12/30/2023 0 Comments Gladys baker monroe![]() ![]() After a series of minor film roles, she signed a new contract with Fox in late 1950. ![]() She was working in a factory during World War II when she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and began a successful pin-up modeling career, which led to short-lived film contracts with 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her as the sixth-greatest female screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood.īorn and raised in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in a total of 12 foster homes and an orphanage before marrying James Dougherty at age sixteen. Long after her death, Monroe remains a pop culture icon. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2022) by the time of her death in 1962. 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. Whilst Gladys would at times speak of Norma Jeane, in her later years, when questioned about her, Gladys did not seem sure who Norma Jeane was or what had become of her.Marilyn Monroe ( / ˈ m æ r ə l ɪ n m ə n ˈ r oʊ/ born Norma Jeane Mortenson June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer. Having been unsuccessful at living independently, Gladys returned to Berniece and entered a Florida nursing home where she lived out her days until she died of congenitive heart failure on 11th March 1984, at the age of eighty one. This stay lasted a short time due to Gladys having more than a few misadventures, including once leaving the iron burning through the ironing board as she sat reading a book.īy the time Marilyn’s will came through, according to Berniece, in 1977, Gladys had run away and was nowhere to be found. In 1965, following a suicide attempt, Berniece removed Gladys from the sanitarium and brought her to Florida to live with her. Gladys was reported to have told the clergyman that she had never wanted Marilyn to become an actress and that her career never did Marilyn any good. Gladys was later found in a Baptist church and spoke to one of the clergyman before she returned to the sanitarium. Gladys escaped from Rockhaven by climbing down a rope of knotted sheets, a Christian Science manual and a bible in her hand. Rockhaven moved Gladys to a smaller room in order to try to accommodate her and, in an out of character gesture by the owner, allowed her to stay free of charge for two years. There was no money readily available immediately following Marilyn’s death to provide for Gladys’ care at Rockhaven, and the cost of living there had become unmanageable. ![]() God bless you all for your goodness.įollowing Marilyn’s death it took years to organise her will and get it out of probate. She is at peace and at rest now and may our God bless her and help her always: Wanted her to be happy and joyous. I am very grateful for your kind and gracious help toward Beniece and myself and to dear Norma Jeane. Three weeks following Marilyn’s death Gladys wrote a letter to Inez Melson – Marilyn’s business manager – in which she discussed Norma Jeane. Whilst living there Gladys attempted suicide several times and was involved in altercations with some of the patients. Rockhaven was a beautiful sanitarium but the fact that it wasn’t run by Chrisian Scientists bothered Gladys and, as Berniece noted, Gladys would not be happy anywhere that she was confined. Prior to Marilyn’s death, Gladys was moved to Rockhaven Sanitarium in Los Angeles where she lived for eight years. ![]() It wasn’t until an article appeared in the media disclosing that Gladys was alive and well, that people realised Marilyn wasn’t an orphan. As Marilyn’s star began to rise, she even led people to believe her mother was dead. Little is known of this period of Gladys’ life due to Marilyn wanting her privacy respected. Over the period of time that Marilyn was making a living as an actress, she paid for Glady’s care with her earnings. The couple lived in Los Angeles but Eley died just three years later of a heart infection.ĭuring Marilyn’s career Gladys spent the majority of her time in and out of care facilities or hospitals. However Eley neglected to inform Gladys that he was already married – his first wife living in Boise, Idaho. In 1949, Gladys Baker married John Stewart Eley, an electrician. ![]()
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