âI used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night: There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star. But Iâm not going to worry about them. Iâm dreaming the hardest.â Remembering Marilyn MonroeâĻ Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles, California Died on August 5th, 1962 (age 36) in Los Angeles, California Portrait of Marilyn taken by Lawrence Schiller on the set of Somethingâs Got to Give (her final, uncompleted picture) on her 36th birthday, June 1st, 1962 (which was also, sadly, her last day on the set).












