creation of marilyn monroe is that i think she had more of a hand in it than people want to give her credit for. the truth about marilyn s background is something she s happy to bury. marilyn isn t an orphan. she s got a mother who is living in a mental health facility but that doesn t necessarily read as well as an innocent orphan girl. childhood was very difficult on marilyn. she was illegitimate and that was a terrible, terrible sin in the 1930s. she didn t know who her father was and her mother had a horrible condition. her mother gladdous is institut