Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an embl
Monroe in 1953
Monroe as an infant, c. 1927
Monroe with her first husband, James Dougherty, c. 1943–44. They married when she was sixteen and divorced in 1946, when she was twenty.
A photo of Monroe taken by David Conover in 1944 at the Radioplane Company
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her buxom figure, and h
Mansfield in 1957
Mansfield at a Zurich premiere in 1957
Mansfield departs by helicopter to Rotterdam, Netherlands (1957)
Promotional photo for Kiss Them for Me (1957)