Monroe, at this time, had not legally changed her birth name, Norma Jean, to her stage name, and she had married baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio a month prior. The couple honeymooned in Japan.

Misty Rowe in “Goodbye, Norma Jean” (1976) Ms. Rowe, who was a fixture on the TV series “Hee Haw,” portrays the troubled back story of the aspiring actress on her journey to fame.

A signed passport photo of Marilyn Monroe taken the day she and her new husband, Yankees great Joe DiMaggio, were prepping for their 1954 Japanese honeymoon sold for more than $21,000 at an ...