Family
- Maternal great-grandfather – Tilford Marion Hogan (1851 – 1933)
- Maternal Grandmother – Della Mae Monroe née Hogan (1876 – 1927)
- Maternal Grandfather – Otis Elmer Monroe (1866 – 1907)
- Mother – Gladys Pearl Baker née Monroe (1902 – 1984)
- Maternal Uncle – Marion Otis Elmer Hogan (1904 – 1929)
- Aunt – Olive Brunnings (married Marion Hogan)
- Great-aunt – Ida Martin (Olive’s mother)
- Paternal Grandmother – Elizabeth Easton Gifford née Tennant (1866 – 1904)
- Paternal Grandfather – Frederick Almy Gifford (1867 – 1957)
- Father – Charles Stanley Gifford (1896 – 1965)
- Half-Sister (same mother) – Berniece Inez Gladys Miracle née Baker (1919 – 2014)
- Niece (Berniece’s daughter) – Mona Rae Miracle (1939)
- Half Brother (same mother) – Robert Baker (1918 – 1933)
- Stepchild (via Joe DiMaggio)– Joe DiMaggio Jr.
- Stepchildren (via Arthur Miller) – Bobby (1947) and Jane Miller (1944)
- Foster parents – Ida and Wayne Bolender
- Foster parents – Grace McKee (also Gladys’s best friend) and Doc Goddard (Bebe Goddard is their daughter)
- Foster mother – Aunt Ana Lower
Friends
Below are those she spent time with outside of work, those she deemed as friends and communicated with regularly.
- Shelley Winters (actress and flatmate)
- Sydney Skolsky (journalist)
- Jack Cole (choreographer)
- Pat Newcomb (publicist)
- Milton Greene (photographer and business partner)
- Norman Rosten (poet) and Hedda Rosten (private secretary)
- Lee and Paula Strasberg (acting coaches) and Susan Strasberg
- Ralph Roberts (masseuse)
- Allan Snyder (makeup artist)
- Inez Melson (business manager)
- Sam Shaw (photographer)
- George Barris (photographer)
- May Reis (personal secretary)
- The Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford)
- Patricia Lawford (sister to President John F Kennedy and wife to Peter Lawford)
- Louis Untermeyer (poet)
- Montgomery Clift (co-star)
- Carl Sandburg (poet)
- Marlon Brando (actor)
- Gloria Lovell (neighbour and Sinatra’s secretary)
Husbands
- James Doughtery (m. 1942; div. 1946)
- Joseph Paul DiMaggio (m. 1954; div. 1955)
- Arthur Miller (m. 1956; div. 1961)
Confirmed Boyfriends/Lovers
- Bill Pursel, dated on and off, from 1946 to 1950
- Johnny Hyde (agent) from 1949 to 1950
- Andre De Dienes (photographer), affair whilst married to Jimmy Dougherty, in 1946
- Elia Kazan (director), affair whilst he was married, in 1951
- Fred Karger (vocal coach) in 1948
- Hal Schaefer (vocal coach) in 1954
- Marlon Brando (actor and friend) in 1955
- Yves Montand (co-star in Let’s Make Love), an affair while she was married to Arthur Miller and Yves was married Simone Signoret in 1959
- Frank Sinatra (singer, actor and friend) in 1961
- John F. Kennedy (President of the USA), one-night stand/affair at Bing Crosby’s home in 1962
The Studio
- Ben Lyon (actor and studio executive at 20th Century-Fox)
- Darryl Francis Zanuck (studio executive and head of 20th Century until 1956)
- Joseph Michael Schenck (studio executive and head of 20th Century until 1957)
Acting & Performance Coaches
- Acting coach – Morris Carnovsky, The Actor’s Lab from c. 1947
- Acting coach – Natasha Lytess from 1948 to 1955
- Acting coach – Michael Chekhov from 1951 to 1952
- Acting coach – Lee Strasberg and Paula Strasberg, The Actor’s Studio from 1956 to 1962
- Vocal coach – Fred Karger in 1948
- Vocal coach – Hal Schaefer from 1952 to 1954
- Choreographer – Jack Cole from 1953 to 1959
Hair, Makeup & Costumes
- Makeup artist – Allan ‘Whitey’ Snyder from 1946 to 1962
- Hairstylist – Agnes Flanagan from 1950 to 1962
- Hairstylist – Gladys Rasmussen from 1952 to 1956
- Hairstylist – Peter Leonardi from 1954 to 1955
