Marilyn Monroe Archive

Marilyn Monroe during the filming of the subway scene in The Seven Year Itch, 1954.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Ed Feingersh at the Ambassador Hotel in New York City, March 1955.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Sam Shaw in Amagansett, New York, 1957.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by David Cicero, 1951.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1952.

Marilyn Monroe trying on Easter-themed hats, 1951.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1952.

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

Marilyn Monroe, then Norma Jeane, photographed by Richard C. Miller, April, 1946.

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

Marilyn Monroe photographed by George Barris, June, 1962.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1956.

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

"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.