# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-kelley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:21:34.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-kelley"
name: "Tom Kelley"
slug: "tom-kelley"
description: "Tom Kelley Sr. was an American photographer who photographed Hollywood celebrities in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his iconic 1949 nude photographs of Marilyn Monroe, which were distributed widely as calendar art—one of which was featured in the inaugural issue of Playboy magazine in 1953. He paid Marilyn Monroe only $50 for the shoot."
tagline: "American photographer (1914-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Kelley%2C_1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1914-12-12"
deathDate: "1984-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.72
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.461416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446005/"
    handle:    "nm0446005"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/416bcb5b-471d-42f8-8d1d-6b01cdd5259d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1)"
    title: "توم كيلي (مصور)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "توم كيلى (مصور من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(Fotograf)"
    title: "Tom Kelley (Fotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(photographer)"
    title: "Tom Kelley (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(fot%C3%B3grafo)"
    title: "Tom Kelley (fotógrafo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3)"
    title: "تام کلی (عکاس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(fotografer)"
    title: "Tom Kelley (fotografer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(fotografo)"
    title: "Tom Kelley (fotografo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(fotografas)"
    title: "Tom Kelley (fotografas)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3992492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3992700"
    title: "Tom Kelley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump