In 1949, a cash-strapped, jobless Monroe posed nude for pinup photographer Tom Kelley in exchange for the $50 she needed to make a car payment, as described in her friend, photographer George Barris' 1995 book, Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words. That was, of course, because neither was legally required. READ MORE: Inside Marilyn Monroe's Final Days and Fragile State of Mind Monroe took the nude photos because she needed to pay her bills In fact, when the late Hugh Hefner used "the famous Marilyn Monroe nude" (the exact words emblazoned upon the publication's splashy inaugural cover) to launch the men's lifestyle and entertainment glossy - and his storied Playboy brand as a whole - in 1953, Monroe hadn't consented to the then-four-year-old images' use, nor had Hefner directly paid her a dime. Survivors also include his wife Carla, another daughter, Stephanie and his mentee, Xavier Clemente.The naked truth about Marilyn Monroe's famed appearance on the first Playboy cover: The iconic blonde bombshell (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) never actually posed for the magazine at all. Eisenhower's personal photographer for the welcoming Victory Parade in New York on June 19, 1945. Army and served in the office of public relations during World War II. His daughter also said that he photographed Chubby Checker for the singer's "The Twist" record cover.Ī native of New York City, Barris enlisted in the U.S. While on assignment for Cosmopolitan, Barris photographed Elizabeth Taylor while she filmed Cleopatra (1963) in Rome, and during his career he also shot such stars as Steve McQueen, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, Sophia Loren and Walt Disney.
He said that he never believed that her death was a suicide. "When I first saw her, I thought she was the most beautiful, fantastic person I'd ever met," Barris told the Los Angeles Daily News in 2012. He said that they had been working on the book together.Įight of his prints, several of which showed Monroe in a bikini or wrapped in a towel, were sold at auction in May 2015.īarris and Monroe became friends after they met on the set of The Seven-Year Itch (1955). In 1995, Barris published a book, Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs, that featured his iconic photos.
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