- Hairstylist – Sydney Guilaroff from 1957 to 1961
- Hairstylist – Kenneth Battelle from 1961 to 1962
- Hairstylist – George Masters in 1962
- Costume designer – William Travilla (Don’t Bother to Knock, Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry A Millionaire, River of No Return, The Seven Year Itch, There’s No Business Like Show Business, Bus Stop)
- Costume Designer – John Louis (The Misfits)
- Costume designer – Dorothy Jeakins (Niagara, Let’s Make Love, The Misfits)
- Costume designer – Orry-Kelly (Some Like It Hot)
Notable Directors
- John Huston (The Asphalt Jungle and The Misfits)
- Joshua Logan (Bus Stop)
- Billy Wilder (The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot)
Personal Staff
- Maid, West Coast – Hazel Washington from 1956 to 1962
- Maid, East Coast – Lena Pepitone from 1957 to 1962
- Maid – Florence Ida Thomas 1956
- Housekeeper – Eunice Murray from 1961 to 1962
- Cook and Housekeeper, East Coast- Hattie Stephenson
- Handyman – Peter Leonardi from 1954 to 1955
- Handyman – Norman Jeffries in 1962
- Masseuse and driver – Ralph Roberts from 1960 to 1962
- Private secretary, East Coast – Hedda Rosten from 1956 to 1961
- Private secretary, East Coast – May Reis from 1957 to 1960
- Private secretary, East Coast – Marjorie Stengel from 1960 to 1962
- Private secretary, West Coast – Cherie Redmond in 1962
- Business manager – Inez Melson from 1951 to 1962
Agents & Representation
- Modelling agent – Emmeline Snively, Blue Book Modelling Agency from 1945 to 1946
- Agent – Helen Ainsworth from 1946 to 1949
- Agent – Johnny Hyde, Willam Morris Agency from 1949 to 1950
- Agent – Charlie Felman, Famous Artists Agency from 1951 to 1955
- Agent – Jay Kanter from 1955 to 1956
- Agent – Lew Wasserman, MCA from 1956 to 1962
- Agent – George Chasin, MCA from 1958 to 1960
- Lawyer – Lloyd Wright in 1954
- Lawyer – Jerry Giesler in 1954
- Lawyer – Frank Delaney in 1955
- Lawyer – Irving Stein in 1955
- Lawyer – Robert Montgomery in 1957
- Lawyer – Aaron Frosch in 1960
- Lawyer – Milton ‘Mickey’ Rudin in 1962
- Press Agency – Arthur P. Jacobs Agency from 1955 to 1962
- Publicist – Rupert Allan, Arthur P. Jacobs Agency
- Publicist – Frank Goodman, Arthur P. Jacobs Agency
- Publicist – Pat Newcomb, Arthur P. Jacobs Agency
- Publicist – John Spring, Arthur P. Jacobs Agency
- Publicist – Lois Weber, Arthur P. Jacobs Agency
- Talent manager – Milton Ebbins
Medical Professionals
Physicians
- Dr Elliot Corday from 1948 to the mid-1950s
- Dr Myron Prinzmetal in 1952
- Dr Robert Rosenfeld in 1954
- Dr Verne Mason in 1954
- Dr Phillip Shapiro in 1955
- Dr Nathan Headley in 1956
- Dr Phillip Rubin in 1962
- Dr Lee Siegel from 1954 to 1962
- Dr Hyman Engleberg from 1960 to 1962
Gynaecologists
- Dr Leon Krohn from 1952 to 1958
- Dr Bernard Berglass in 1957
- Dr Hillard Dubrow in 1957
Surgeons
- Dr Michael Gurdin – minor cosmetic surgery in 1949/1950
- Dr Mark Rabwin – Appendix surgery in 1952
- Dr Mortimer Rogers – Endometriosis surgery in 1959
Psychologists
- Dr Margaret Hohenberg from 1955 to 1957
- Dr Marianne Kris from 1957 to 1961
- Dr Ralph Greenson from 1960 to 1962
Other
- Ben Hecht (ghostwriter for My Story)
- Isidore Miller (father-in-law and friend)
- Louella Parsons (movie columnist)
- Hedda Hopper (gossip columnist)
- Dorothy Kilgallen (gossip columnist)
- Walter Winchell (gossip columnist)
- Jeanne Carmen (“friend” of Marilyn’s except they never met)
- Robert Slatzer (conspiracy therorist)
- Fred Otash (private investigator)
- Frank Capell (started the Kennedy murder rumours)
- Jack Clemmons (first officer on the scene of Marilyn’s death)
