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Kelley, Tom, 1914-1984

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Personal name headingKelley, Tom, 1914-1984
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LocatedWest Hollywood (Calif.)
Birth date19141212
Death date19840108
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pa.
Field of activityPhotography Commercial photography
Profession or occupationPhotographers
Found inKelley, Tom. Tom Kelley's studio, 2014: title page (Tom Kelley)
Article on Wikipedia, accessed December 15, 2014: (Tom Kelley Senior born December 12, 1914, died January 8, 1984, photographed celebrities in the 1940's and 1950's. He is best known for his nude photographs of Marilyn Monroe which were distributed as calendar art, one of which was featured in the inaugural issue of Playboy magazine in 1953. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but moved to California in 1935. He established a photography studio in Hollywood and produced promotional photographs for motion picture stars. Later Kelley's business shifted to commercial and advertising photography)