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One of the ten never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe in 1954 by George Barris on exhibit at the Andrew Weiss Gallery in Beverly Hills, Wednesday, June 1 homecoming dresses , 2011. Wednesday would have been Marilyn MonroeÕs 85th birthday and the "Happy Birthday Marilyn" exhibit includes ten never-before-seen photos by George Barris. Also featured are photos by Bill Carroll, Lazlo Willinger, Bert Stern, Milton Greene and Tom Kelly. The exhibit runs from June 2 through Aug. 13.

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She's been gone for nearly a half-century, but the bombshell known as Marilyn will forever strike it hot.

On Wednesday, which would have been her 85th birthday formal wedding guest dresses , fans from across the globe hailed the former San Fernando Valley star as a Beverly Hills gallery debuted an exhibit of never-before-seen Marilyn Monroe photographs.

"Our warmest and deepest congratulations to the most beautiful, unique and stunning woman on earth," writes a German fan club in one of more than 100 birthday missives sent for the "Happy Birthday Marilyn" exhibit.

"You are Joyce and Shakespeare in the same way," adds a fan from France. "Beautiful and difficult to translate. ... We miss you. We love you." | Click here to see Daily News gallery photos.

The Andrew Weiss Gallery, which claims the largest archive of Marilyn photos in the world, has hung more than 100 rare or never-before-seen images in what may be the most comprehensive Marilyn exhibition ever.

There's the Bill Carroll shot, among the earliest, of a 19-year-old Norma Jeane Baker before she had morphed into a sultrier Marilyn. Prints begin at $1,250 for a sweater or Malibu bikini shot.

There are the works of Tom Kelley, Milton

And then there are the never-shown images of George Barris, short homecoming dresses short homecoming dresses who took the penultimate pictures of Monroe, before she overdosed on barbituates in 1962.

A unique 30-by-40-inch Barris print known as "The Crucifix" of the beloved star sells for $35,000.

'Historic' exhibition

And in a first exhibition of its kind, the birthday wishes of the Marilyn Remembered Fan Club are being featured alongside images of the Playboy and silver-screen legend. The gallery is still seeking birthday card submissions.

"It's historic," said Lily Yu, director of the 40-year-old Weiss gallery. "It matters because she means so many things to so many people - from coming from nothing to living the dream of being a movie star and model.

"It's beyond her body. It's empowerment."

For some, she was the original Oprah, but with a soft baby-like voice. For others red prom dresses , she had curves that could captivate kings. And ex-husbands from high school sweetheart James Dougherty of Van Nuys to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller.

It was as a 16-year-old student at Van Nuys High School - which she attended from 1941 to 1942 with Jane Russell - that Baker married Dougherty before launching her modeling career.

And winning a world full of adoring fans.

Including a 10-year-old boy ogling a drive-in screen in Monroe, Wis., during a re-release of "Some Like it Hot." Who melted before the larger-than-life blond.

"I was overwhelmed, with the incredible glamor," said Greg Schneider, of Los Angeles, who co-founded Marilyn Remembered 28 years ago. "She was magic. Glowing on the screen.

"She captured my heart."

Thus began a lifelong devotion. And one of the world's largest collections of Marilyn memorabilia - from her bungalow bedroom dresser, kitchen fridge and a dozen Marilyn movie dresses , including the white satin, chiffon and beaded number from "The Prince and the Showgirls."

Schneider said the Beverly Hills exhibit shows not just the glamorous Marilyn, but the personal Marilyn. The real Marilyn.

"Her soul speaks through all these photos," he said."

It was in July 1954 that a freelance photographer in New York City answered a call to shoot pictures of Monroe on the location of the "Seven Year Itch."

Photographer mesmerized

George Barris had seen her photos and knew she would be a star.

But when he climbed a brownstone on 62nd Street, dresses for wedding dresses for wedding he found the 28-year-old model leaning out a second-story window - and the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.

And lunged for his Rolleiflex camera.

"I just saw her posterior. And I said, `I've got to photograph this.' She must have heard the shutter," recalled Barris, now 88, of Newbury Park. "She turned around and smiled.

"And said, nordstrom dresses nordstrom dresses 'I'll take a dozen of those."'

It was nearly a decade later that Barris, who photographed Elizabeth Taylor on the set of "Cleopatra," wished Marilyn a happy birthday on the Fox set for "Something's Got to Give."

One last shoot

In the summer of 1962, he was collaborating with Marilyn on a book. Unencumbered by makeup summer guest wedding dresses , he photographed her at a friend's house in North Hollywood and on the beach at Santa Monica.

He could see sadness in her eyes, he said. And he knew that her heart was breaking. Aside from a brief Life magazine shoot, it would be the last in-depth session with Monroe. She died on Aug. 5, at 36.

"Here was this beautiful woman," said Barris, emotional about the loss of his friend. "If only she had the love and kindness she deserved, hot graduation dresses hot graduation dresses she would have lived a lot longer. ... She lived alone, unfortunately, and she died alone."

Every year, he remembers her birthday. Now he says it's time he share his private prints.

"I feel she belongs to the world, and her fans," Barris said. "I want to share them with the people who love her."

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