Marilyn Monroe
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| − | Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, California on Jun 1, 1926 to Gladys Pearl Monroe. Who her father was is not clear. Gladys had been married to Martin Edward Mortensen and that is the father listed on Norma's birth certificate, but Martin and Gladys had been seperated for too much time prior to Norma's birth. So either Gladys was still seeing him, even though divorced, or Marilyn's father was someone else. | + | Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, [[California]] on Jun 1, 1926 to [[#Gladys Pearl Monroe|Gladys Pearl Monroe]]. Who her father was is not clear. Gladys had been married to [[#Martin Edward Mortensen|Martin Edward Mortensen]] and that is the father listed on Norma's birth certificate, but Martin and Gladys had been seperated for too much time prior to Norma's birth. So either Gladys was still seeing him, even though divorced, or Marilyn's father was someone else. |
| − | Gladys had been married first to Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker and had two children from this marriage. The family is living in 1920 in Los Angeles. On a visit back to Jasper's home-state of Kentucky, Gladys supposedly had a too-close relationship with Jasper's younger brother Audrey | + | Gladys had been married first, at a young age, to Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker and had two children from this marriage. The family is living in 1920 in Los Angeles. On a visit back to Jasper's home-state of Kentucky, Gladys supposedly had a too-close relationship with Jasper's younger brother Audrey, for which Jasper beat Gladys. When they returned to California, she filed for divorce. |
| − | Jasper returned to Kentucky where he | + | Jasper returned to [[Kentucky]] where he had been born, kidnapping the children in the process. For a short time, around this time, Gladys lived in Kentucky, but after another confrontation, she left for California, and would not see her daughter again, for twenty years. When Norma Jean was 19, she finally met her half-family (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm Mona Miracle's website]). |
| − | Gladys next married to Martin Edward Mortensen (b 1897) on 11 Oct 1924, but seperated from him after several months, moving in with her good friend and co-worker Grace Atchison McKee, a divorced woman. When Norma Jean was young, her mother, working in the film industry, had made enough money to afford a down-payment on a house. They only lived there for a few months when Gladys apparently had some kind of psychotic episode. She was committed to a psychiatric hospital, and Grace was made both guardian of Norma Jean and custodian of Glady's estate. The house and furnishings were sold off except for a piano which was held for Norma by Grace's aunt Ana. | + | Gladys next married to Martin Edward Mortensen (b 1897) on 11 Oct 1924, but seperated from him after several months, moving in with her good friend and co-worker Grace Atchison McKee, a divorced woman. When Norma Jean was young, her mother, working in the film industry, had made enough money to afford a down-payment on a house. They only lived there for a few months when Gladys apparently had some kind of psychotic episode. She was committed to a psychiatric hospital, and Grace was made both guardian of Norma Jean and custodian of Glady's estate. The house and furnishings were sold off except for a piano which was held for Norma by Grace's aunt Ana. Norma also lived off-and-on with Grace and in a few foster homes. |
| − | When Norma was yet a teenager, Grace and her new husband were about to move to the East coast and encouraged Norma to marry her boyfriend. Norma Jean married | + | When Norma was yet a teenager, Grace and her new husband Ervin were about to move to the East coast and encouraged Norma to marry her then-boyfriend James Dougherty. Norma Jean married James on 19 Jun 1942. James has recently died, but just before his death, he wrote a book about his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. James and Norma moved to Catalina Island where they were living in 1944 and where "Jimmie" trained for the merchant marine. While James was away with the merchant marine, in the fighting during World War II, Marilyn took a job working at the Radioplane factory, and moved in with his parents. It was at this job where she was first commercially photographed for an article in YANK article. |
| − | + | From that point forward, Norma started getting gigs for modeling. Although she was to take the stage-name "Marilyn Monroe", she did not legally change her name to "Marilyn Monroe" until much later, while in New York. | |
| − | She died in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles August 5, 1962. | + | She died in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles August 5, 1962 of an apparent drug overdose. |
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