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- Died
- Birth nameGladys Pearl Monroe
- Gladys Baker was born on May 27, 1902 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. She was married to John Stewart Eley, Martin Edward Mortensen and Jasper Newton Baker. She died on March 11, 1984 in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
- SpousesJohn Stewart Eley(April 20, 1949 - April 23, 1952) (his death)Martin Edward Mortensen(October 11, 1924 - August 11, 1928) (divorced)Jasper Newton Baker(May 17, 1917 - 1922) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Mother of Marilyn Monroe. Gladys left her husband Martin Mortensen 4 months after their wedding. However, as they were still married when Marilyn was born, he is recognized as her legal father (he is named the father on her birth certificate). Biographers believe Charles Stanley Gifford (1898-1965), a salesman for Consolidated Films, where Gladys worked, is Marilyn's father. Mortensen divorced Gladys when "their child" was 26 months old. He nor Gifford played any part in Marilyn's life.
- Played by Patricia Richardson in Blonde (2001), Sheree North in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980), Phyllis Coates in Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989), Marla Adams in Marilyn and Me (1991), Terrence O'Connor in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996), Susan Sarandon in The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015), and Julianne Nicholson in Blonde (2022).
- Daughter of Indiana-born Otis Monroe (1866-1909) and Missouri-born Della Mae (née Hogan) Monroe (1876-1927).
- Born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila while her father was there working for the National Railway of Mexico.
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