Remembering Marilyn Monroe: Her life in photos

Marilyn Monroe ... scene from The Seven Year Itch --- DATE TAKEN: Unavailable ORG XMIT: UT84845

DATE TAKEN: Sept. 1954--- Photo of Marilyn Monroe re-enacting steam grate scene from "The Seven Year Itch" ORG XMIT: UT62419

A handout of ``Orange Marilyn,'' a silkscreen portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol, sold at a Sotheby's auction for a record $17.3 million, the highest price ever paid for a work by the artist Thursday evening, May 14, 1998. Warhol painted five images of Monroe in 1964, all based on a still photo of the actress from the 1953 film ``Niagara.'' (AP Photo/Sotheby's Auction House) ORG XMIT: NY148

This photograph released by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, titled "Marilyn on the Beach, 1949," is part of a show opening at the museum Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. The picture by an unknown photographer is one of more than 200 Marilyn Monroe pictures from 39 photographers - including luminaries such as Richard Avedon, Gordon Parks, Robert Frank and Andy Warhol - in the museum's new exhibit, "I Want to Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe." (AP Photo/Brooklyn Museum of Art) ORG XMIT: NYR112

Marilyn Monroe in Let's make it Legal in 1951 --- DATE TAKEN: Unavailable No Byline Twentieth Century Fox , Source: library HO - handout ORG XMIT: ZX35006

Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the 1952 motion picture 'Monkey Business.'

This photograph released by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, titled "Marilyn Monroe, 1953" is part of show opening at the museum Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. The black and white photograph by Gene Kornman is one of more than 200 Monroe pictures from 39 photographers - including luminaries such as Richard Avedon, Gordon Parks, Robert Frank and Andy Warhol - in the museum's new exhibit, "I Want to Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe." (AP Photo/Brooklyn Museum of Art, Gene Kornman) ORG XMIT: NYR111

date taken: unknown --- photo of Marilyn Monroe from book titled Marilyn , Her life in her own words written and photographed by George Barris. ORG XMIT: UT5891

Marilyn Monroe kisses Joe DiMaggio as they waited in the judge's chambers for the marriage ceremony which united them Jan. 14, 1954, in San Francisco.

DATE TAKEN: unknown --- photo of Marilyn Monroe from book titled Marilyn , Her life in her own words written and photographed by George Barris. ORG XMIT: UT5890

Lawrence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from 'The Prince and the Showgirl.'

This photograph released by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, titled "Norma Jeane" is part of a show opening at the museum Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. The 1940s-50s photograph by Laszlo Willinger is one of more than 200 Marilyn Monroe pictures from 39 photographers - including luminaries such as Richard Avedon, Gordon Parks, Robert Frank and Andy Warhol - in the museum's new exhibit, "I Want to Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe." (AP Photo/Brooklyn Museum of Art, Laszlo Willinger) ORG XMIT: NYR113

Fifty years ago today, a 22-year-old starlet named Marilyn Monroe was crowned California Artichoke Queen by local growers in Salinas, California, while she reigned over a diamond ring promotion. In tribute to the star and this golden moment in history, Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, one of Marilyn's favorite haunts, is premiering a new dish aptly named "The Monroe." Contact Christine Bartholomew, Edelman Public Relations, 415-433-5381 x222. () ORG XMIT: PRN1

Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from 'Some Like it Hot.'

Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum pose for a publicity photo for Otto Preminger's "River of No Return" in this 1954 handout photo. Mitchum, 79, died in his sleep at his Santa Barbara County Home Tuesday, July 1,1997. Mitchum, who had been suffering from emphysema and was diagnosed in spring with lung cancer, died at 5 a.m. at his Santa Barbara County home, family spokesman Jerry Roberts said.(AP Photo/files) ORG XMIT: NY15

Marilyn Monroe walks on the beach at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego in 1958, during the filming of "Some Like It Hot."

(L-R) Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in a scene from the motion picture The Misfits. --- DATE TAKEN: rec'd 03/06 No Byline MGM Home Entertainment HO - handout ORG XMIT: ZX46356

A signed Marilyn Monroe photograph that reads "I love you Joe" is displayed at a press conference, Jan. 23, 2006, in New York. The photograph which has an estimated value of $30,000-$40,000 is one of the 1,000 items that will sold from the personal collection of baseball legend Joe DiMaggio on behalf of his family in May 2006. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek) ORG XMIT: NYJS101

Martilyn Monroe and Keith Andes in a scene from the 1952 motion picture "Clash by Night." --- DATE TAKEN: 1952 No Byline RKO via AP HO - handout ORG XMIT: ZX36918

This is Marilyn Monroe in a publicity still from Crazy About the Movies: Marilyn Monroe - Beyond the Legend on Cinemax. --- DATE TAKEN: Unavailable No Byline Cinemax , Source: library HO - handout ORG XMIT: ZX35017

Richard Allen and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the motion picture Niagara. 1953. --- DATE TAKEN: rec'd 02/05 No Byline Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment UNL - unlimited reuse ORG XMIT: ZX32018

**FILE**Newlyweds Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller are shown after their civil wedding ceremony in White Plains, N.Y., on June 29, 1956. Miller, the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright whose most famous fictional creation, Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman," came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry, has died, his assistant said Friday, Feb. 11, 2005. He was 89. Miller died Thursday evening, said his assistant, Julia Bolus. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NYET199

1958: (FILE PHOTO) American playwright Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe attend the first night of one of his plays, 'A View From The Bridge' in 1958. Miller, 89, died of congestive heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 51917183 GTY ID: 95e32/huch/1339/hn0334

(Files) Picture dated 11 October 1956, showing actress Marilyn Monroe (L) and her husband, writer Arthur Miller, at the Comedy Theatre in London as they are waiting first night of Miller's new play, "A View from the Bridge". It was reported 11 February 2005, that Miller has died at age 89. His assistant Julia Bolus did not give cause of death. His plays, with their strong emphasis on family, morality and personal responsibility, spoke to the growing fragmentation of American society. Miller's career was marked by early success. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" in 1949, when he was just 33 years old. His marriage to screen star Marilyn Monroe in 1956 further catapulted the playwright to fame, though that was publicity he said he never pursued. AFP PHOTO ORG XMIT: PRI109

**file**Actress Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller embrace on the lawn of Miller's home in Roxbury, Conn., on June 29, 1956, several hours before they were married in White Plains, N.Y. Miller, the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright whose most famous fictional creation, Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman," came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry, has died, his assistant said Friday, Feb. 11, 2005. He was 89. Miller died Thursday evening, said his assistant, Julia Bolus. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NYET197

Monroe leans against her fiance, playwright Arthur Miller, as he kisses her at her New York apartment house in June 1956.

Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the motion picture 'Niagara.'

The December 1953 cover for Playboy Magazine featuring Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe on the set of the movie "The Misfits," in an August 1960 photo.

Film poster for Billy Wilder's "The Seven Year Itch" from 1955, starring Marilyn Monroe as the girl upstairs and Tom Ewell as the married man.

A 1959 file photo from the movie "Some Like It Hot" with Jack Lemmon (R), Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis (L).

Newlyweds Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe arrive at San Francisco's International Airport in January 1954 prior to their departure for Tokyo for an extension of their honeymoon.

Marilyn Monroe portrayed a cafe singer in a rodeo town in Josh Logan's 1956 film, "Bus Stop."