Who was born as “Norma Jeane Mortenson”?
Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962 (equivalent to $ billion in ). More than half a century later, she continues to be a major popular culture icon. Born and raised in Los
Ray Mortenson Ray Mortenson Ray Mortenson (born 1944) is an American artist photographer who has been documenting the metropolitan corridor of the US' northeastern landscape since the late 1970s. Mortenson is best known for his black and white photographs of the industrial tidal marshes in the New Jersey Meadowlands and abandoned buildings in The Bronx, taken in the early 1980s. His work is in the permanent collections of a number of important institutions and has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1981. Mortenson is best known for his black and white photographs of the industrial tidal marshes in the