He also sold portraits and landscapes that he had painted and dreamed of living in Paris. Her mother, Della Mae Monroe ( née Hogan), was from Arkansas, and her father, Otis Elmer Monroe, was a house painter from Indianapolis. Gladys Pearl Monroe was born on in Porfirio Dìaz (now named Piedras Negras, Coahuila) in Mexico, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. In her later years, she lived with her other daughter Berniece and then in a senior care facility. During that time, Baker had a three-year marriage to John Stewart Eley, who died before she could divorce him. From 1934 until the 1960s, Gladys spent most of her time in psychiatric facilities. Prone to mood swings, Baker had a mental breakdown after the death of her son, the suicide of her father, and news that her studio was shutting down.
Baker struggled to take care of her daughter and placed her with a foster family weeks after her birth. She had a relationship with Charles Stanley Gifford, who was separated from his wife, and they were parents to Norma Jeane Mortenson, but Gifford was never part of Norma Jeane's life. Her short marriage to Martin Edward Mortensen ended in divorce. Baker moved to Kentucky to be near her children but left after four months. They had two children, and at the end of the marriage, Jasper kidnapped the children and returned with them to his native Kentucky.
She was married for the first time at age 14 to Jasper Newton Baker. After suffering from mental illness and alcoholism, her father died in 1908.īaker was married three times for three to four years each marriage. Born in Mexico, Baker grew up in the Los Angeles metro area. Gladys Pearl ( née Monroe) Baker, also known as Gladys Pearl Monroe Mortensen Eley (– March 11, 1984), was the mother of American actress Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson. 3 including Marilyn Monroe and Berniece Baker Miracle
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