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Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962
In 1959, although Jack Lemmon was nominated for an Academy Award for Some Like It Hot, his co-star, Marilyn Monroe -- who played her signature role as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in the film -- was not. In fact, Monroe went her entire fifteen-year film career, during which she made twenty-nine films, without an Oscar nomination.
Philippe Halsman took this photograph on Monroe in 1952 for Life magazine. Halsman later said, "she smiled, flirted, giggled and wriggled with delight. During the hour I kept her cornered she enjoyed herself royally, and I ... took between 40 and 50 pictures."
Philippe Halsman, 1952
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