Marilyn Monroe Glows at ANPA

Black and white candid portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Milton Berle standing on stage and smiling into the microphone. Together they stood on stage of The Banshees Welcome Editors and Publishers 1955 ANPA annual convention in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Tuesday evening, April 26, 1955 in NYC. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. Milton Berle was an American actor and comedian. Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television.