Marilyn Monroe performances and awards In it, Monroe stands on a subway grate with the air blowing up the skirt of her white dress, which became one of the most famous scenes of her career. After appearing in "Bus Stop" (1956), Monroe founded her own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955; the company produced one film independently, "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957). Monroe then appeared in "Some Like It Hot" (1959) and "The Misfits" (1961). She was suspended from the filming of "Something's Got to Give" in June 1962, and the film remained uncompleted when she died in August. Although she was a
Death of Marilyn Monroe documentary "Marilyn: Say Goodbye to the President" (1985), and in a 26-minute segment produced for ABC's "20/20". The "20/20" segment was never aired, as the channel's news executive Roone Arledge decided that the claims made in it required more evidence to back them up. In retaliation, Summers alleged that Arledge's decision was influenced by pressure from the Kennedys. In the 1990s, two new books alleged again that Monroe was murdered: Peter Brown and Patte Barham's "Marilyn: The Last Take" (1992) and Donald H. Wolfe's "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe" (1998). Neither presented much new evidence but relied extensively on