12 Facts That You Probably Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe
8 She had a stutter which, although not very severe, was still pretty noticeable. She regularly sought assistance from voice coaches to help overcome this problem.
However, she never really fully overcame this problem, which plagued her at several instances in her life: she stuttered as a child, and for a couple of years in high school.
A speech therapist taught her breathing techniques which helped her through her stuttering, and also resulted in her famous breathy voice. She was not, however, entirely rid of the problem, which came back to haunt her in her final days.(source)
9 Her chest X-rays sold for $45,000.
A set of three chest X-rays of Marilyn’s from when she was admitted for surgery for endometriosis at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Florida in 1954, sold for a whopping $45,000 at an auction in 2010.(source)
10 A New York businessman bought a film of Marilyn Monroe performing oral sex on an un