She divorced her first husband and married two more times, to baseball player Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller. Monroe found success but she couldn’t shake her demons.

With it came her signature platinum blonde look and a new name: Marilyn Monroe. She started out as a model and eventually landed a Hollywood contract. Monroe married at 16 - in part to avoid being sent back into foster care - but she wanted to become an actress. Monroe ended up in the foster care system later, she talked about being sexually abused as a child. Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926 (she later went by Norma Jeane Baker), she did not know her father and was raised by a single mother who struggled with mental illness and was ultimately institutionalized.

Monroe may have been beautiful and beloved by fans, but she led a troubled life. With her face and name plastered on everything from T-shirts to jewelry, she remains a major pop-culture force - and a major moneymaker - even though her last film, The Misfits, came out in 1961. It’s been 57 years since Marilyn Monroe died, but the legendary actress is still earning a fortune.

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