The examples of the school and college dropouts whom I had featured in my two recent posts : 'Only One Good Reason to Drop Out of College' and 'Favourite School Dropout Entrepreneur' – were inspirations. Each dropout mentioned in the posts had a choice, but not so for Norma Jeanne.

With great candour and courage, she spilled the secrets of her abused childhood for the readers of TIME in 1956 by telling them about her illegitimate birth, her mentally unstable and financially unable mother and about being shuttled through many foster homes. 

I Want To Be a Real Actress…

MM In TIME…

She moved up her career as a model, pin-up girl and actress. Resolved to be a serious artist, she declared 'I want to be a real actress' in the same 1956 TIME interview.  

Candle In The Wind…

Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote the song 'Candle in the Wind' as a tibute to her as a legend, Marilyn Monroe, The American Film Institute (AFI) has immortalised her amongst the top 25 American women screen legends.