Where did Marilyn Monroe go to highschool?

Q: Did Marilyn Monroe finish high school?

As a solution, she married their neighbors 21-year-old son, factory worker James Dougherty, on June 19, 1942, just after her 16th birthday. Monroe subsequently dropped out of high school and became a housewife.

Q: Why did Marilyn Monroe dropout of high school?

This was Marilyn Monroes final year of education as she soon dropped out to marry her sweetheart Jimmy Dougherty. They wed on June 19, 1942.

A local neighborhood council hopes a statue of screen icon Marilyn Monroe will soon adorn Van Nuys City Hall.

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The Van Nuys Neighborhood Council released a community impact statement last month proposing to install a statue of the Hollywood icon in front of the building known as one of L.A.’s “neighborhood city halls.”

The news comes four years after Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Panorama City, proposed a bill to name the Van Nuys Post Office after the Hollywood icon, who attended Van Nuys High School — as Norma Jeane Baker — for a short time in the early 1940s.

Marilyn Monroe spent time in the San Fernando Valley, attending Van Nuys High School. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

The plan was first proposed by the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council in 2012. Its president, George Thomas, said the actress had personal ties to the community, where she lived with her aunt and “had the happiest time of her life.”

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He added that he came up with the idea after visiting a summit in Hollywood a few months ago, where he spotted a life-size statue of Monroe.

“I thought that was the coolest thing ever,” he said. “That would be so exciting for Van Nuys to have the statue.”

Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926. She attended Van Nuys High, which was near her house. She lived there with her aunt after years in foster homes.

The future movie icon was discovered at the Van Nuys Airport, where she worked on the assembly line at Radioplane Co., which manufactured drones for the U.S. Army during World War II.

In 1945, photographer David Conover met Norma Jeane while taking photos of women working as part of the war effort.

She later quit her job, changed her name to Marilyn Monroe and began working for Conover.

She later starred in 29 films, becoming a screen legend. She married three times, and her husbands included baseball great Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller. She died in 1962.

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Young Norma Jeane lived with Ana Lower on Nebraska Avenue some time after leaving the orphanage in 1937. Ana was the aunt of Norma Jeane's legal guardian Grace Goddard, who had been a close friend of her mother.

In early 1940, Ana's health was suffering and she could no longer care for Norma Jeane. Norma Jeane went to live with Grace, her husband Doc and Doc's daughter Bebe. She attended Emerson Junior High School and graduated 9th grade in June 1941. In September 1941, Norma Jeane and Bebe enrolled as students at Van Nuys High School.

Grace was still in contact with her former neighbour Ethel Dougherty and she asked if Ethel's son Jim could run the girls home from school each evening in his car. This lead to Norma Jeane and Jim dating.

In early 1942, the Goddards announced that they were moving to West Virginia and could not take Norma Jeane with them. Norma Jeane returned to Nebraska Avenue with Aunt Ana. This meant her sophomore year was also interrupted by the move. Norma Jeane began attending University High School in February 1942.

Since Norma Jeane could not stay with Aunt Ana permanently, the only other option was for her to return to the orphanage. Grace and Ethel had already decided that a good solution would be for Jim to marry Norma Jeane. Jim was hesitant because of the age difference. He was 21 and she was just turning 16.

Norma Jeane's classmates were surprised when she announced that she was leaving school in order to get married. It probably haunted Marilyn her entire life that she did not stay and graduate from high school.

Norma Jeane became Mrs. Dougherty on June 19, 1942.

Did Marilyn Monroe finish high school?

As a solution, she married their neighbors' 21-year-old son, factory worker James Dougherty, on June 19, 1942, just after her 16th birthday. Monroe subsequently dropped out of high school and became a housewife.

Where did Marilyn Monroe go to highschool?

Marilyn Monroe attended University High School in West Los Angeles, California. Monroe – as Norma Baker – appears in only one edition of the school's yearbook The Chieftain, that being the 1942 issue. There she is as a sophomore (10th grade) on page 48, pictured in a standard headshot photo with frizzy dark hair.

Did Marilyn Monroe go to Van Nuys High school?

Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926. She attended Van Nuys High, which was near her house. She lived there with her aunt after years in foster homes.