Marilyn Monroe was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950’s and has continued to be even 50 years later. Marilyn had a rocky but fantastical life. She suffered through isolation and depression yet put on a brave face for the cameras. Here we look back at the many faces of Marilyn - from barefoot starlet to sexy fashion icon. We’ve compiled some rare images of the wounded beauty.
On July 2, 1957 Marilyn was 2 1/2 hours late for a ceremony marking the start of construction of a new building in Rockefeller Center.
Marilyn exercising barefoot in Los Angeles, CA in 1955.
Marilyn happily reads a get-well card from then boyfriend, Joe DiMaggio, after a surgery.
We see Norma Jean hanging out on the beach in the 1940s.
We see Marilyn strolling through Griffith Park in LA.
With her book on the life of Abraham Lincoln in one hand, Marilyn poses for paparazzi before she boards a plane to Illinois in 1955.
Monroe wears an embroidered robe that reads "The Ambassador" on March 24, 1955 at the Ambassador Hotel in New York City, New York.
Marilyn gets ready to go see the play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" on March 24, 1955 at the Ambassador Hotel in New York City.
Marilyn quickly fixes her hair in the mirror.
Marilyn at the Henrietta Award party at Club del mar.
Marilyn reading at the Ambassador Hotel on March 1955 in New York.
Marilyn has a shy smile as she sits at a table at a restaurant in New York City.
Marilyn playing with a Chihuahua in Beverly Hills on May 17, 1950.
Marilyn at a press conference at the Savoy hotel in London.
Marilyn Monroe reading at home.
Marilyn looking over script for Clifford Odets movie Clash by Night which she is being interviewed for by movie producer Jerry Wald.
Marilyn being hounded by interviewers in Hollywood.
Marilyn rides in the back of a car with Dick Shepherd on March 30, 1955 in New York City.
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