In this article, we will tell you who he is Jim Doherty. A brief biography, his memories, statements will be considered in this material. Was he a companion to one of Hollywood's brightest stars or … just a friend? So let's get started.
Jim Dougherty: biography
April 12, 1921 in Los Angeles, Jim Dougherty was born. The young man was distinguished by a fervent disposition: he liked to have fun with friends. Girls and communication with them, open handsome cars of those far beautiful years were his joy. It was such a jerk and joker that Doherty Jim met on the path of the young and lovely Marilyn Monroe. The childhood of the future spouse of the fatal beauty was cloudless: the captain of the school football team, participation in the school theater. As a boy, he began to help his family, worked as a shoe polisher, a clerk in a funeral home. In 1941, a young man got a job at an aircraft factory.
Relationship start
Norma Jean Mortenson was born June 1, 1926, ironically, in a hospital located a stone's throw from Hollywood. Norma's mother, suffering from alcoholism, was placed in a clinic for the mentally ill. The girl soon ends up in an orphanage. The small, defenseless Norma lived for several years in a shelter and changed several foster families. At the age of fifteen, she was in the foster family of her mother’s friend, in the neighborhood with which the family of her future first husband lived. The “Girl from the Neighboring Courtyard” becomes at the age of sixteen the wife of twenty-two-year-old Jim Doherty. Marriage at such an early age was simply necessary for Norma, since she faced a difficult dilemma: either she returned to the shelter, or she got married. The girl gratefully accepted the offer of the young man.
Wedding. Joint years
The wedding of young people took place on June 19, 1941. After a couple of months, the newly-married spouse is taken to serve in the fleet. Norma is arranged to work at the same factory and is engaged in painting the fuselages of aircraft. A military photographer noticed a beautiful girl, and soon her photos were covered in several magazines at once. Inspired by the success, Norma began her modeling career. The husband was against such events, but Norma managed to insist on her own. Purposeful girl wanted more. In his memoirs, Jim wrote: "In our marriage, everything was fine as long as she depended on me." As Norma's career progresses, marriage relationships gradually deteriorate. Later Marilyn will say: “I did not love my husband, but you can’t say that I was unhappy with him. We could not talk with him for days just because we had nothing to say to each other … ”
A glimpse of her glory
The divorce was filed on September 13, 1946. After that, their paths never crossed again. Marilyn Monroe, several years later, mentioned her first husband only once in an interview. “Yes, ” she will say, “this was a mistake, we divorced, my ex-husband remarried. In this marriage I was dying of boredom and felt trapped.” And again, Marilyn Monroe will never remember Jim Doherty. On August 8, 1962, when the world said goodbye to Marilyn Monroe, the first husband, referring to his employment in the police department, did not appear at the funeral. In the memory of Marilyn herself, he forever remained the next guy who once helped her escape from hopelessness, gave the first warmth to the family hearth, but life (or rock itself) decreed otherwise. Quiet family days with a simple guy did not deter her. Having survived her difficult childhood, Marilyn wanted to achieve more.
Memories. Article. Film
Jim Dougherty repeatedly remembered Marilyn Monroe. In 1966, a few years after her death, he starred in the film "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe", and later, in 2004, played himself in the film "The Marilyn Man".
In 1953, Photoplay magazine published an article written by Jim Dougherty - "Marilyn Monroe was my wife." The former husband argued that the relationship between them was real, the marriage was built on love, but the desire for fame was more important for Marilyn Monroe than their relationship, for this reason divorce was inevitable. Also, the former husband called Marilyn a hysterical woman, blackmailing him with suicide if he decided to quit.
Did he understand her, did he feel her pain, did he know what she had to endure? After all, she was truly alone. She was not just beautiful, she was not very stupid. The difficulties of childhood, the unrequited maternal love made her strong. After only a few years, the Hollywood star will react to this attack of the former spouse. In an interview, she admits her words. The young woman felt all hopelessness of the situation, boredom took first place in their relationship, the desire to break this marriage was led by Marilyn. But on June 19, 1942 a young family appeared, from the picture so happy and young Jim Dougherty and Monroe are looking at us. The photo taken as a souvenir for the newly made spouses has been preserved to this day. She smiled, she was happy at that moment. A beautiful, cute, charming girl who had to go through too much.
