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Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift

Contact sheet of images showing actors Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift together during the filming of 'A Place in the Sun' (directed by George Stevens) in Hollywood, California - 1950. (📷 Peter Stackpole/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #ElizabethTaylor #MontgomeryClift #ContactSheet #FilmStars #Actors #APlaceintheSun #1950s #Hollywood

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Junior Bridesmaid Hair

Brigitte Bardot: Rare and Classic Photos of the Original 'Sex Kitten'

French actress Brigitte Bardot holds a camera during a break in filming, 1965. It's difficult for anyone who was not alive at the time to grasp the galvanizing effect that Bardot had as an actress and as a sex symbol on moviegoers around the world in the 1950s and early 1960s. Click the link to see the young Bardot in a series of pictures from our archive — most of which never ran in the magazine. (📷 Ralph Crane/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #BrigitteBardot #1960s

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Sophia Loren: Rare and Classic Photos of a Movie Legend

Sophia Loren picking roses in a garden at her Italian villa, 1964. Powerful, enduring relationships can sometimes develop between photographers and their subjects. Such was the case with LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt and the luminous Italian film star, Sophia Loren. Throughout their decades-long friendship, Eisenstaedt took countless pictures of the Oscar-winning actress most of which never made it into the pages of LIFE. Click the link to see more! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection)

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Angeles

Los Angeles

Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

Icons of the 20th Century - LIFE

Contact sheet of Katharine Hepburn from LIFE Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt's office, 1941. See more legends from the LIFE Archive by clicking the link! ✨ (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #AlfredEisenstaedt #KatharineHepburn #1940s #Actress #LIFELegend #ContactSheet

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Marilyn Monroe Outfits

Klasik Hollywood

Marilyn Monroe Wallpaper

Marilyn Monroe Fotos

Estilo Marilyn Monroe

Stars D'hollywood

Marilyn Monroe Life

Milton Greene

Marilyn Monroe: Rare Early Photos of the Young Actress in 1950

Few stars of the 1950s were so compelling, so singular, that they came to define the era in which they lived and in which they created their most enduring work. Marilyn Monroe was one of those stars - see more rare photos of Marilyn by clicking the link! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1953/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #MarilynMonroe #LIFELegend #Hollywood #Star #1950s #Actress #AlfredEisenstaedt

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Concert For Bangladesh

Ray Charles: Rare and Classic Photos of an American Genius, 1966

Ray Charles singing, with arms outstretched, during a performance at Carnegie Hall - New York, 1966. See more photos of the musical genius on and off stage by clicking the link! 🎙️ (📷 Bill Ray/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #RayCharles #NYC #CarnegieHall #BehindtheScenes #Singer #Performer #LIFELegend #1960s

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Grace Kelly

Actress Grace Kelly reading a script during a break in filming for her role as Georgie in "The Country Girl", April 1954. (📷 Ed Clark/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #GraceKelly #Actress #Hollywood #Royal #BehindtheScenes #Filming #LIFELegend

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1920s Woman

Anna May Wong

Iconic Photographs

Margaret Bourke White

Anna May Wong

Portrait of American actress Wong Liu Tsong, better known as Anna May Wong. She is widely considered to be the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. 🎞️ Appearing in more than 60 movies, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and is highly regarded as a champion for greater representation of Asian Americans in film and television. (📷 Mansell Collection/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #AnnaMayWong #Hollywood #LIFELegend #Iconic #Actress #Advocate

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Norma Jean

Jane Russell

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Male Dancer

Marilyn Monroe Photos

Jennifer Hudson

Norma Jeane

Comedy Films

Marilyn Monroe: On the Set of 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'

Actress Marilyn Monroe performing on stage in the movie 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', May 1953. See more photos of the film set from the LIFE Archive by clicking the link! 📽️ (📷 Ed Clark/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #MarilynMonroe #Actress #Hollywood #1950s #GentlemenPreferBlondes #OnSet

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Relatable Girl

Life Magazine Photos

Audrey Hepburn Movies

Audrey Hepburn Inspired

Audrey Hepburn Photos

Audrey Hepburn Style

Intimate Photos

Fair Lady

Audrey Hepburn in 1953: Intimate Photos of a Star at Home

January 20th, 1993: Today marks the 31st anniversary of the death of one of Hollywood's most beloved actors, Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn graced the cover of LIFE Magazine several times during her lifetime, and today we remember her legacy - click the link for more. (📷 Allan Grant, 1956/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #AudreyHepburn #AllanGrant #LIFELegends #Hollywood #1950s #Actress #Humanitarian

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Katharine Hepburn

Actress Katharine Hepburn in a pleated evening dress holding a cigarette on the Broadway set of "The Philadelphia Story," 1939. (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFEPictureCollection #KatharineHepburn #AlfredEisenstaedt #Actress #1930s #ThePhiladelphiaStory #Broadway

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Picasso Light Painting

Pablo Picasso Drawings

Gjon Mili

Light Drawing

Picasso Drawing

Light Painting Photography

Drawings Photography

Acrylic Painting Lessons

Exposure Photography

Picasso Light Drawing

Marilyn Monroe: Rare Early Photos of the Young Actress in 1950

Marilyn Monroe reading scripts on a bench at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California - August, 1950. Click the link for more Marilyn! ❤️ (📷 Ed Clark/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFEPictureCollection #MarilynMonroe #EdClark #Hollywood #California #Actress #LIFELegends #1950s

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Shirley Mcclain

Charlie Mccarthy

Winter Garden Theatre

Shirley MacLaine

American actress Shirley MacLaine dressed in a bat costume during the production of the film 'Artists & Models' (directed by Frank Tashlin), Hollywood, California - 1955. See more from Insider’s View: LIFE Goes Backstage with the Stars by clicking! 🦇 (📷 Loomis Dean/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFEPictureCollection #LoomisDean #1950s #ShirleyMacLaine #Costume #Hollywood #Backstage

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Photography Prints Art

Amy Winehouse

Life Pictures

Ella Fitzgerald

Singer Ella Fitzgerald holding a basket of flowers as she sings 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket' in front of a backdrop, 1946. (📷 Eliot Elisofon/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFELegends #EllaFitzgerald #Singer #1940s