Norma Jeane Mortenson better known as Marilyn Monroe was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles California to Gladys Pearl Baker. Marilyn was later placed with foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender of Hawthorne, Californina, where Marilyn would live until she was seven. When Marilyn’s mother showed up at the Bolender home and demanded Ida give Marilyn back to her. When Ida refused, she dragged her to the yard and locked herself in the house and later came out with one of Albert Bolender's military duffel