39. Marilyn’s career actually started by accident. She was noticed by photographer David Conover while she was working on an assembly line at Radioplane, a munitions factory.
This is an origin story that almost sounds too good to be true. Working in a factory on an assembly line, you’re noticed by a photographer—and now suddenly you’re famous? That is so unlikely!
It’s fitting for Marilyn’s story that this is how it all started, though. It seems to fit perfectly into her journey.