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  1. Jul 18, 2024 · Her grandfather had died in a state asylum. His wife, given to insane rages, had also ended her days in such a place. Norma Jeans mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was to spend much of her daughter’s life incarcerated in mental institutions, and Gladys’ brother had committed suicide.

  2. 4 days ago · 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.

  3. Jul 17, 2024 · The Tragic Truth About Marilyn Monroe’s Mother, Gladys Pearl Baker. What diagnosis did Marilyn Monroe's mother have? Her father was unknown and her mother, Gladys Monroe, had two divorces and other children fostered.

  4. Jul 5, 2024 · Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortensen on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles to Gladys Pearl Baker and an unidentified father. Because her mother struggled with mental health issues, Norma was put...

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  5. Jul 13, 2024 · Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, at the Los Angeles General Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe; 1902–1984), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to a poor Midwestern family who migrated to California at the turn of the century.

  6. Jul 15, 2024 · Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1st, 1926, at the Los Angeles County Hospital. However, her early life was marked by mysteries, omissions, and misunderstandings. Monroe’s mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe, named her daughter Norma Jeane Mortenson, but later changed her last name to Baker.

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  8. Jul 13, 2024 · Monroe (née Norma Jeane Mortenson) was born to Gladys Pearl Baker and Baker's one-time co-worker Gifford, but infamously did not have a real relationship with her father growing up.