13 June 1957 |
The
Prince and the Showgirl premiers |
| 1 August 1957 |
Ectopic pregnancy has to be terminated |
| 4 August 1958 |
Starts work on Some
Like it Hot |
| 6 November 1958 |
Finishes Some
Like it Hot |
| 17 December 1958 |
Miscarries again |
| 29 March 1959 |
Premiere of Some
Like it Hot |
| 8 March 1960 |
Receives Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Actress for Some
Like it Hot |
| June 1960 |
Begins seeing psychoanalyst Ralph Greenson on a daily
basis |
| 18 July 1960 |
Shooting starts on The
Misfits |
| 26 August 1960 |
Flies to LA because of nervous breakdown during
filming |
| 5 May 1960 |
Returned to the production of The
Misfits |
| 4 November 1960 |
Finishes The Misfits |
| 11 November 1960 |
Public announcement that Marilyn and Arthur to divorce |
| 16 November 1960 |
Clark Gable dies of heart attack |
| 20 January 1961 |
Mexican divorce from Arthur Miller granted |
| 31 January 1961 |
Premiere of The
Misfits |
| 7 February 1961 |
Enters Payne Whitley Psychiatric Clinic in NY |
| 11 February 1961 |
Joe Dimaggio arranges for Marilyn to be transferred to the much
less intimidating Columbia Presbyterian Hospital |
| 11 February 1961 |
Left the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and entered Columbia
Presbyterian Hospital |
| 5 March 1961 |
Discharged from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital |
| October 1961 |
Meets Robert Kennedy at Peter Lawford's beach house |
| 19 November 1961 |
Attends a dinner at Peter Lawford's house with President
Kennedy |
| February 1962 |
Moves into house she has bought in Brentwood, LA |
| 1 February 1962 |
Dinner in honor of Robert Kennedy |
| 5 March 1962 |
Marilyn wins Golden Globe Award, Worlds Film Favorite |
| 24 March 1962 |
Marilyn and JFK spend weekend together in Palm Springs |
| 23 April 1962 |
Begins work on Something's
Got to Give |
| 19 May 1962 |
Sings "Happy Birthday" and "Thanks for the Memory" to JFK at
Madison Square Garden |
| 28 May 1962 |
Nude pool
sequence shot on Something's
Got to Give
|
| 1 June 1962 |
Marilyn's last day at work at Fox and final public
appearance |
| 7 June 1962 |
Fox fires Marilyn for breach of contract |
| 23 June 1962 |
Bert Stern begins first of three photo sessions for Vogue "The Last
Sitting" |
| 28 June 1962 |
Negotiations resumed with Fox about
Somthing's Got to Give |
| 29 June 1962 |
George Barris spends three days shooting Marilyn for
Cosmopolitan |
| 4 July 1962 |
Begins extensive interview, her last, with Richard
Meryman |
| 6 July 1962 |
Allan Grant shoot for Life Magazine |
| 12 July 1962 |
Meets Fox studio chiefs |
| 20 July 1962 |
Allegedly enters Cedars of Lebanon hospital for
abortion |
| 28 July 1962 |
Weekend at Cal-Neva Lodge |
| 1 August 1962 |
Fox rewrites Marilyn's contract for double the salary and restart
production of Something's
Got to Give |
| 3 August 1962 |
Appears on the cover of Life for last time |
| 4 August 1962 |
Marilyn's last day alive includes a 6hr session with
Greenson |
| 5 August 1962 |
Police called to Marilyn's home. Official day of death. Autopsy
performed |
| 8 August 1962 |
Funeral at Westwood Medical Park Cemetery |
| 28 August 1962 |
Marilyn's death certificate is
signed |
