During her lifetime the iconic sex symbol graced the cover of Life magazine six times.
Marilyn Monroe’s short career as an actress spanned just 15 years. In that time she made 32 films, and left one uncompleted. Her career took off in 1952 when she was cast in her first starring role in Don't Bother to Knock.
According to Life:
She [Marilyn] only graced LIFE’s cover six times while she was alive…. that’s fewer than Dwight Eisenhower, for example, while Liz Taylor holds the record with fourteen appearances on the cover of the premier photographic magazine of the age.
Also it might surprise some people to learn how seldom she actually appeared in the magazine itself.
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April 7, 1952 - Marilyn's debut cover, photographed by Philippe Halsman. According to Life, it became one of the most famous and collectible covers in the magazine's history.
May 25, 1953 - Marilyn and Jane Russell, promoting their film, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
April 20, 1959 - Marilyn was photographed for the cover by the legendary Richard Avedon. Inside the story promoted her recently released film, Some Like It Hot.
