Following her separation from DiMaggio, Marilyn moved into an elegant 1930s apartment building in West Hollywood. Known today as The Granville and as the Voltaire back then, the property is no stranger to celebrities. Marilyn’s penthouse apartment was once owned and remodelled by actor Portia de Rossi, wife of Ellen DeGeneres. It sold for $1.9 million (£1.4m) in 2023.

Historic and highly elegant, both Marilyn's 2,032-square-foot (188sqm) penthouse apartment and the building itself boast gorgeous structural elements, floor-to-ceiling windows, and amazing views. Despite the building's charms, little less than a year after she moved in, Marilyn left Hollywood and headed for New York City, where she married her third and final husband...

Marilyn Monroe's life story told through her beautiful homes