Sir Laurence Olivier and Lady Olivier (Vivien Leigh) meeting with Marilyn Monroe and husband Arthur Miller at London Airport, 1956

Close-up of Marilyn Monroe, 1956

Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during a press conference for "The Prince and the Showgirl" in London, 1956

Marilyn in white halter neck cotton sheath featuring eyelets and sash in pink by Dorothy Jeakins who most likely also designed Jane Russell's dress for the occasion, June 26, 1953

Marilyn is wearing a hat of Italian straw and cascading roses by Laddie Northridge of the Lord & Taylor salon, photo by Carl Perutz, American Weekly, April 1958

Marilyn's hair is styled by Kenneth as she is about to make her most famous appearance for President Kennedy's birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on March 19, 1962

Marilyn's famous 'subway' scene from "The Seven Year Itch", September 15, 1954

The first photograph ever taken of Marilyn in the dress that would become the most famous in movie history.

Marilyn in wig designed by Sydney Guilaroff for her role as Roslyn in the film "The Misfits", 1960

Marilyn tries a different hairstyle for her role in "The Misfits", 1959-60.

Marilyn in Travilla's glitzy costume for the movie "There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954

Marilyn is being escorted from a Manhattan hospital following gallbladder surgery, she is wearing a mint green Pucci sheath, July 11, 1961

Marilyn in publicity photo for one of her first important films "The Asphalt Jungle", directed by John Huston, 1950.

Marilyn has her hair styled by Kenneth Batelle for the Chicago premiere of "Some Like it Hot", March 1959

For her impromptu tour in Korea for USO, Marilyn wore this Ceil Chapman cocktail dress of deep eggplant crepe embroidered with bugle beads, it came with matching bolero jacket, February 1954

Marilyn wearing Ceil Chapman's bugle-beaded crepe sheath, reads Earl Wilson's "Look Who's Abroad Now", 1954

Marilyn wears Ceil Chapman's floor-length off-white crepe gown with ruching at the hips and sleeves for photographer Philippe Halsman's photo session which garnered her first LIFE cover on April 7, 1952

Marilyn in black crepe cocktail dress with the single shoulder strap balanced by the gathered fabric on the opposite hip, by Ceil Chapman, 1950.

Marilyn in red jersey gown with purple sash by Oleg Cassini gets her hair curled for the premiere of the film "Monkey Business" at the Stanley Theater in Atlantic City, September 1952

Cyd Charisse and Marilyn Monroe in costumes designed by Jean Louis in scene from the unfinished film "Something's Got To Give", 1962