Marilyn Monroe appeared in a film directed by a director.
How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and written and produced by Nunnally Johnson . Marilyn Monroe . Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits ( 1961 ) . Niagara is an American 1953 film noir thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway , and starring Marilyn Monroe , Joseph Cotten , Jean Peters , and Max Showalter . The Misfits is a 1961 American drama film written by Arthur Miller , directed by John Huston , and starring Clark Gable , Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift . The Seven Year Itch . The film was co-written and directed by Billy Wilder , and stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell , reprising his Broadway role from the play .