Traditional roles.

Bert Stern 1962

Bert Stern 1962

Bert Stern 1962

Photographed by Milton Greene, June 955, Weston, Connecticut

Photographed by André De Dienes, Tobey Beach, Long Island, NY, July 1949

Marilyn photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE magazine, May 1953.

Photographed by Inge Morath on the set of The Misfits, July 11, 1960.

Marilyn photographed by Eve Arnold on the set of The Misfits, 1960.

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell photographed at Graumann’s Chinese Theater, June 26, 1953.

Marilyn photographed by André De Dienes, Tobey Beach, Long Island, NY, July 1949.

Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE magazine, May 1953.

Portrait of Marilyn in a swimming pool at Milton Greene’s home in Connecticut, June 1955.

Marilyn photographed by Bill Burnside, Santa Monica Beach, 1948.

Marilyn on the set of The Seven Year Itch, photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 1954.

Portrait of Marilyn by Jock Carroll, 1952.

Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits, photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 1960.

Photographed by Alfed Eisenstaedt for LIFE magazine, May 1953.

Photographed by Milton Greene, February 21, 1955.