Marilyn Monroe at the Getty Images gallery – in pictures

Marilyn Monroe on the balcony of the Ambassador hotel in New York, March 1955 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Photograph: Action images Sporting a two-piece polka dot bathing suit and heels, January 1951 Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Monroe photographed by Ted Baron at her home in Palm Springs, January 1954 Photograph: Baron/Getty Images Photograph: Baron/Action images Monroe in Hollywood agent Johnny Hyde's backyard in Beverly Hills, 1950 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Photograph: Action images At the Ambassador hotel, preparing to see the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, March 1955 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Photograph: Action images Monroe posing on a rooftop about three years before her rise to international stardom Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: Action images Monroe cycles alongside her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, in August 1956 Photograph: Harold Clements/Getty Images Arriving at the premiere of There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954 Photograph: Murray Garrett/Getty Images