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Marilyn Monroe's First LIFE Cover

Marilyn Monroe's First LIFE Cover

The actress appears for the first time on the cover of LIFE magazine, April 7, 1952. An observation from the inside feature: "Marilyn never finished high school but she is devoted to the intellectual life. She sprinkles her conversation with lines from Thomas Wolfe and Browning, with the same candid simplicity she uses in describing her dumbbell exercises."

Photo: Philippe Halsman

Nov 19, 2009
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