The blonde did not know! 22 rare photos of the legendary actress Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, perhaps the most famous blonde in the world, and even with a heavy destiny. We used to see it in the way — with bright lips, wavy hair and famous face. In these photos you will see an entirely different Marilyn!

June 1926: the newborn Norma Jean Mortensen (baptized Baker) in the hands of his mother Gladys Baker. The father of the child is recorded according to his mother. After a few days the mother will give her to a foster family of Balangero: she worked a lot and couldn't give the baby enough time.

Beginning in 1927 the first official baby pictures. Already here she's openly smiling!

Summer, 1928: two-year Marilyn visited the Studio with foster parents. She stands firmly on her feet and does what the photographer asks.

Summer 1929: with the birth mother on the beach. In the first years of life of Gladys tried regularly to visit her.

1931: five-year Rule happily poses for the camera.

1933: seven curly-haired blonde loves dogs, and they respond to her affection. At this time, the birth mother took the baby from her foster home, but a year later Gladys found a mental disorder — paranoid schizophrenia, and the rest of her life she spent in the hospital. The girl alternately lived with girlfriends mother, grace McKee and various relatives.

1940: in Marilyn's life clearly was not a period of "ugly duckling" in adolescence. At 14 she looks great!

1941: 15-year-old Norma (rowing) takes her girlfriends across the pond by boat.

Autumn 1941: the girl working in a munitions factory that supplied the army during world war II.

1942: 16-year-old Norma married James Dougherty, to not be dependent on guardians. This marriage would last until 1946 and completed because of the prohibition of the husband shooting his wife in the ad.

1945: one of the first promo photos of Norma Jean, after which she was offered to become a model.

1946: the latest the girl with the dark hair.

1947: the aspiring actress has signed a contract with film Studio 20th Century Fox and changed her name. As a stage name was chosen one of the popular names of the time — Marilyn — and mother's maiden name — Monroe.

1947: Marilyn is studying acting, her image is much more like familiar to us.

1948: Monroe chooses the appropriate makeup. She mixes several shades of red on the lips, accentuates the eyes with a pencil and practicing the signature smile.

1948: few people know that Marilyn was a big fan of yoga and often showed friends their success.

The end of 1948: Monroe is always very serious about filming and even rehearsed in front of the samples.

1953: Marilyn, along with actress Jane Russell (they have played together in the movie "Gentlemen prefer blondes") left prints of hands and feet under construction near Grauman's Chinese theatre in Los Angeles.

1955: rare shot of Marilyn wearing cropped pants and the top of the home arguing with a friend.

1955: another unusual photo — actress about something thought and not looking at the camera.

1956: the wedding day with Arthur Miller, the actress seems very happy.

1960: in the break between filming of "the Misfits", the last in his career. 5 August 1962 after a long struggle with depression Marilyn Monroe took an overdose of pills and was found dead in his home.