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Marilyn Monroe’s savings account booklet from the Trade Bank and Trust Company of New York City, twelve pages, 3.5 x 5, with the first statement page identifying the account holder in type as “Marilyn Monroe,” with passbook serial number “C 3816,” a number also present on the front cover. Only the opening page contains account details, consisting of a deposit of $10,000 on January 5, 1956, and a withdrawal of the untouched deposit on October 16, 1957; with accrued interest, Monroe withdrew a total of $10,471.72. The first two pages are stamped twice “Cancelled.” In very fine condition.
There’s no specific record explaining why Marilyn Monroe left the $10,000 untouched, but it was likely simply a savings deposit. She made it in January 1956 during a busy and transformative period in her life, when she was living in New York, studying at the Actors Studio, filming Bus Stop, and was soon to marry playwright Arthur Miller. It’s possible she set the money aside as a reserve, leaving it in the account to accrue interest until withdrawing the full balance in October 1957.
