Theatrical Film Appearances
| Film title | Year | Role | Co-actors | Director | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | 1948 | Betty | June Haver and Natalie Wood | Herbert, HughHugh Herbert | 20th Century Fox | Uncredited |
| Ladies of the Chorus | Peggy Martin | Adele Jergens and Rand Brooks | Karlson, PhilPhil Karlson | Columbia Pictures | First major film appearance | |
| Love Happy | 1949 | Grunion's Client | Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and Groucho Marx | Miller, DavidDavid Miller | United Artists | |
| A Ticket to Tomahawk | 1950 | Clara | Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, and Rory Calhoun | Sale, RichardRichard Sale | 20th Century Fox | Uncredited |
| Right Cross | Dusky Ledoux | June Allyson and Dick Powell | Sturges, JohnJohn Sturges | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Uncredited | |
| Fireball, TheThe Fireball | Polly | Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien | Garnett, TayTay Garnett | 20th Century Fox | Also known as: The Challenge | |
| Asphalt Jungle, TheThe Asphalt Jungle | Angela Phinlay | Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, and Jean Hagen | Huston, JohnJohn Huston | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| All About Eve | Miss Claudia Caswell | Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders | Mankiewicz, Joseph L.Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Home Town Story | 1951 | Iris Martin | Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Jr., and Donald Crisp | Arthur Pierson | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| As Young as You Feel | Hariett | Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, and Jean Peters | Harmen Jones | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Love Nest | Roberta "Bobbie" Stevens | June Haver, William Lundigan, and Frank Fay | Newman, Joseph M.Joseph M. Newman | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Let's Make It Legal | Joyce Mannering | Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, and Barbara Bates | Sale, RichardRichard Sale | 20th Century Fox | ||
| O. Henry's Full House | 1952 | Streetwalker | Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark | Koster, HenryHenry Koster | 20th Century Fox | Cameo appearance |
| Monkey Business | Lois Laurel | Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Coburn | Hawks, HowardHoward Hawks | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Clash by Night | Peggy | Barbara Stanwyck, Keith Andes, and Paul Douglas | Lang, FritzFritz Lang | RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| We're Not Married! | Anabel Norris | Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Victor Moore, David Wayne, and Zsa Zsa Gabor | Goulding, EdmundEdmund Goulding | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Don't Bother to Knock | Nell Forbes | Richard Widmark and Anne Bancroft | Baker, Roy WardRoy Ward Baker | 20th Century Fox | First starring role | |
| Niagara | 1953 | Rose Loomis | Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters | Hathaway, HenryHenry Hathaway | 20th Century Fox | |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Lorelei Lee | Jane Russell, Charles Coburn, and Elliot Reid | Hawks, HowardHoward Hawks | 20th Century Fox | Nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical | |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Pola Debevoise | Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, and William Powell | Negulesco, JeanJean Negulesco | 20th Century Fox | ||
| River of No Return | 1954 | Kay Weston | Robert Mitchum, Tommy Rettig, and Rory Calhoun | Preminger, OttoOtto Preminger | 20th Century Fox | |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | Victoria "Vicky" Hoffman | Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, and Mitzi Gaynor | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Seven Year Itch, TheThe Seven Year Itch | 1955 | The Girl | Tom Ewell and Evelyn Keyes | Wilder, BillyBilly Wilder | 20th Century Fox | Contains the famous scene of Monroe's skirt being blown up by a subway grating. |
| Bus Stop | 1956 | Chérie | Don Murray and Arthur O'Connell | Logan, JoshuaJoshua Logan | 20th Century Fox | Aka: The Wrong Kind of Girl |
| Prince and the Showgirl, TheThe Prince and the Showgirl | 1957 | Elsie Marina | Laurence Olivier | Olivier, LaurenceLaurence Olivier | Warner Brothers | The only film released under Marilyn Monroe Productions. |
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Sugar Kane Kowalczyk | Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon | Wilder, BillyBilly Wilder | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Monroe's most successful film. Known as a comedy film classic. |
| Let's Make Love | 1960 | Amanda Dell | Yves Montand, Frankie Vaughan, and Tony Randall | Cukor, GeorgeGeorge Cukor | 20th Century Fox | |
| Misfits, TheThe Misfits | 1961 | Roslyn Taber | Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, Montgomery Clift | Huston, JohnJohn Huston | United Artists | Final film appearance |
| Marilyn | 1963 | Herself (archive footage) | 20th Century Fox | Documentary film |
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