Monroe in a pinafore dress, as she poses with a lamb in California.
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Happy 95th Birthday, Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane Mortenson was born on June 1, 1926. She would become a film icon as Marilyn Monroe and endures as one of the most recognizable figures in American pop culture, even 59 years after her untimely death. Scroll through candid shots from her film work and life.
Monroe with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, in 1957 in Amagansett, New York.
Monroe with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, in the Nevada Desert, 1960.
Monroe leans over the balcony of the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York.
Monroe with her acting coach Paula Strasberg, on the set of "The Misfits" in 1960.
Marilyn Monroe in 1957 in front of store window on Fifth Avenue in New York, New York.
Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles, romping with a soft toy tiger in 1957.
Monroe dances with novelist Truman Capote at El Morocco in New York, March 24, 1955.
Monroe wears an embroidered robe that reads "The Ambassador" on March 24, 1955, in New York City.
Monroe and her husband Joe DiMaggio leaving the town hall after their wedding in San Francisco, January 14, 1954.
Monroe with a cup of tea in a room at the Hotel St. Regis in 1954.
Monroe entertains U.S. troops in Korea.
Monroe reads "To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting" in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel (New York) in March 1955.
Monroe takes the subway on March 24, 1955.
