Marilyn Monroe being interviewed about her childhood by Sidney Skolsky at her apartment in Doheny Drive, California (1953).

Marilyn Monroe at a press conference at the Savoy Hotel to promote "The Prince and The Showgirl" in London, on July 15, 1956.

Marilyn Monroe in a improvised session right after she left her dressing room, New York, NY, March 8, 1955. Photo by Milton Greene.

Marilyn Monroe in the "V-Neck Sweater" sitting, Weston, Connecticut, August 1955. Photo by Milton Greene.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Gene Lester at the 20th Century Fox studios, set of 'There's No Business Like Show Business' (1954).

Marilyn Monroe filming the subway grate scene at the corner of 51st Street and Lexington Avenue in New York, NY, September 1954.

Candids of Marilyn Monroe visiting the American troops in South Korea, February 1954.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Frank Powolny (1953).

“I never quite understood it, this sex symbol. I always thought symbols were those things you clash together! That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.” — Marilyn during an interview with Richard Meryman for Life magazine in 1962.

Marilyn Monroe and Gina Lollobrigida meeting in New York City, on September 16, 1954.

Marilyn Monroe on the set of “The Seven Year Itch” in New York, September, 1954.

Marilyn Monroe outside her apartment 882 North Doheny Drive in Los Angeles, March 1953. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Marilyn Monroe, then known as Norma Jeane, posing for a portrait on March 12, 1946 in California. Photo by Richard C. Miller.

Marilyn Monroe as Chérie and Don Murray as Bo Decker in the film "Bus Stop" (1956)

Marilyn Monroe on the set of "Bus Stop" in Nevada, Arizona (1956).

Marilyn Monroe leaving the Idlewild Airport in New York on September 9,1954.

Candid of Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe at Ciro's in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 1953.

Marilyn Monroe during a press conference at the Plaza Hotel, New York, NY on February 9, 1956.