Photos of a Pregnant Marilyn Monroe

EXCLUSIVE: Never-before-seen pictures of secretly pregnant Marilyn Monroe, who confided to her close friend that her Let’s Make Love co-star Yves Montand was the baby’s father – not husband Arthur Miller

Marilyn Monroe’s friend Frieda Hull kept the color pictures she took of Marilyn’s baby bump private but were sold as part of Frieda’s estate last year
The pictures were taken in July, 1960 in New York City; Marilyn was 34 years old
Marilyn and married French actor Yves Montand began working together on Let’s Make Love in February of that year and their affair began soon after
The images were the prized possession of Hull, who worked for Pan Am and became close to the star while part of a group of fans known as the Monroe Six
Frieda dubbed the pictures ‘the pregnant slides’ – a reference to a shocking secret the screen siren kept right up until her death
Tony Michaels, a friend and neighbor of Frieda’s, bought the images at the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Marilyn Memorabilia Auction held by Julien’s Auctions in LA
Michaels was told by Frieda that Marilyn lost the baby. ‘It was never made clear whether that was by way of a miscarriage or even an abortion’