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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.
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.
In and out of foster care, actor Marilyn Monroe struggled to connect with her mom, Gladys Baker, who was a single mom and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe) was born on May 27, 1902, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The early years of her life were anything but stable, as her father, a house painter who struggled with mental health issues and alcoholism, frequently moved the family around.
Gladys Pearl Baker, born May 27, 1902, was the mother of Marilyn Monroe and a tragic figure in her own right. Her life included a string of failed marriages, devastating loss, and mental struggles that would haunt her for decades.
Known for both her star power and dramatic life, fewer people are aware of the woman that gave birth to her—Gladys Pearl Baker. Just like her daughter, Baker's life of incomparable tragedy is definitely cinema-worthy.
Gladys Pearl Baker was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila and was an impactful figure in Monroe’s life. Monroe (born Norma Jean Baker) had a tough childhood, living in different foster...
Netflix’s new movie, Blonde provides a closer view of Marilyn Monroe’s troubled life beyond stardom. The movie also depicts the life of her single mother, Gladys Pearl Baker who died on March 11, 1984, many years after the “Blonde Bombshell” was found dead in 1962. Here is all you need to know about the life of Gladys Pearl Baker.
She had a mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, who raised Monroe on her own while suffering from schizophrenia, as All That's Interesting recounts. That mother gave her daughter away, and then that same mother watched her daughter become internationally famous, and then watched her die.
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 directly...