Born in New York City, American photojournalist Allan Grant (1919-2008) was introduced to photography as a teenager, when he traded a model airplane for a camera. One of his early jobs was in a photo laboratory, where he printed photos by noted photographers such as Alfred Eisenstaedt and Robert Capa.
Grant began working for Life in 1945 on a freelance basis. The magazine hired him full-time in 1946, after a photo he took at a Connecticut sailing school made the cover of an issue. He also had the last photo shoot with actress Marilyn Monroe and took the first photos of Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, following U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Grant left Life magazine in the late 1960s and began producing educational documentaries.
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| Celebrities taken by Allan Grant from between 1940s and 1950s |
Grant began working for Life in 1945 on a freelance basis. The magazine hired him full-time in 1946, after a photo he took at a Connecticut sailing school made the cover of an issue. He also had the last photo shoot with actress Marilyn Monroe and took the first photos of Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, following U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Grant left Life magazine in the late 1960s and began producing educational documentaries.
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| Dorothy Lamour, 1947 |
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| 'Showgirls In Florida', January 1947 |
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| 'Showgirls In Florida', January 1947 |
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| 'Showgirls In Florida', January 1947 |
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| 'Showgirls In Florida', January 1947 |
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| US film and television actress, Wenda Hendrix in 1947 |
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| Dizzy Gillespie, October 1948 |
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| Dizzy Gillespie, practicing with his orchestra before a performance, 1948 |
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| Jane Wyman, March 1948 |
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| Patricia Neal in 'The Fountainhead', 1948 |
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| The Andrews Sisters, February 1948 |
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| Shelley Winters dancing and singing in scene from movie 'East of Java', 1949 |
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| Shelley Winters from the movie 'East of Java', 1949 |
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| Jackie Robinson during filming of 'The Jackie Robinson Story', February 1950 |
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| Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are clowning around on the set of 'The Stooge', 1951 |
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| Jerry Lewis is heckling director Norman Taurog during the making of 'The Stooge', March 1951 |
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| Edith Piaf with Marlene Dietrich, 1952 |
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| Marlene Dietrich, September 1952 |
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| Actress Pier Angeli, June 1954 |
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| Actress Pier Angeli, June 1954 |
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| Director George Stevens working on the movie 'Giant' with actor Rock Hudson, August 1955 |
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| Edith Head, August 1955 |
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| Gregory Peck on set, August 1955 |
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| Jean Anne Evans, 14-month-old Texas girl kissing her horse, July 1955 |
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| Russ Tamblyn doing a flip on the sidewalk with starlet Venetia Stevenson, August 1955 |
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| Buster Keaton and Donald O'Connor are holding up their 'dukes' while practicing for a movie based on Keaton's life, July 1956 |
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| Grace Kelly at the 28th Academy Awards in 1956 |
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| Carey Grant and Suzy Parker, his co-star in the film 'Kiss Them For Me', July 1957 |
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| Edith Head, May 1957 |
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| Suzy Parker, July 1957 |
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| Angie Dickinson in costume for the film 'Rio Bravo', July 1958 |
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| Angie Dickinson is on set with director Howard Hawks working on the movie 'Rio Bravo', 1958 |
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| Abbe Lane dancing, February 1959 |
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| Actress dancer Abbe Lane, February 1959 |
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| Millie Perkins is reading reviews of the movie 'Diary of Anne Frank', 1959 |
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| Shirley MacLaine and her 2-year-old daughter Sachi Parker, 1959 |
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| Shirley MacLaine and her 2-year-old daughter Sachi Parker, 1959 |
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| Tony Curtis with his family, January 1959 |
