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Peggy Martin in Ladies of
the Chorus(1948), where
she sang two numbers.
Notices from the critics
were favorable for her, if
not the film, but Columbia
dropped her. Once again
Marilyn returned to
modeling. In 1949, she
appeared in United
Artists' Love
Happy (1949). It was also
that same year she posed
nude for the now famous
calendar shot which was
later to appear in Playboy
magazine in 1953 and
further boost her career.
She would be the first
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centerfold in that
magazine's long and
illustrious history. The
next year proved to be a
good year for Marilyn.
She appeared in five films,
but the good news was
that she received very
good notices for her roles
in two of them, The
Asphalt Jungle (1950)
from MGM and All About
Eve (1950) from Fox.
Even though both roles
were basically not much
more than bit parts, movie
fans remembered her ditzy
but very sexy blonde
performance.