Timeless Glamour
marilyn monroe
A Celebratory Biographical Report on the Legendary Beauty 's Decision to Become Extraordinary
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Maddie Soave
US History
On June 1, 1926, “history 's most phenomenal love goddess” (according to Philippe Halsman, one of her many photographers) was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gladys Baker Mortenson, named Norma Jeane after Norma Talmadge, one of the most gifted silent film actresses of the era. Gladys worked as a film editor at Consolidated Film Industries for Hollywood Studios. She was thought to be either manic depressive or schizophrenic and spent much of her life institutionalized. Gladys placed the infant Norma Jeane in the hands of Ida and Wayne Bolender, a devoutly religious couple, in Hawthorne, California, because she could not financially afford the baby. Gladys was a single mother; the name of the father on Norma Jeane 's birth certificate is Edward Mortenson, but the validity of this fact has not gone without public speculation. Gladys and Edward were separated long before Norma Jeane was born, and he was killed in a motorcycle accident when she was only three years old. C. Stanley Gifford is often assumed to be the father, but he abandoned Gladys as soon as the news of her pregnancy reached him. Despite the controversy, Norma Jeane grew up without a father, and without a genuine father figure. She believed her father to be Gifford. She would recall his striking resemblance to the famous Clark Gable, and she would be proud to claim the movie star as her “daddy.” Gifford, however, wanted nothing to do with her when Norma Jeane tried to reach him. Nor did he want anything to do with her when she had become Marilyn Monroe. This significant lack of fulfillment and attention in her childhood contributed toward the insecurity she found so evidently in her life as a starlet. In 1933, Norma Jeane moved back in with her mother and an English couple with whom she worked,
A Celebratory Biographical Report on the Legendary Beauty 's Decision to Become Extraordinary
[pic]
Maddie Soave
US History
On June 1, 1926, “history 's most phenomenal love goddess” (according to Philippe Halsman, one of her many photographers) was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gladys Baker Mortenson, named Norma Jeane after Norma Talmadge, one of the most gifted silent film actresses of the era. Gladys worked as a film editor at Consolidated Film Industries for Hollywood Studios. She was thought to be either manic depressive or schizophrenic and spent much of her life institutionalized. Gladys placed the infant Norma Jeane in the hands of Ida and Wayne Bolender, a devoutly religious couple, in Hawthorne, California, because she could not financially afford the baby. Gladys was a single mother; the name of the father on Norma Jeane 's birth certificate is Edward Mortenson, but the validity of this fact has not gone without public speculation. Gladys and Edward were separated long before Norma Jeane was born, and he was killed in a motorcycle accident when she was only three years old. C. Stanley Gifford is often assumed to be the father, but he abandoned Gladys as soon as the news of her pregnancy reached him. Despite the controversy, Norma Jeane grew up without a father, and without a genuine father figure. She believed her father to be Gifford. She would recall his striking resemblance to the famous Clark Gable, and she would be proud to claim the movie star as her “daddy.” Gifford, however, wanted nothing to do with her when Norma Jeane tried to reach him. Nor did he want anything to do with her when she had become Marilyn Monroe. This significant lack of fulfillment and attention in her childhood contributed toward the insecurity she found so evidently in her life as a starlet. In 1933, Norma Jeane moved back in with her mother and an English couple with whom she worked,
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