Marilyn Monroe Upstaged By Dog In First Ever Photoshoot? (PHOTO)

Photographer Bruno Bernard took thousands of photographs of Marilyn Monroe -- including the iconic white dress images as she stood over a subway grate. However, in a new book, Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, his daughter Susan Bernard reveals that, at Monroe’s first ever professional photoshoot, she felt upstaged by a dog!

"Bruno first laid eyes on Norma Jean on Sunset Boulevard right after a dentist appointment," Susan told me. "He gave her his business card and she came the very next morning to do the test shots. Those shots were enough to book her on her first job which was a bandage advertisement, where Norma Jean would be bandaging a dog that same week."

For the shoot, Bruno borrowed his dentist's dog, Rolf, who happened to be the closest dog in proximity to the studio. Everything was great at the shoot and Jean even fed the pooch treats from the box, which you can see in the image. But when she saw the images, she felt she was upstaged by the dog.

"And from that moment on, there was never a time when Norma Jean/Marilyn wasn't the most important thing in the room," Susan tells me.

After that, according to Susan, Norma became Marilyn and she was never professionally photographed with a four-legged friend again.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story did not attribute Monroe's refusal to be photographed with dogs. It was photographer Bruno Bernard's daughter, Susan who provided the information.

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• 1948: American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), born Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles, begins the process of applying her make-up. (Photo by John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images)

• circa 1950: American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), poses for a photograph taken to promote the 1950 classic 'All About Eve', in which she has a cameo role. (Photo by John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images)

• circa 1947: American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) reading an LA telephone directory near the Los Angeles city limits. (Photo by John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images)

• circa 1952: Half-length portrait of American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) laughing, her hand raised to her cheek, wearing a low cut dress trimmed in jewels. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• 1950: Full-length view of American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) reclining in a black cocktail dress, in a promotional portrait for director John Huston's film 'The Asphalt Jungle'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• 1954: American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). (Photo by Baron/Getty Images)

• Norma Jeane Baker, future film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), tries her hand at sand skiing, circa 1943. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• CIRCA 1953: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in circa 1953. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

• CIRCA 1951: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in circa 1951. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

• OCTOBER 22: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait to publicize the release of the movie 'Ladies Of The Chorus' which was released on October 22, 1948. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

• MARCH 3: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait to publicize the movie 'Love Happy' which was released on March 3, 1950. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

• CIRCA 1952: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in circa 1952. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

• CIRCA 1952: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in circa 1952. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

• American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) wearing a polka dot bikini, circa 1951. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

• UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Marilyn MONROE; Posed portrait of Marilyn Monroe (Photo by John Rodgers/Redferns)

• LOS ANGELES - 1953: Actress Marilyn Monroe leans on a Singer Automobile as she poses for a portrait on the set of the movie 'How To Marry A Millionaire' which was released in 1953. (Photo by Frank Worth, Courtesy of Emage International/Getty Images)

• LOS ANGELES - 1949: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portait wearing a bathing suit in high heeled shoes in 1949.. (Photo by Frank Worth, Courtesy of Emage International/Getty Images)