6-Year-Old Marilyn Monroe at the Hollywood Bowl (Photo Exclusive)
- Apr 7, 2023
- 2 min read
Can you spot young Marilyn Monroe in the children’s chorus at the Hollywood Bowl’s 1933 Easter Sunrise Service?
In a 1955 profile by Maurice Zolotow, the actress said that when she was 6 or 7, she was selected by her elementary school to be one of the children who form the event’s “living cross.” Per the tradition, at sunrise when the conductor gives the signal, they all drop their black robes to reveal white tunics underneath.
However, she was distracted. “I got so interested watching the sky, I forgot to pay attention and I was the only child who forgot to throw off her black robe. I was the only black mark on a white cross.”
