Marilyn Monroe’s Personal Receipts From the Carey Cadillac Limousine Renting Company, 1962

From the Personal Files of Marilyn Monroe: This group of eleven original receipts from the Carey Cadillac Renting Company documents Marilyn Monroe’s use of private limousine transportation during the final months of her life in 1962. The receipts provide detailed records of her travel on specific dates in February, May, and June of that year, outlining the logistical arrangements supporting her professional and personal movements throughout Los Angeles.

Among the most historically significant entries is the receipt dated June 1, 1962, documenting Monroe’s transportation on what would become her final day of filming on Something’s Got to Give at Twentieth Century Fox. That same day marked Monroe’s thirty sixth birthday, a moment captured in photographs showing her on set, actively engaged in her work.

Carey Cadillac Renting Company was a premier limousine service frequently used by prominent figures in the entertainment industry, providing reliable and discreet transportation. These receipts reflect the infrastructure that supported Monroe’s daily life and professional commitments during a period when she remained actively involved in film production.

Preserved among Monroe’s personal files, these documents provide rare, precise documentation of her movements during the closing chapter of her career. They stand as tangible records connecting directly to the final weeks of Marilyn Monroe’s life and her last completed work in motion pictures.

Marilyn Monroe’s Final Birthday

Proof She Wasn’t Home Alone

June 1, 1962 marked Marilyn Monroe’s final public appearance at Dodger Stadium, where she took part in pre game ceremonies to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation. She wore a costume from her final film, Something’s Got to Give. Angels outfielder Albie Pearson escorted her to the pitcher’s mound.

Pearson later recalled, “When she took her life, or whatever happened, it really devastated me. I looked into her eyes and she looked so lonely. I remembered every Bible verse I ever learned while I was staring at her. She asked me, ‘What? What is it you want to tell me?’ I didn’t want her to think I was some kind of a religious nut, so I held it in. It put my life on a different path from that day on. I saw past that woman’s beauty. I saw a lonesome, searching person. Her sadness had a profound effect on me.”

June 1 was also Marilyn’s final birthday. She turned 36. While some accounts suggest she spent the day alone at home, documentation from her personal files tells a very different story.

The original June 1, 1962 invoice from the Carey Cadillac Renting Company, now part of The Marilyn Monroe Collection, records her movements throughout the day.

Her driver, Rudy Kautzsky, picked her up at her Brentwood home at 5:15 AM and took her to Fox Studios. From there, Marilyn was driven to Beverly Hills for shopping, back to the studio, then to Westwood for additional errands, and again back to Fox.

Later, she was driven to 601 Mountain Drive, the home of her Something’s Got to Give co star Dean Martin. Marilyn had promised to take his ten year old son, Dean Paul Martin, to the Angels game with her.

She then went to Dodger Stadium for the evening appearance, returned home afterward, and later went to La Scala restaurant. After dinner, she was driven to Fox Studios, likely to return her costume, then home, then back to La Scala a second time, and finally home.

The invoice shows Marilyn was dropped off at her Brentwood residence at 12:30 AM on June 2.

Her driver, Rudy Kautzsky, remained one of the few trusted individuals in her inner circle. His presence at her funeral is documented in the final photo, where he is circled among those in attendance.