Life
Marilyn, age 16, with her teacher, Hans Clemons
1940
Marilyn, age 17
1941
Marilyn, age 18, professional debut as Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute)
Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles
1942
Marilyn, age 18, as Adele (Die Fledermaus)
Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles
1942
Marilyn, age 19
1943
Marilyn, age 21
1945
Marilyn, age 22, debut with the Minneapolis Symphony
1946
Broadway debut as Lucy in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Telephone
1947
Marilyn, age 24, after winning the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air
1948
Marilyn as Despina (Cosi fan tutte) with Central City Opera
1948
Wig fitting for Mignon
Featured in the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
1949
Rehearsing for Mignon with co-star Risë Stevens
Featured in the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
1949
Marilyn as Philine in Mignon
Featured in the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
