MARILYN MONROE

The Blonde Bombshell was born Norma Jean Mortensen in 1926 and baptized Norma Jean Baker in Los Angeles. She grew up in foster homes and orphanages and when she was 16, her photogenic beauty was discovered while she was working at a munitions factory and she began modeling. Four years later she had her first screen test with 20th Century Fox. Her movie roles in such films as "Some Like It Hot" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" established her as one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and 1960s. "The Misfits" was the last film that Marilynâ??and her co-star Clark Gableâ??lived to complete. Nearly fifty years after her mysterious death, Marilyn Monroe continues to garner the adoration and devotion of movie fans around the world.

MILTON GREENE

Born in 1922 in New York City, Milton Greene was a world famous fashion photographer and a portrait photographer whose subjects included Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Andy Warhol, Alfred Hitchcock, Lauren Bacall and many other celebrities. But he is remembered most for his captivating photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Before Marilyn married Arthur Miller, she lived with Greene and his family in Connecticut and they became friends. During this time he photographed her many times and produced more than 5000 images of the "Blonde Bombshell." Greene's work is still exhibited around the world and his imagesâ??particularly those of Monroeâ??continue to adorn the walls of homes, businesses, and galleries.