Marilyn Monroe plastic surgery notes, X-rays up for auction

Doctors used the name Joan Newman as Monroe's alias on the X-rays which list her height as five-foot-six (1.68 m) and her weight as 115lbs (52 kg).

 

Hollywood history: A physician's notes on Marilyn Monroe (left, in 1940s and right, in 1950s) and X-rays that indicate that she had cosmetic surgery will be on auction next month

A self-published memoir by Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Norman Leaf in 2010 claimed that Monroe underwent cosmetic surgery on her chin in 1950

'Nobody thought [she had plastic surgery],' said Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien's Auctions, of the actress (pictured in 1949, pre-surgery). 'They thought she was such a natural beauty'