Marilyn Monroe Kept Her Sister a Secret for a Reason

Marilyn Monroe Told Everyone She Had No Living Family Members

For those who don’t know, Marilyn Monroe spent some of her childhood in an orphanage. She would tell the press that she had no living family. Everybody just figured she was an orphan.

A still of Marilyn Monroe in the film Don’t Bother to Knock.

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It was only after Marilyn’s death that Berniece broke the silence and told the world about her half-sister – a sister she loved dearly. As it turns out, it was Berniece who picked out the fallen Hollywood star’s casket and burial dress.

This is the unknown story of a Golden Age actress and her hidden family member…

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