charles stanley gifford

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Marilyn, whose real name was Norma Jeane, was born to 26-year-old Gladys Baker on June 1, 1926,

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The movie, which follows a fictional retelling of her life through Joyce Carol Oates' 2000 novel of the same name

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focuses heavily on Marilyn’s rise to fame and her relationships with men (both real and fictional)

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But plenty of people want to know more about her early life, and specifically, about her father.

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Marilyn’s mom, Gladys, reportedly told her that her dad was a famous movie star,

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The general consensus usually settled on one person, a man named Charles Stanley Gifford, but this theory wasn't proven until 2022

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Marilyn was put into foster care when she was just two weeks old

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She also tried to gain full-time custody of her daughter,

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