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Berniece Inez Gladys Miracle (née Baker; July 30, 1919 – May 25, 2014) was an American writer, known for her memoir My Sister Marilyn (1994) about her half-sister, actress Marilyn Monroe. Biography. Berniece Inez Gladys Baker was born on July 30, 1919 in Venice, California.
- Berniece Baker Miracle’s Early Life
- Berniece Baker Miracle Meets Marilyn Monroe
- Berniece Baker Miracle After Marilyn Monroe’s Death
Like her half-sister, Berniece Baker Miracle had a turbulent childhood. Born on July 30, 1919, she spent just a few scant years with her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker. After her parents divorced in the 1920s, her father took Miracle and her brother from California to his native Kentucky. Gladys later claimed that her husband had been abusive and that ...
In the autumn of 1944, Norma Jeane — not yet called Marilyn Monroe — traveled to Detroit, where Berniece Baker Miracle lived with her husband, Paris. “Norma Jeane had written to tell me what kind of outfit she would be wearing and what color it would be,” Miracle wrote in My Sister Marilyn: A Memoir of Marilyn Monroe. Yet Miracle fretted over who w...
Following Marilyn Monroe’s death, Berniece Baker Miracle helped put her sister to rest. “I helped [Monroe’s ex-husband] Joe DiMaggio arrange her funeral,” Miracle explained. “I chose her casket and decided on the pale green dress she wore.” But Miracle doesn’t think that her sister killed herself. “It could have been an accident, because I had just...
- Kaleena Fraga
You may be surprised to learn that Marilyn Monroe had a half-sister, Berniece Baker Miracle. In 1944, they crossed paths, and their extraordinary bond is beautifully captured in Berniece’s memoir, “My Sister Marilyn.”
May 2, 2022 · Per History by Day, the public only found out the truth about her family when the actress died of an accidental overdose in 1962 at 36 years old. It turned out that Monroe had an older half-sister named Berniece Baker Miracle, who she had a close relationship with.
- Jean Mendoza
Dec 23, 2023 · Marilyn Monroe lived a life in the spotlight, which her sister Berniece Baker Miracle documented in the only authorized biography of the star's life.
- Julie Tremaine
Jan 14, 2022 · Marilyn Remembered is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bernice Baker Miracle, Marilyn’s sister, back in 2014. Although it was believed that Miracle was alive and well, news spread through the Marilyn fan community on January 14th 2022 that she had indeed passed away on May 25th 2014, aged 94.
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Berniece Baker was almost seven years older than Marilyn Monroe and had one daughter – Mona Rae – together with which she, after the death of Marilyn Monroe, published the book titled My Sister Marilyn.
