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Marilyn Monroe in Japan 1954

Marilyn Monroe in We’re Not Married (1952)

Marilyn Monroe photographed by David Conover.

Marilyn Monroe photographed during the filming of The Seven Year Itch.

Two days later I called Marilyn for another appointment to talk over the final draft of her story. She said, “Come anytime, like, you know, for breakfast.” There was in her voice a note which I had come to recognize - an appealing eagerness to please. I came again at 10 and once again she slept till noon. Finally we sat down together on a tiny sofa. She was barefooted, wearing a robe, and had not yet washed off last night’s mascara. Her delicate hair was in a sleep-tumbled whirl. But she had made me feel this was a compliment. "Friends," she had said, "accept you the way you are." As was usual, her face was very pale. She held the manuscript high in front of her eyes and carefully read it aloud, listening to every phrase to be sure it sounded exactly like her.  She kept the manuscript and I returned for it late that afternoon. On the steps of the house she showed me changes she had penciled in, all of them small. She asked me to take out a remark about quietly giving money to needy individuals. And then we said goodbye. As I walked away she suddenly called after me, “Hey, thanks.” I turned to look back and there she stood, very still and strangely forlorn. I thought then of her reaction earlier when I had asked if many friends had called up to rally round when she was fired by Fox. There was silence, and sitting very straight, eyes wide and hurt, she had answered with a tiny, “No”. - Richard Meryman for Life Magazin

Monkey Business (1952)

Marilyn by Milton Greene in January 1955.

Marilyn Monroe & Montgomery Clift on the set of The Misfits, 1960.

Marilyn Monroe photographed during the filming of Love Nest.

Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell on the set of The Seven Year Itch, photographed by Sam Shaw, 1954.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Richard Avedon in New York, 1958.

 Dinner at the Fox, in honor of Khrouchtchev

Marilyn by Nickolas Murray in 1952.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Sam Shaw 1957

Marilyn Monroe arrives in London, 1956.