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Marilyn Monroe

The world’s most prominent actress risked her career by standing up to one of Hollywood’s mega-studios, proving that behind the beauty was also a very savvy businesswoman. 

An ambitious young magazine editor and a tormented photographer together discovered a Marilyn Monroe nobody knew

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