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Berniece Inez Gladys Baker was born on July 30, 1919 in Venice, California. Her parents, Gladys Pearl Monroe and Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker, were married in 1917, 10 days before Monroe's 15th birthday. Following their divorce in 1921, Jasper kidnapped Miracle and her brother, Robert Jasper “Kermit” Baker, and raised them in his native state ...
Gladys Pearl Baker. 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. Her father died in 1909 after suffering from mental illness and alcoholism.
Marilyn Monroe (/ ˈ m æ r ə l ɪ n m ə n ˈ r oʊ / MARR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model.Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution.
Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends (1992) was about Strasberg's friendship with Marilyn Monroe, whom she called a "surrogate sister" and a "member" of the Strasberg family for many years. [21] Strasberg was working on a third book about her personal spiritual journey at the time of her death entitled Confessions of a New Age Heretic. [22]
Sam Giancana. Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana[5] (/ dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə /; born Gilormo Giangana; [nb 1] Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 [nb 2] – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents. He joined the 42 Gang as a ...
Released. 1949. Genre. Jazz. Songwriter (s) Leo Robin. Composer (s) Jule Styne. " Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend " is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Leo Robin.
See photos of Marilyn Monroe's most iconic moments: In an interview with the New York Times, Siegler's older sister Rayna Dineen revealed that Schulback always told his family stories of the ...
3, including Andrew Gold. Margaret Nixon McEathron (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films. She was the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musicals, including Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie ...