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The Days of Her Life - July
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July 17, 1946: First interview at 20th Century Fox with Ben Lyon
July 19, 1946: First Screen Test for 20th Century Fox
July 23, 1946: Norma Jeane is offered a standard six-month contract at $75 a week, with an option to renew at $125.
Grace McKee signs contract as Norma Jeane's legal guardian, NJ is still under age (she's only twenty). Ben Lyon and Norma
Jeane decide on a new name. Marilyn Monroe it is.
July 29, 1946: First mention in a Hedda Hopper's gossip column, a fabrication tying her with Howard Hughes.
July 24, 1949: First interview with Earl Wilson
July 1, 1956: Marries Arthur Miller in a Jewish ceremony
July 14, 1956: Arrives in London to begin work with Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl
July 1957: Marilyn announces to Miller that she's pregnant. He has never seen her happier or more confident.
July 18, 1960: Shooting starts on The Misfits
July 4, 5, 7, and 9, 1962: Begins extensive interview, her last, with Richard Meryman
July 6, 1962: Allan Grant shoot for Life Magazine
July 1962: Finishes three photo sessions with photographer Bert Stern for Vogue magazine
July 1, 1962: Last day of photo sessions with George Barris for Cosmopolitan magazine
July 1962: Marilyn continues to see Dr. Greenson daily. Dr. Hyman Engelberg visits Marilyn almost daily, to give her
"youth shots" which often make her speech rapid and disjointed
July 12, 1962: Meets Fox studio chiefs
July 20, 1962: Allegedly enters Cedars of Lebanon hospital for abortion
July 28, 1962: Weekend at Cal-Neva Lodge
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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