Gladys Pearl Baker

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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 in Mexico, Baker grew up in the Los Angeles metro area. Her father died in 1909 after suffering from mental illness and alcoholism. Gladys was married three times and divorced twice. She was married for the first time at age 14 to Jasper Newton Baker. They had two children, American author Berniece Baker Miracle and Robert Jasper "Kermit" Baker. At the end of the marriage, Jasper kidnapped their two children and returned to his native Kentucky without his wife's knowledge. Gladys moved to Kentucky to be near her children but left after four months. She had limited contact thereafter. She moved to Hollywood, where she became a film cutter in the growing movie industry. There, she met Martin Edward Mortensen, with whom she had a short marriage that ended in divorce. Afterwards, she had a relationship with Charles Stanley Gifford...

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