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The legendary Hollywood star is the subject of a new Netflix documentary.
Directed by Emma Cooper, the feature-length documentaryattempts to piece together the final weeks ofthe blonde bombshells tumultuous life.
Until now, many of these tapes have yet to be heard by the public.
[Monroe is] just an extraordinary icon, Cooper said in an interview with Netflix.
She’s a much more relatable woman than anybody has really given her credit for.
She’s not just the person that stands on the air vent and looks pretty ditzy.
There is a lot of pain and there’s a lot of strength in her.
But the documentary also recounts Monroes life story, including her major romantic relationships.
The actor was married three times, though one of her marriages predated her rise to fame.
How much is known about theGentlemen Prefer Blondesactors three ex-husbands?
Below, what to know about Monroes former husbands.
According toDonald Spotos sprawling biography on the Hollywood icon,Monroe first met 20-year-old James Jim Dougherty that year.
Shed later refer to him as a dreamboat.
And though Dougherty was also smitten, he was hesitant to pursue a relationship given the age gap.
The then-16-year-old Monroe married Dougherty on June 19, 1942 to avoid being sent to an orphanage.
Though married life for Monroe and Dougherty wasnt a disaster, it wasnt exactly blissful.
My marriage didn’t make me sad, but it didn’t make me happy, either.
My husband and I hardly spoke to each other, Monroe said later, as quoted in Spotos biography.
This wasn’t because we were angry.
We had nothing to say.
I was dying of boredom.
She began modeling around this time, something her husband and in-laws didnt approve of.
Her rising career became a source of tension in the couples relationship.
Monroe and Dougherty divorced in 1946.
He treated me like something special.
As Monroes and DiMaggios relationship grew, so did attention from the press.
The pair married on January 14, 1954, in a small ceremony in San Franciscos City Hall.
However, despite sharing an initial infatuation, their relationship was far from perfect.
Upon witnessing the scene, DiMaggio flew into a rage and physically assaulted Monroe in private later that night.
Two weeks later, in October 1954, Monroe filed for divorce.
A confused Skolsky prodded her for answers, to which she replied: You wait.
Like with her relationship with DiMaggio, Monroes initial attraction to Miller wasnt enough to sustain a marriage.
She was his artwork faute de mieux.
However, rising tensions on set only made it worse.
Unable to reconcile their differences, the pair separated when filming wrapped, and divorced in January 1961.
This article was originally published onApril 28, 2022
