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Marilyn Monroe Portraits 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
A Quality Eurographics Jigsaw Puzzle
Marilyn Monroe is considered one of the most famous models and actresses of all time and an American icon. This 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle by Eurographics depicts her pure beauty in this famous photograph.
Norma Jean Baker, better known as Marilyn Monroe , was born on 1 June 1926 in the Los Angeles County Hospital, the third child of Gladys Baker. She lived with a number of foster parents, as her mother was mentally unstable, until her mother’s best friend Grace McKee became her guardian.
At 16, she escaped her old life by marrying a 21 year old aircraft plant worker, Jim Dougherty. the couple divorced four years later. By this time , she had begun modelling bathing suits and after bleaching her hair blonde, was posing for pin-ups and glamour photos. On August 26th 1946, she signed a one hundred twenty-five a week, one-year contract with Twentieth Century Fox, and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
In 1954, Monroe married Yankee baseball player Joe Di Maggio, but the union was only to last eight months. In 1955, Monroe formed her own studio, Marilyn Monroe Productions. In 1956 she married playwright Arthur Miller. Monroe won the Italian David di Donatello award for “Best foreign actress of 1958”.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles bungalow on August 5, 1962, the exact events surrounding her death are not totally known and have been the subject of many rumors and books over the years. Monroe’s image is one of the most lasting and widely seen of any star in the Twentieth century and today.
- Marilyn Monroe Appeared in 29 Films between 1946 and 1961
Eurographics is a world-leading Art Publisher and Jigsaw Puzzle Manufacturer. Our company is known for its wide selection of quality products and outstanding customer service.
Founded in 1987, EUROGRAPHICS has grown tremendously, from its beginnings as a small distributor of posters to its current position as a major player in the art publishing and toy industries; well-known both in North America and around the world.
Our head office and warehouse based in Montreal, Canada, are the creative hub for our product development, sales, graphic design, and customer service teams. We are a privately owned company that prides itself in the personal relationships it has with its customers and we are constantly striving to create a line of art products that sets industry trends, while meeting the needs of our customers.
With employees hailing from around the globe, the EUROGRAPHICS staff comprises of an eclectic mix of talented people working together to create the most unique collection of art products for our international clientele of galleries, retailers, framers, and museums
