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MONROE, Marilyn
TWO IMPORTANT MONROE DOCUMENTS -- NORMA JEANE CHANGES HER NAME
1.) Document Signed ("Norma Jeane Dougherty"), partly printed and accomplished in manuscript, Los Angeles, August 26, 1946, being her 20 th Century Fox Employees Personnel Statement. 1 Page, 8½ X 5½ in., two punch holes at top. Also accompanied by a printed "Personnel Number and Name Change" form. 1 page, 6 x 3 in. Old name on the left, new name on the right, with a holograph notation, that the effective date is 12/14/46.
2.) Document Signed ("Marilyn Monroe"), partly printed and accomplished in manuscript, Los Angeles, December 5, 1946, being her new personnel statement. 1 page 8½ x 5½ in. One of Monroe's last signatures as Norma Jeanne, and possibly her first as Marilyn Monroe, with the name change certificate.
Darryl Zanuck had just hired Norma Jean in August of 1946, and the first document is her first personnel statement as a working actress. Due to her lack of dramatic training and experience, her roles were limited to simple walk-ons, but the studio machinery was kicking into gear. One of the first orders of business was the name change, which as attested to by our second document had been effected within three months. A truly unique and historically important pair of documents. (3)
TWO IMPORTANT MONROE DOCUMENTS -- NORMA JEANE CHANGES HER NAME
1.) Document Signed ("Norma Jeane Dougherty"), partly printed and accomplished in manuscript, Los Angeles, August 26, 1946, being her 20 th Century Fox Employees Personnel Statement. 1 Page, 8½ X 5½ in., two punch holes at top. Also accompanied by a printed "Personnel Number and Name Change" form. 1 page, 6 x 3 in. Old name on the left, new name on the right, with a holograph notation, that the effective date is 12/14/46.
2.) Document Signed ("Marilyn Monroe"), partly printed and accomplished in manuscript, Los Angeles, December 5, 1946, being her new personnel statement. 1 page 8½ x 5½ in. One of Monroe's last signatures as Norma Jeanne, and possibly her first as Marilyn Monroe, with the name change certificate.
Darryl Zanuck had just hired Norma Jean in August of 1946, and the first document is her first personnel statement as a working actress. Due to her lack of dramatic training and experience, her roles were limited to simple walk-ons, but the studio machinery was kicking into gear. One of the first orders of business was the name change, which as attested to by our second document had been effected within three months. A truly unique and historically important pair of documents. (3)