Entering her bathroom a natural curly-haired redhead, Norma emerged as the most iconic blonde of all time: Marilyn Monroe. Yep, you read right, Marilyn Monroe's natural hair colour is red.
Given Monroe's title of "blonde bombshell," maybe people are surprised to learn that the star's real hair color was more of a light brown.
In the late '40s, she dyed her locks blonde after being told by her modeling agency that it would help her succeed in film. We were shocked too ? It's said she had naturally auburn hair which turned into a strawberry ? shade. She, of course, dyed it blonde for film later in her life.
She liked a very specific shade of blonde
According to the author Pamela Keogh, Monroe had her hair bleached every three weeks with a roster of hairstylists including Pearl Porterfield (who also tended to Jean Harlow's pale blonde hair) and Kenneth Battelle.
What was Marilyn Monroe's natural hair color? Surprisingly, Monroe is not a natural blonde. Rather, she was born with naturally curly brown hair, according to pictures of the late celebrity during her years as a young adult.
Contrary to the claim stated in this episode and popular over the Web, Marilyn Monroe did not wear cosmetic contact lenses to change the color of her eyes from brown to blue. Her eye color was naturally blue. This is confirmed by the official Marilyn Monroe website and by her autopsy report.
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on 1 June 1926 at the Los Angeles General Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to a poor Midwestern family who migrated to California at the turn of the century.
Marilyn may have had a milky complexion, but every skin tone can benefit from avoiding the sun's harmful rays. “I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blonde all over,” Monroe reportedly once said.
From the sites I visited to respond to this question, Marilyn Monroe did not have yellow teeth. In fact, she had perfect white teeth. And the only augmentation she ever had was some chin surgery, but no dental.
For dinner, she never dined out. Instead of opting for the best restaurant in town, she'd stop at a market near her hotel for steak, liver, or lamb chops, which she'd broil herself using an electric oven. On the side, she'd eat raw carrots. And when she wanted to treat herself, it was all about an ice cream sundae.
It's said that Marilyn Monroe originally had an overbite (that was fixed during her time at Columbia pictures) as well as false teeth, which were noted at the time of her death. Sadly, Marilyn Monroe died at the young age of 36 from an overdose of barbituates in 1962.
To avoid washing it too much (which can affect the colour), she swore by a makeshift dry shampoo – Johnson's Baby Powder – applying every two days to keep her hair looking fresh.
The actress and activist was known as 'The Bronze Blond Bombshell. ' Joyce Bryant, often referred as the “Black Marilyn Monroe," has died at 95.
Marilyn liked the volume and length of fake eye lashes, but she also wanted to look natural. She managed to achieve the best of both worlds by cutting fake eye lash strips in half and only applying them to the outside corners of her eyes.
The classic red shade Marilyn so often wore on her nails was revealed to be the Revlon colour 'Cherries a la Mode' which the brand has since sadly discontinued.
George • Through the decades, much has been made of Marilyn Monroe's beauty. Dr. LeRoy Nisson, however, was only interested in her chompers. "Marilyn had the most beautiful set of teeth," said the 94-year-old retired dentist who counted the starlet among his patients.
For her face, Monroe used a natural hormone replacement, Active Phelityl Cream. Although it helped to improve her skin, it also caused her to grow blonde peach fuzz all over her face—which she shaved off (more on that in the next slide).
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but Marilyn Monroe's favorite fragrance costs much less. The star famously swore by a spritz of Chanel No. 5, a scent that's proven almost just as iconic as the actress herself.
Her exercise routine
"It is a simple bust-firming routine which consists of lifting five-pound weights from a spread-eagle arm position to a point directly above my head. I do this 15 times, slowly. I repeat the exercise another 15 times from a position with my arms above my head.
Trivial details may help humanize larger-than-life personalities, but does knowing Marilyn Monroe snacked on gazpacho, veal parmesan, meatballs and taco dip as her last meal make her seem that much more human? There's no business like show business.
Monroe had a protein-rich diet that included lots of steak and other red meats. To truly mimic Marilyn, munch on a handful of raw carrots, her preferred vegetable side.
Lawford says that in "slurred" speech Monroe told him she was "tired and would not be coming" to dinner. Then, as her voice became less audible, she told him, "Say goodbye to Pat. Say goodbye to Jack [President Kennedy]. And say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy."
Marilyn owned many pets in her lifetime, most of which were dogs. Here we take a look back at Monroe's canine companions. Tippy was a black and white dog given to Norma Jeane by her foster father, Albert Wayne Bolendar. Every day, Tippy would go to school with Norma Jeane.