![]() She asked few questions, accepting the role of sexual companion and housekeeper enjoined on her by Grace and now expected of her by Dougherty.” In the biography “Marilyn Monroe,” Donald Spoto characterized the early phase of their relationship: “Sixteen-year-old Norma Jeane tried to rise to the unrealistic demands of being a suitable housewife for a twenty-one-year-old independent man. ![]() Schani Krug, producer of the documentary “Marilyn’s Man” about Dougherty, spoke to NPR about their relationship in 2005, after Dougherty death at the age of 81. On June 19, 1942, Monroe married Dougherty, then 21, when she was 16 years old. LAPD policeman James Dougherty was Monroe’s first husband. In the background is the famous green pleasure pier. Dougherty was stationed on the island's boot camp at the time. ![]() Jim Dougherty (1942 - 1946) Norma Jeane Baker, future film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), with her first husband, Merchant Marine James Dougherty (1921 - 2005) in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, circa 1943. Here is a timeline of Monroe’s three marriages, including pictures, her husbands' ages at the time of their marriage, and more. You see that famous photo of her and she is smiling in the moment, but that’s just a slice of what she was really going through at the time.” “Playing Marilyn was groundbreaking,” de Armas told “ Vanity Fair“ in 2020. ![]()
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