Berniece Baker Miracle
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Berniece Inez Gladys Baker (born July 30, 1919 in Venice, California) is the half-sister of Marilyn Monroe.
Bernice's father kidnapped her and her brother after their mother, Gladys, divorced him. Bernice grew up in Kentucky, and married Paris Miracle on October 7, 1938; their only child, Mona Rae, was born on July 18, 1939.
Bernice did not know she had another sibling until she was 19 after receiving a letter from Gladys; they met for the first time in 1944. Bernice worked for many years at the University of Florida. Her and Mona Rae's book, My Sister Marilyn (1994), not only shed new light on their famous relation, but on the family's history of mental illness.
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