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
Marilyn Monroe Brentwood, Los Angeles. Monroe returned to the public eye in the spring of 1962; she received a "World Film Favorite" Golden Globe Award and began to shoot a new film for 20th Century Fox, "Something's Got to Give", a re-make of "My Favorite Wife" (1940). It was to be co-produced by MMP, directed by George Cukor and to co-star Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. Days before filming began, Monroe caught sinusitis; despite medical advice to postpone the production, Fox began it as planned in late April. Monroe was too ill to work for the majority of the next six weeks,