Marilyn Monroe Archive

"George Dear, Don't overwork - keep well and why don't you think of me sometimes. I wish I could give you something that would serve as a reminder but upon looking I find nothing detachable. After I see you I spend days in longing - not unhappily so. You see, before I knew you, as now - I was always asking myself - am I still alive - why don't I feel anything? That is - nothing excepting fear or pain and anything else that took place in me I had to make up - and I knew…"

Marilyn Monroe photographed by George Barris in Santa Monica, July 1962.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Harold Lloyd, 1953.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at Queensboro Bridge, New York City, 1957. Photo by Sam Shaw.

Marilyn Monroe photographed at Fox Studios by David Cicero, May, 1947.

Watercolor illustration by Marilyn Monroe entitled "Old Woman looking at her hand", undated.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Ben Ross in a hotel room in November 1953.

Marilyn Monroe photographed at her apartment by Philippe Halsman, 1952.

Marilyn Monroe during her last interview for LIFE magazine, 1962. Photo by Allan Grant.

Watercolor illustration by Marilyn Monroe entitled "a lonely girl in a costume", "I'd die if I could", undated.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Eve Arnold on the set of The Misfits in Nevada, 1960.

Marilyn Monroe for VOGUE magazine in “The Last Sitting” California, June, 1962. Photo by Bert Stern.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at the April in Paris ball, at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, April 11, 1957.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by George Barris, June, 1962.

Marilyn Monroe and her puppy Maf photographed by Eric Skipsey, 1961.

Marilyn Monroe getting ready for a circus charity event at Madison Square Garden, New York, March 1955.

Marilyn Monroe during the filming of the bathtub scene of The Seven Year Itch, Los Angeles, California, 1954. Photo by Sam Shaw.