James Edward Dougherty (April 12, 1921 in Los Angeles, California - August 15, 2005 in San Rafael, California) was an American author, Los Angeles Police Department sharpshooter, World War II veteran, and best known for being the first husband of Marilyn Monroe. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PLEASE DO NOT DELETE EMPTY FIELDS UNTIL JUNE 1 2007--THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE--> San Rafael (ˌsænrəˈfɛl originally sɑn rɑfɑˈɛl The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma
Biography
Dougherty was the youngest of five children of Edward and Ethel Dougherty, who had moved there from Colorado. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. He attended Van Nuys High School where he acted in plays, and played football. Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a
Marilyn Monroe and Dougherty married on June 19, 1942, eighteen days after Norma Jeane turned sixteen. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1943, Dougherty joined the United States Merchant Marine (where he served alongside Robert Mitchum). Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Overview The merchant marine is a civilian auxiliary of the U Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film He was ordered to boot camp on Santa Catalina Island, California, then sent overseas in 1944. Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky Island off the coast of the U Norma Jeane started to work for Radioplane Company, where she was discovered. She moved out of her mother-in-law's home and stopped writing to Dougherty. She filed for divorce in Las Vegas, Nevada; it was finalized on September 13, 1946. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Dougherty married Patricia Scoman in 1947, and joined the LAPD. He was one of the police officers who held back the crowd at the premiere of his former wife's movie, The Asphalt Jungle. The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950) is a Film noir directed by John Huston.
In The Secret Happiness of Marilyn Monroe and To Norma Jeane with Love, Jimmie, he claimed they were in love but dreams of stardom lured her away. She always maintained theirs was a marriage of convenience. A marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience) is a Marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship family or love She was furious when he claimed to Photoplay in 1953 she threatened to jump off the Santa Monica Pier if he left her. Photoplay can also refer to a type of novel popular during the silent era of Hollywood The Santa Monica Pier is located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica California and is a prominent landmark He later appeared on To Tell the Truth as "Marilyn Monroe's real first husband". To Tell the Truth is an American Television Game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson - Todman He sold signed copies of his books on his website [1].
In the 2004 documentary Marilyn's Man, Dougherty made three new claims: he was her Svengali and invented "Marilyn Monroe", Fox forced her to divorce him, and he was her true love. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Svengali is the name of a fictional character in George du Maurier 's 1894 novel Trilby. The evidence does not support this. When informed of her death, the New York Times reported that Dougherty replied "I'm sorry" and continued his LAPD patrol; he did not attend her funeral. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember He admitted to A&E Network his mother asked him if he'd marry Norma Jeane. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Although he maintained in his books that he didn't mind if she modeled, his sister wrote in the 12/1952 Modern Screen Magazine he left Norma Jeane because she wanted to pursue modeling. Modern Screen was an American magazine for over 50 years featuring articles pictorials and interviews with movie stars (and later television and music personalities He admitted to Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" that he cut off her monthly allotment when he was served with divorce papers. Lifetime Television is an American Television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and Dramas all of which are either geared toward
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References
- The Marilyn Encyclopedia by Adam Victor (The Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York, 1999 Adam Victor, s. v. James Dougherty)
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