When in 2021, the young French producer François Pomès tackled the subject of Marilyn Monroe, no one tried to dissuade him! The actress, whose 60th anniversary of death is commemorated on Thursday, is an unparalleled icon, who died at 36 after an almost romantic life, linked to the highest spheres of the American state.
But the secrets in the life of Marylin Monroe did not begin with her meeting with the Kennedy family, nor with her affair with Yves Montand, quite the contrary: from a difficult family, with a psychologically ill mother and a violent stepfather, the young woman never knew who her biological father was. At the time, her mother, Gladys, chained liaisons without a future, not allowing the young Norma Jean (her real name) to understand who she comes from.
And it is this mystery that François Pomès set out to discover: the name of the real father of the actress! A difficult task, because if Marilyn’s hair remains in the world, it is scattered among collectors who are not ready to part with it so easily. If the amount has not been revealed, it also seems that to recover 8 hairs, he spent several thousand euros!
Eight hairs that however delivered the truth: the actress’ DNA ended up being matched with those of two American womenFrancine, Charles Gifford’s granddaughter and Lisa, her niece. Charles Gifford… who happens to be one of Gladys’ occasional boyfriends, Marilyn’s mother! A great discovery that makes things official: it is indeed Charles who is part of the family of Marilyn Monroeeven if he never knew and recognized her.
The end of a great mystery that hovered over the life of Marilyn Monroe for decades. Maybe one day someone will succeed in solving the others and in particular how did the young woman die? If the doctor called on the spot five hours after the death spoke of a “probable suicide”, nothing was established afterwards leaving the wildest rumors to run, especially when we know that his potential lover, John Fitzgerald Kennedy has was murdered a year later…