Norma Jeane Mortenson's Marilyn Monroe: Her Life Story

Marilyn Monroe: Her life story

Norma Jeane Mortenson ( Marilyn Monroe real name) was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California in Los Angeles County Hospital. Birthed by her mother Glady Pearl Baker, norma never knew her father and never did when she grew up to be famous but, later in her life she once thought her father was Clark Gable, a famous actor and soon later found out he wasnt. Norma also had an half sister, Berniece Baker Miracle, but was not close with her but she had met her half a dozen times and a brother named Hermitt Jack but when young berniece and hermitt were taken by Glady’s ex husband. The absence of her two children cause glady great pain, and her inabillity to take care of norma made her heart ached become bigger

Glady was so sick that she tried to smothered when norma was 2 years old, (marilyn said claiming that was her only memory of her mother) because of gladys illness when norma was 9 years old she was taken in by gladys friend, Grace Mckee but grace was not able to take care of norma forever so grace took her to Los Angeles Orphanage. Norma immediate reaction to the orphanage “ i began to cry, ` Please, please don’t make me go inside, im not an orphan, my mother’s not dead, im not a orphan--it’s just that she’s sick in the hospital and can’t take care of me. Please,

Norma now living with grace and doc in a little neighborhood called Van Nuys, norma soon went to high school called Van Nuys High School and she met someone, James Dougherty her neighbor, at age sixteen she married james and they were young and in love. Norma later found out she wanted she wanted to be an actress, norma went to college called, The University of California, Los Angeles and trying to make her dreams come true so she went to an studio named, Actor’s