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Gladys Pearl Monroe (May 27, 1902 – March 11, 1984), also known as Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker Mortensen Eley, was the mother of American actress Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson). Born in Mexico, Baker grew up in the Los Angeles metro area. Her father died in 1909 after suffering from mental illness and alcoholism.
Gladys Pearl Monroe nació el 27 de mayo de 1902 en Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México. Su madre, Della Mae Monroe (de soltera, Hogan), nació en Arkansas y su padre, Otis Elmer Monroe, era un aspirante a pintor de Indianápolis, que trabajaba para el Ferrocarril Nacional.
1 de dic. de 2021 · Updated March 12, 2024. Marilyn Monroe's mother Gladys Pearl Baker was a single woman living with paranoid schizophrenia when she gave birth to the future icon, and their relationship remained strained until Monroe's sudden death.
1. She Had A Rough Start. From the very beginning, neither of Gladys Pearl Baker’s parents seemed to have much to offer her. Her father worked as a railway car painter, and her mother worked as a midwife and teacher when they had her in Mexico in 1902.
9 de sept. de 2020 · On June 13, 1926, 26-year-old Gladys Baker brought her 2-week-old daughter, Norma Jeane Mortenson, to the foster home of Ida and Wayne Bolender in Hawthorne, California.
28 de sept. de 2022 · At the film’s beginning, a seven-year-old Norma Jeane Baker ( Lily Fisher) is tormented by her alcoholic and mentally unstable mother, Gladys ( Julianne Nicholson ). She is shown...
Her mother was Della Mae Monroe, and her father was Otis Elmer Monroe. Otis worked as a painter, both of pictures and railway cars, and Della worked on and off as a midwife. Despite these jobs, which should have been plenty to keep the family afloat, there were struggles in the Monroe household from the very beginning. The family moved quite often.
