Some rare photographs taken between the shoots of 1961 film Misfits, the last film she completed, show a relaxed side of the Hollywood icon, who is synonymous with old Hollywood glamour.
In the newly released images, the actress is dressed-down in a simple white shirt and her hair is plaited in pig tails. She looks sombre but relaxed.
Monroe committed suicide only a year after completing the film, which was written by her ex-husband Arthur Miller. It was directed by John Huston and also starred Clark Gable. The film tells the story of a depressed divorcee’s chance encounter with an ageing cowboy.
Other photos also show a fresh-faced Marilyn caught off-guard wrapped in a towel, reading the script between takes and standing at her trailer door sipping coffee as she chats to co-star Montgomery Clift, Daily Mail reported.
These eight intimate images have been captured by photo-journalist Eve Arnold and are on display in the US.
Recalling his association with the star, 98-year-old photographer said: “She was going places but she hadn’t arrived. She liked my pictures and was canny enough to realise that they were a fresh approach for presenting her — a looser, more intimate look than the posed studio portraits she was used to in Hollywood.