Rare Facts You Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe

Hooked On Acting

In February 1947, her dream came true when her contract was renewed. She was finally ready to act, given small parts in films like Dangerous Years and Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! She was also enrolled in Actors' Laboratory Theatre by her studio. She described the acting school as "my first taste of what real acting in a real drama could be, and I was hooked".

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The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.