B: June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles General Hospital, California, USA. // D: August 5, 1962 Brentwood, California, USA.

"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
"There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights."
"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't."
"Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea."
"Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature."