Jim Dougherty about Marilyn Monroe. She was my wife

In this article we will tell you who he is Jim Daugherty. A brief biography, his memoirs, statements will be considered in this material. Was he a companion of one of Hollywood's brightest stars or ... just a friend? So, let's get started.

Jim Doherty: Biography

April 12, 1921 in Los Angeles was born JimDoherty. The young man was distinguished for his fervent disposition: he liked to have fun with his friends. Girls and communication with them, open handsome-cars of those distant beautiful years were his joy. It was such a merry fellow and a joker that met Doherty Jim on the path of the young and charming Marilyn Monroe. Childhood future wife of fatal beauty was cloudless: the captain of the school football team, participation in the school theater. As a boy, he began to help his family, worked as a shoe cleaner, clerk in a funeral home. In 1941, a young man got a job at an aircraft factory.

Start of relationship

Norma Jean Mortenson was born on June 1, 1926,ironically, in a hospital just two steps from Hollywood. Norma's mother, suffering from alcoholism, was placed in a clinic for the mentally ill. The girl soon finds herself in the orphanage. A small, defenseless Norma lived for several years in a shelter and changed several foster families. At the age of fifteen she was in the foster family of the mother's friend, in the neighborhood with which the family of her future first husband lived. "A girl from a neighboring courtyard" becomes in her sixteen years the wife of twenty-two-year-old Jim Daugherty. Marriage at such an early age was simply necessary for Norma, since she faced a difficult dilemma: either she returned to the orphanage or was getting married. The girl accepted the young man's offer with gratitude.

Wedding. Joint years

The wedding of young people took place on June 19, 1941of the year. A couple of months, the newly-baked wife is taken away to serve in the fleet. The norm is arranged to work for the same plant and is engaged in the painting of aircraft fuselages. The military photographer noticed a beautiful girl, and soon her photo was full of several magazines. Inspired by success, Norma began her modeling career. The husband was against such events, but Norma managed to insist on her. Purposeful girl wanted more. In his memoirs, Jim wrote: "In our marriage, everything was fine as long as it depended on me." As the career of Norm progressed, relations in marriage gradually deteriorated. Later, Marilyn will say: "I did not like my husband, but I can not say that I was unhappy with him. We could not talk to him for days just because we had nothing to say to each other ... ".

Reflections of her glory

The divorce was issued on September 13, 1946. After that, their paths never crossed again. Marilyn Monroe after a few years, only one time mentioned her first husband in an interview. "Yes," she will say, "it was a mistake, we got divorced, my ex-husband got married again." In this marriage, I was dying of boredom and felt myself trapped. " And never again will Marilyn Monroe remember Jim Daugherty. August 8, 1962, when the world said goodbye to Marilyn Monroe, the first husband, citing employment in the police department, did not appear at the funeral. In the memory of Marilyn himself, he was forever a neighbor of the boy who once helped her escape from despair, gave the first warmth of the family hearth, but life (or rock itself) ordered otherwise. Quiet family life with a simple guy did not keep her. After experiencing her difficult childhood, Marilyn wanted to do more.

Memories. Article. Film

Jim Daugherty about Marilyn Monroe recalledrepeatedly. In 1966, a few years after her death, he starred in the film "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe," and later, in 2004, played himself in the movie "The Man of Marilyn."

In 1953, the magazine Photoplay published an article,written by Jim Daugherty - "Marilyn Monroe was my wife." The former spouse claimed that the relationship between them was real, the marriage was built on love, but the thirst for glory was for Marilyn Monroe more important than their relationship, it was for this reason that the divorce became imminent. Also, the former spouse called Marilyn a hysterical person, blackmailing him with suicide, if he decides to quit it.

Did he understand her, did he feel her pain, knewIs he what she had to endure? After all, she was really alone. She was not just beautiful, she was not very stupid. Difficulties of childhood, unreached mother's love made her strong. After only a few years, the Hollywood star will react to this attack of the former spouse. In the interview, she admits her words. The young woman felt the hopelessness of the situation, boredom took the first place in their relationship, the desire to break this marriage led Marilyn. But on June 19, 1942 a young family appeared, with such happy and young Jim Daugherty and Monroe looking at us. The photo, made for the memory of newly married couples, has survived to this day. She was smiling, she was happy at that moment. A beautiful, sweet, charming girl, who had to endure too much.

The conclusion. The result

Summarizing the above, I would like to note,that despite the difficulties that arose between the heroes of our article, they simply fell prey to circumstances. She was his wife. She was in a desperate situation. Memories, articles, a film, everything about her. Yes, of course, he was lucky, he was lucky to be her husband. The light that came from this woman warmed him. Unfortunately our main character, he was for her only a minor event, which she soon forgot, which lost her importance.