Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'agbata afọ 1941 na afọ 1958, Monroe dere ihe ndị e ji eme fim na ihe ndị e ji eme ihe nkiri na telivishọn, ma ọ bụ naanị ise n'ime ha. A họpụtara ya maka Academy Award maka Akụkọ kacha mma maka ọrụ mbụ ya, ya na Billy Wilder, na
14th Academy Awards na 1942 maka ihe nkiri, "Ball of Fire". Nhoputa Oscar nke abụọ ya maka akụkọ kachasị mma bụ maka "The Affairs of Susan", nke László Görög dere. Ọ nwụrụ na Sawtelle, California.