In this chapter we examine how Marilyn finally escaped the life of poverty, abuse, and abandonment she was born into – and how she wasn’t averse to using whatever weapons were in her formidable armory to help achieve her dream of making it big in Tinseltown.  With spectacular effect.  From her early modeling career to getting a break in Hollywood, bleaching her hair blonde and changing her name – as Norma Jeane became Marilyn Monroe.  The roles were small, until she utilized the “casting couch," becoming the lover first of influential Fox exec Joseph Schenck and then Johnny Hyde, VP of William Morris.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices