Marilyn Monroe's Beauty Evolution

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June 1, 2011

Truman Capote on Marilyn in The Asphalt Jungle

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Truman Capote on Marilyn in The Asphalt Jungle

"With her tresses invisible, and her complexion cleared of all cosmetics, she looked twelve years old, a pubescent virgin who had just been admitted to an orphanage and is grieving her plight."

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by Jaime Richards 8

Truman Capote on Marilyn in The Asphalt Jungle

"With her tresses invisible, and her complexion cleared of all cosmetics, she looked twelve years old, a pubescent virgin who had just been admitted to an orphanage and is grieving her plight."

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8 Comments

dianagl 39 weeks 1 day

You know most of those quotes aren't by Marilyn (like that Imperfection is beauty etc; she was a perfectionist, and her family had a history of insanity/madness....)

Annie Tomlin 1 year 39 weeks

Yeah, Marilyn was definitely not dumb. She played dumb (brilliantly!) for the ditzy roles she had, but in her free time, she was reading Schopenhauer. I've always felt bad for her — so desperate for love and respect, and almost girlish in her desire for those things. She was, as Truman Capote put it, a beautiful child.

amandachalynn 2 years 49 weeks

Anon, it's because most women don't look like Marilyn. Also, the hair doesn't look natural, and it didn't on her either.

nyxmoxie 2 years 49 weeks

I love the last photo, she looks stunning without trying too hard. I don't believe that she was an idiot, but she had an unhappy childhood from what I've read and she had such an unhappy life, poor thing. I like the photos where she isn't trying too hard to look sexy, somehow she is much more beautiful in those ones.

joliz 2 years 50 weeks

That 10th photo is GORGEOUS, she looks so happy. I'm of the belief a smile makes someone beautiful and sexy

2 years 50 weeks

a quick question about her hair and eyebrows. how come many colorist tell people it's not okey to have bolnde hair and dark eyebrows? marilyn pulled it off? didnt she?