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Marilyn Monroe - Age 19

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(my re-photograph of an original Andre de Dienes photograph in a tribute book to Marilyn) Today is Marilyn Monroe's Birthday. This is first picture of Marilyn Monroe that I'm aware of. She had recently arrived in Hollywood and was at this time just beginning her modelling career. When Photographer Andre de Dienes met her for this shoot she was using the name Norma Jeane Dougherty, then her name through a marriage to James Dougherty, although her original birth name was Norma Jeane Mortenson…
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