The legend of Marilyn Monroe continues to feed on the 60th anniversary of her death. Ana de Armas gets into her skin in Blonde, the film that reviews some of the episodes of a life of lights and shadows. Her flashes illuminated her but the darkness marked her love life.
Marilyn Monroe had a personality as fragile as she was tormented. She has been one of the most iconic figures in modern cinema and 60 years after her death her figure continues to arouse interest in the younger generations, who now see Ana de Armas as the blonde temptation in Blonde, the film that reviews some of the most complicated episodes of his life.
She was only 36 years old when psychiatrist Ralph Greenson found her lifeless body in her Brentwood (Los Angeles) mansion. It was August 4, 1962 and although the forensic examiners who examined her body pointed to an overdose of barbiturates as the cause of her death, to this day it has not yet been possible to verify whether it was a premeditated or accidental incident.
"She In recent years she seemed sad because of her childhood memories, because of the abuse she suffered as a child," says Peggy Feury, a friend of Monroe who accompanied the actress to many of the Strasberg couple's parties.
Marilyn Monroe's mental problems were no secret. Since she was young, she invested her time in training as an actress, an effort that she carried out in schools as prestigious as the Actors Studio in New York, where in 1955 Paula and Lee Strasberg -who later became heirs to her fortune- instilled in her their method. .
By then she was already a sex symbol for American society thanks to movies like Men Prefer Blondes, in which she performs one of the best-known musical numbers in cinema, Diamond's Are a Girl Best Friend.
Marilyn sought to escape from her at all costs from those "dumb blonde" roles that she offered her. She was sick of being ignored. And her strong character, together with these psychological problems, helped feed the image of an unbalanced person.
Three marriages and no children
In her last years Monroe battled mental illness and throughout her life she battled bad luck in love. None of her three marriages went ahead and she had no children.
Marilyn Monroe was married three times. The first was with James Dougherty, who died of leukemia in 2005. They met and fell in love before she rose to fame in the 1950s. Her marriage lasted from 1942 to 1946.
Joe DiMaggio was Marilyn Monroe's second husband, with whom she had a stormy relationship. The actress's environment has ensured that the fights between them were common, in which DiMaggio had a dominant position. She never reported mistreatment. Her fleeting marriage lasted a year, between 54 and 55. It was already an erotic myth.
The writer Arthur Miller was her last husband. They were married for five years. "Marilyn was proof that sexuality and seriousness could not coexist in one person," he wrote about her after separating from her.
Marilyn Monroe did not have children.
Marilyn Monroe's abortion: "She was pregnant at the time"
Just because Marilyn Monroe didn't have children doesn't mean she didn't get pregnant. During her marriage to Arthur Miller, she had the opportunity to be her mother, but the pregnancy was cut short naturally, as reported by the press at the time.
One of her closest friends talks about her maternal instincts. "We were close friends and partners. We loved each other, period. She was a good wife and she wanted a child. In fact, on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, she told me that when it was over she was going to go home and have a baby. And I told him 'well great, I think it's a good idea'", says Milton Greene, photographer and partner of Marilyn Monroe Productions in the documentary 'The mystery of Marilyn Monroe'.
The son of her psychiatrist - the same one who found her body - Dr. Greenson, confirms in the same documentary that she Marilyn confessed to her father that she had become pregnant on at least one occasion.
"Between being a mother and stardom, I would have chosen to be a mother, without a doubt. There were some photos of her and Arthur Miller's father. Marilyn told me 'this has been my happiest time'. I asked her why , he showed me the photo and told me 'at that time I was pregnant'", says Danny Greenson, who shared many moments with the actress when he was a child, who regularly went to the family home for their sessions.
"Yes, she got pregnant by Miller during Con Faldas y a Lo Loco," Milton Greene corroborates.
Other never confirmed abortions
Although there has been much talk of an alleged pregnancy as a result of her affair with the French actor Ives Montand during the filming of The Billionaire, this information has never been officially confirmed.
There are some images of the actress with a prominent belly that could indicate a state of pregnancy, but these have only fueled rumors for which there is no evidence. These images were taken on July 8, 1960 at the Fox studios in New York City. They were auctioned in 2016, at which time they came to light and generated all kinds of comments.
There was also much speculation about the possibility that Marilyn had become pregnant by Charlies Chaplin Jr, the famous filmmaker's son, but there is no evidence that the actress had a deliberate abortion.
