Did you know? On this day in 1887 was the official registration of Hollywood. Happy birthday to Hollywood.
To celebrate, we’re looking back at one of our favorite Hollywood stars, and a (frequent) LIFE cover girl, Marilyn Monroe.
Few Hollywood stars of the 1950s and 1960s were so compelling, so utterly unique, that they actually came to define the era in which they worked and played. Marilyn Monroe was one of those stars.
From her earliest days as an actress, until late in her career, when she had, against her will, been cast in the public eye as the century’s ultimate Sex Goddess, Marilyn posed for LIFE magazine’s photographers. Many of those pictures never ran in the magazine — and, in fact, were never published anywhere. Until now.
(see more — Marilyn Monroe: Never-Published Photos)
