How was Marilyn “discovered”?
Although Marilyn worked very hard and fought her way to stardom, so that Fox executive Darryl Zanuck would say no one discovered her, she made her own way to stardom, the first step towards Marilyn’s career as model came about when photographer David Conover was sent out to take pictures of pretty girls helping out the war effort in 1945. Norma Jeane was working at a Radio Plane factory at the time. Conover photographed her and she was soon on her way to fame as a model. Marilyn’s first screen test was arranged by Ben Lyon at Fox studios in 1946, and she was offered her first contract there by Darryl Zanuck.
