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EPISODE · May 6, 2020 · 28 MIN

EP5 My Life Was Kind of Grim Part 2

from Marilyn: Behind the Icon

Norma Jeane is born in Los Angeles. Gladys’s best friend Grace comes to visit her after the baby’s birth and talks about the child’s future. Infant Norma Jeane is placed in foster care with the Bolenders, a couple who have rigid religious beliefs. She begins her life experiencing childhood trauma and abuse. Della, Norma Jeane’s grandmother, has a psychotic episode at the Bolenders. Norma Jeane adopts her first pet, a stray dog that follows her to school.

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Norma Jeane is born in Los Angeles. She is placed in a household with a couple who have rigid religious beliefs and where she experiences abuse and trauma.

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Norma Jeane is born in Los Angeles. Gladys’s best friend Grace comes to visit her after the baby’s birth and talks about the child’s future. Infant Norma Jeane is placed in foster care with the Bolenders, a couple who have rigid religious beliefs....

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