Marilyn Monroe

By Mike Guerette

  • Otis Monroe Died

    In Mental Institution

  • Della Remarried

    To Charles Grainger

  • Gladys Visited Della

    Gladys told Della that she was pregnant and the father didn't want to marry her

  • Norma Jean Born

    Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)

  • Baptisim

    Norma Jean was baptized by Aimee Semple McPherson

  • Della Becomes A Heavy Drinker

  • Della has an "Incident"

    Della tried to smother Norma Jean

  • Della is Banned

    Wayne Bolender restricted Della from seeing Norma Jean and she went on to the porch in a blinding rage and Wayne called the police

  • Gladys Returned to Venice Beach

    She meets Stan Gifford at the Westminster Apartment

  • Della Dies

  • Della Buried

    Buried in an unmarked grave

  • Gladys is Married

    Della said Gladys was 18, Gladys married Jasper who is twelve years older

  • Robert "Jakie" Baker Born

  • Berniece Baker was Born

  • Gladys filed for divorse

  • Gifford's wife Filed Divorce

  • Gladys meets Edward Mortensen

    He offered stability and security that Gifford denied her

  • Glayds Married Mortensen

    Married in a civil ceremony

  • Gladys left Mortensen

    Pregnant with Gifford's child

  • Norma Jean was Born

  • Della's Dad Commites Suicide

  • Jack Died

  • Bank Holiday

    Banks closed the Hollywood studios couldn't meet their payrolls

  • Banks Reopened

    Roosevelt signed the Emergency Banking Relief Act

  • Gladys' Mental

    Grace McKee became concerned about Gladys' mental state

  • Down Payment

    Gladys put a $750 down payment on a house for her and Norma

  • Interview

    Marilyn talks about how Mr. Kimmell raped her and how her mom didn't believe her

  • Norwalk State Hopital

    Gladys was institutionalized

  • Glayds Declared Legally Incomopetent

  • Moving Day

    Norma was moving again

  • Norma Jeane moves again

    Grace and Doc become alcholoics

  • Norma visited Grace

    Norma used the saving for the future Dougherty house to go east

  • Norma on film

    Conover was trying to capture Norma on film in Mojave Desert

  • Norma turned 19

    She felt alone and uncertain

  • Norma starting modle

    She made an appointment without telling Ethel, with Miss Emmeline Snively

  • Jim and Norma Marry

  • Jim and Norma move to Avalon

    Its a base where Jim was placed due to his Nvy enlistment

  • Norma talks about becoming an actress

    Norma talks to Snively about becoming an actress and Snively introduced her to someone who may help her

  • Norma signed

    Signed with Bunny Ainsworth's angency

  • Divorce

    Norma divorce Jim in Las Vegas

  • First encounter

    Norma meets Robert Slatzer

  • Laff

    Norma appeared in her bathing suit on the cover of Laff

  • Rebirth

    Norma Jean becomes Marilyn Monroe

  • Strike

    Grace McKee elected not to cross the picket lines, but Gladys did not.

  • Taken

    Gladys was taken to a mental institution

  • Gace Married Doc Goddard

    Norma Jean hoped she had finall found a family

  • WWII Ended

    Norma thought all the horns in LA were honking at her then she relized it was because WWII ended
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    Marilyn Monroe