This was Norma Jean Dougherty, a young girl posing for a photo
in 1943. Little did she know that she would become one of the
biggest stars in the world a few years after this photo was taken.

This girl went on to become Marilyn Monroe. She started out as
a model and slowly made her way into Hollywood. The rest is
history.

Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)

    
 Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962)   
    
    
   

Norma Jeane Mortenson—who would later become better
known around the world as the glamorous actress and sex
symbol Marilyn Monroe—was born on June 1, 1926, in Los
Angeles, California. She was later given her mother’s name,
and baptized Norma Jeane Baker.

After a tumultuous childhood—both maternal grandparents
and her mother were committed to mental institutions, and
she lived with a string of foster families. Norma Jeane married
one of her neighbors, James Dougherty, when she was 16. He
later joined the Merchant Marines and was sent to the South
Pacific during World War II. A photographer “discovered” the
naturally photogenic Norma Jeane while she was working in
a California munitions factory, and she was soon launched
into a successful modeling career. She divorced Dougherty
in June 1946 and soon after signed a film contract with 20th
Century Fox.

1961

The Seven Year Itch, a 1955 romantic comedy film
directed by Billy Wilder.

Venetia Stevenson (born Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson)
(10 March 1938 – 26 September 2022)

Venetia Stevenson, an English-American model, actress and
daughter of Hollywood luminaries who appeared in films including Darby’s Rangers, Island of Lost Women and Horror
Hotel after being labeled “the most photogenic girl in the world”,
has died. She was 84.

According to her brother, actor and photographer Jeffrey Byron,
Stevenson died Monday at a health care facility in Atlanta, Ga.
(The Hollywood Reporter)

Ann Turner Cook with a poster of a charcoal drawing
of her as an infant used on Gerber baby food products.(AP)

The original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook, passed away at the
age of 95 on Friday, June 3. The news was shared in a statement
from Gerber on Instagram.

Cook, who was born in 1926, was the model for the Gerber Baby
artwork which was seen on baby food packages of the Gerber
Products Company. She was also a mystery novelist.

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)

Marilyn Monroe was a model, film actress and icon. She
became one of the most popular sex symbols of the
1950s and early 1960s.

The American Film Institute ranked her sixth  on their list
of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden
Age of Hollywood.      

1959