Marilyn Monroe’s Personal 1962 Phone Books

From the Estate of Marilyn Monroe, a pair of personal telephone books from 1962, each extensively annotated in Marilyn’s own hand. Measuring approximately 7 by 9 inches, one volume is bound in green calfskin with a gold border stamped on the front cover, the other in black vinyl.

The black telephone book lists Marilyn’s residence as 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, Los Angeles 49, California, along with the phone number 4761890. A number written in Marilyn’s handwriting appears near the top of the page, adding a direct and unmistakable trace of her daily life.

These telephone books provide rare and intimate insight into Marilyn Monroe’s final year. They contain addresses and telephone numbers spanning both New York and Los Angeles and include entries for prominent actors, studio executives, members of the press, close friends, family members, and former husbands. Together, they map the network of professional and personal relationships that defined her world in 1962.

An undated memorandum from Cheri Redmond, Marilyn’s final secretary in 1962, accompanied the books. In it, she wrote:

“Miss Monroe, These are the new phone books. I thought you would like the white one for your bedroom, the green one for the family room or wherever else you want another copy kept in your home. I have also a set of sheets for the studio dressing room. If I could please have the black phonebook I brought up to date for you in New York. Cherie.”

Marilyn responded in her own handwriting: “No. I want to also keep my black book.”

In separate photographs of Marilyn’s sun room at her Brentwood home, the both the black telephone book and the green calfskin telephone book with the gold border can be seen resting on the coffee table.

Preserved today as part of The Marilyn Monroe Collection, these volumes stand as some of the most personal and revealing artifacts from the final chapter of her life.