Marilyn Monroe contemplated suicide

A new book on American actress Marilyn Monroe, one of the most popular faces in Hollywood,eveals the actress was feeling suicidal in the final stages of her life. The actress was rated the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. The book, which is a compilation of letters the actress wrote to her acting mentor Lee Strasberg, reveals she was in severe depression and was trying to end her life. The book also exposes that Monroe was in a mode of self loathing and agony due to her repeated failures in romance and marriage.

During the final stages of her career, Monroe was becoming difficult to work with and had become isolated in Hollywood. Monroe shot to fame through her roles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Monroe was famous for havinge created the dumb blonde persona. The actress died in 1962 under mysterious circumstances. Though cited to be a drug overdose, a suicide was never ruled out.