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Marilyn Monroe Gets Noticed in 'All About Eve'

Marilyn Monroe Gets Noticed in 'All About Eve'

Monroe (seated, right) watches Anne Baxter and Bette Davis unleash their claws. Her role in the 1950 Best Picture Oscar-winner as a not-so-naive Broadway starlet earns her a seven-year contract at Fox.

In this photo: Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1950