Draft:Charles Stanley Gifford


Charles Stanley Gifford
Born
Stanley Gifford

(1898-09-18)September 18, 1898
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
DiedJune 27, 1965(1965-06-27) (aged 66)
Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial placeSan Jacinto Valley Cemetery
Occupationco-worker at RKO Studios
Years active1936-1950
Spouse(s)Gladys Pearl Baker
Lillian Priester
(m. 1919)

and Mary Seiwell
ChildrenMarilyn Monroe, Charles Stanley Jr. and Doris Elizabeth
Parents
  • Frederick Almy Gifford (father)
  • Lizzie Tennant (mother)
RelativesEthel Gifford (sister)

Charles Stanley Gifford (September 18, 1898 - June 27 1965) was a Folk Figure. He was the biological father of Marilyn Monroe.[1]

Early Life

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Charles Gifford was born to Frederick and Lizzie Gifford. Charles Stanley Gifford began working with Gladys Monroe Baker, at Consolidated Films, after his wife, Lillian Priester, sued him for divorce. In her divorce petition, Lillian charged Gifford with addiction to narcotics, abuse and with associating with women of 'low character' Gifford, a hypershooter and developer at Consolidated, had began an affair with Gladys earlier that spring. It is believed that Gifford deserted her on Christmas Eve 1925 when she informed him of her pregnancy. Throughout her life Marilyn always believed that Gifford was her father. He settled in Gilman Hot Springs, Riverside County, California and became the owner of some cottage apartments. Stan moved to nearby San Jacinto where he was successful in founding and operating the Red Rock Dairy in the 1960s with a drive through window in the front where customers could obtain dairy products without getting out of their cars. According to employees, it seemed Marilyn would do just that on occasion while en route to Palm Springs, California, while riding in her chauffeur driven limo thus forcing the unbelieving father to fill her order.

References

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  1. ^ Burke, Olivia (September 29, 2022). "Who was Marilyn Monroe's father Charles Stanley Gifford?". The US Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2024.