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Berniece Inez Gladys Miracle (née Baker; July 30, 1919 – May 25, 2014) was an American writer, known for her memoir My Sister Marilyn (1994) about her half-sister, actress Marilyn Monroe.
Berniece Inez Gladys Baker was born on July 30, 1919, in Venice, California. Her parents, Gladys Pearl Monroe and Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker, had married in 1917, 10 days before Monroe's 15th birthday. They divorced four years later, in 1921.
Jasper kidnapped Berniece and her older brother, Robert Jasper “Kermit” Baker (b.1918) and took them back to his native state of Kentucky to be raised with his family. There he married twice more and had two sons, Jasper Frederick and Cleon Baker, born to Gertrude Ritz Engle and Margaret J. Hunter Baker, respectively.
Monroe tried to get her children back, but no one would help her and eventually, she gave up. She also remarried. She had a third child, Norma Jeane Mortenson, born in 1926.
In 1933, Baker's full brother Robert died at the age of fifteen from kidney failure, a complication after he contracted tuberculosis.
In 1935, Baker began attending Pineville High School. She married Paris Miracle in 1938. They had a daughter, Mona Rae Miracle, born in 1939. She became an author. Their marriage lasted until Paris's death in October 1990.
Mona married William Joseph Booth.[better source needed]
When Miracle was pregnant, her mother wrote and told her for the first time about her half-sister, Norma Jeane Mortenson. The half-sisters met in 1944, when Norma Jean was eighteen, after exchanging letters and pictures.
Berniece Baker Miracle
Berniece Inez Gladys Miracle (née Baker; July 30, 1919 – May 25, 2014) was an American writer, known for her memoir My Sister Marilyn (1994) about her half-sister, actress Marilyn Monroe.
Berniece Inez Gladys Baker was born on July 30, 1919, in Venice, California. Her parents, Gladys Pearl Monroe and Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker, had married in 1917, 10 days before Monroe's 15th birthday. They divorced four years later, in 1921.
Jasper kidnapped Berniece and her older brother, Robert Jasper “Kermit” Baker (b.1918) and took them back to his native state of Kentucky to be raised with his family. There he married twice more and had two sons, Jasper Frederick and Cleon Baker, born to Gertrude Ritz Engle and Margaret J. Hunter Baker, respectively.
Monroe tried to get her children back, but no one would help her and eventually, she gave up. She also remarried. She had a third child, Norma Jeane Mortenson, born in 1926.
In 1933, Baker's full brother Robert died at the age of fifteen from kidney failure, a complication after he contracted tuberculosis.
In 1935, Baker began attending Pineville High School. She married Paris Miracle in 1938. They had a daughter, Mona Rae Miracle, born in 1939. She became an author. Their marriage lasted until Paris's death in October 1990.
Mona married William Joseph Booth.[better source needed]
When Miracle was pregnant, her mother wrote and told her for the first time about her half-sister, Norma Jeane Mortenson. The half-sisters met in 1944, when Norma Jean was eighteen, after exchanging letters and pictures.