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Marilyn Gets Serious

Marilyn Gets Serious

Monroe, beautifully framed by the foliage. She was discovered in 1946, after 20th Century Fox exec Ben Lyon noticed the modeling Marilyn on magazine covers and arranged a screen test for her. "It's Jean Harlow all over again," he is reported to have said.

In this photo: Marilyn Monroe

Photo: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Aug 01, 1950