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The Days of Her Life - March
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March 9, 1948: Marilyn is signed to a standard six month contract at $125 a week with Columbia
Pictures. She auditions for the low budget musical "Ladies of the Chorus", and wins co-starring role
March 27, 1950: Marilyn lands the part of a starlet in "All About Eve"
March 1951: After catching the eye of Spyros Skouras, president of Fox, Marilyn secures the renewal of
her contract
March 29, 1951: Presenter at The Academy Awards
March 1952: Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date
March 13, 1952: Nude calendar story broken to the public
March 15, 1952: Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn meet for the first time
March 1953: Photoplay features an article by Jim Dougherty, "Marilyn Monroe Was My Wife"
March 6, 1953: Filming on "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is completed
March 9, 1953: Photoplay magazine names Marilyn "Fastest Rising Star of 1952" and Joan Crawford's
prudish sensibilities are offended as Marilyn (in the infamous gold lame gown designed by Travilla) picks up
her award
March 5, 1954: Marilyn arrives back in Los Angeles from entertaining the troops in Korea
March 14, 1954: Marilyn is voted "Best New Actress" of 1953 by Photoplay magazine
March 31, 1954: Charles Feldman at Famous Artists Agency officially becomes Marilyn's agent
March 1955: Photographed through the month by Ed Feingersh for Redbook magazine
March 9, 1955: At the premiere of "East of Eden" in NYC, Marilyn acts as an usherette in aid of the Actors
Studio
March 30 or 31, 1955: At the opening of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, Marilyn appears
riding a pink elephant at Madison Square Garden for the New York Arthritis & Rheumantism Foundation
March 1, 1956: Marilyn receives the key to Warner Brothers
March 3, 1956: Filming begins on "Bus Stop"
March 12, 1956: Norma Jeane Mortenson legally becomes Marilyn Monroe
March 22, 1956: Darryl Zannuck left Fox
March 29, 1959: Premiere of "Some Like it Hot" at Loew's Capitol Theater on Broadway
March 8, 1960: Receives Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress in a Comedy", for Some Like it Hot
March 1961: Margaret Parton interviews Marilyn for the Ladies Home Journal, but the interview is never
published as it is deemed "too sympathetic" by the editor
March 5, 1961: Discharged from Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
March 5, 1962: Marilyn wins Golden Globe Award, "Worlds Favorite Female Star"
Sources: The Marilyn Encyclopedia, The Unabridged Marilyn - Her Life from A to Z, Marilyn Monroe
Unseen Archives, The Ultimate Marilyn, & Marilyn Handbook.
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