The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (55 page)

 

At midnight on Saturday, August 4, 1962, Sergeant Jack Clemmons came on duty as watch commander at the West Los Angeles Police Department on Purdue Street. Clemmons's duties proved to be routine until the call that came in shortly before dawn. The caller identified himself as Dr. Hyman Engelberg and said, “Marilyn Monroe has died. She's committed suicide
.”

Baby Norma Jeane in a matching hat and dress made by Ida Bolender.
Robert Slatzer Collection

At the orphanage, Norma Jeane stands next to an unidentified friend.
Robert Slatzer Collection

On the sands of Ocean Park: To the left is Gladys Baker behind Norma Jeane. Sitting next to Gladys is her brother Marion and his wife, Olive, with their baby, Ida May. Marion disappeared several years after this photo was taken.
Fred Guiles Collection

Actor Murray Kinnell. He was the boarder at Gladys's home when Norma Jeane was molested.
Courtesy of the American Film Institute

Norma Jeane's father, Stan Gifford, stands to the right at a Consolidated Laboratories party.
Fred Guiles Collection

Jim Dougherty and Norma Jeane on Catalina Island.
George Zeno Collection, courtesy of James Dougherty

By 1946 Norma Jeane Dougherty had become one of the Blue Book Agency's most popular models.
George Zeno Collection

Natasha Lytess and Marilyn at Fox in the early 1950s. Marilyn insisted that Natasha be hired by the studio as a drama coach.
Robert Slatzer Collection

Director Billy Wilder looks on during rehearsals for the famous scene above the subway grate in
The Seven Year Itch. Retna Ltd
.

Marilyn and Robert Slatzer in 1952.
Robert Slatzer Collection

Joe DiMaggio in one of his rare studio visits, on the set of
Monkey Business
with Marilyn and costar Cary Grant.
Robert Slatzer Collection

Marilyn, in front of her home, with attorney Jerry Geisler as he announces the end of the DiMaggio marriage.
MPTV Archives