Marilyn Monroe?

Today in my Comp and Rhet class, a classmate did a presentation on the Marilyn Monroe quotes that seem to be blowing up on social networking sites. Most of these quotes have a picture of her as the background and the quote normally speaks on the behalf of women. Well, today this student revealed to us that during her research she found that Marilyn Monroe didn't say half of the quotes that some of these internet icons are giving her credit for. None of the above quotes (click on the links) are hers. One of "her" heavily used quotes, " Well behaved women rarely make history", was actually said by a Harvard Professor, someone just decided it would be more influential if Marilyn's name was tacked on to the end.

In class, when we were showed real Marilyn quotes, the class did ask how the presenter knew which were real, and which were fake. She said that the real quote have video or sound documentation of her speaking them, where as most of the others do not, and if they do they can be traced back to other people. Here is a real Marilyn Monroe quote, which i think is pretty ironic.

“Please don’t make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one… I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity… If fame goes by, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.”

Are we making Marilyn look like a joke by tacking her name on to things other people have said? If she was alive, would she agree with them, or are we insulting her point of view?