Marilyn Monroe appeared only in plays.
Bus Stop is a 1956 American romantic comedy film directed by Joshua Logan for 20th Century Fox , starring Marilyn Monroe , Don Murray , Arthur O'Connell , Betty Field , Eileen Heckart , Robert Bray and Hope Lange . Marilyn Monroe . When the studio was still reluctant to change her contract , Monroe founded a film production company in late 1954 ; she named it Marilyn Monroe Productions ( MMP ) . Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits ( 1961 ) . The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film based on a three-act play with the same name by George Axelrod .