Monroe had one sibling, a sister named Bernice Miracle, born Bernice Baker, born on May 30, 1935. She was the daughter of Gladys Pearl Baker and, like Marilyn, was put in foster care at an early age because of their mother’s mental health problems.
Bernice, in contrast to Marilyn, was not looking for a career in the limelight, and led a more private life. Although not an exact match, she is said to resemble Marilyn in certain respects. Marilyn Monroe was known for her platinum blonde hair, radiant skin, sultry look facade, while Bernice had brown hair and brown eyes, which visually separated her from her more beloved sister. In photos, she had a subtler, less glamorous beauty, with a more traditional look than Marilyn’s signifier of glamorous Hollywood.
Bernice was reportedly quite private and lived away from the public eye, so there are limited public photographs of her. However, the family resemblance between her and Marilyn has been noted by those who knew them.
### **Relationship Between Marilyn and Bernice:**
While Marilyn Monroe and Bernice Miracle shared the same mother, they were raised apart due to Marilyn's turbulent upbringing in foster homes. Marilyn Monroe, whose real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson, was often isolated from her family, and there was little contact between the two sisters throughout their lives.
Bernice herself was not part of the Hollywood scene, and there were few interactions between her and Marilyn in the public eye. However, after Marilyn's death in 1962, Bernice was one of the few family members to speak publicly about her sister, expressing that she had always been protective and loving towards Marilyn, despite the distance that grew between them over the years.
In her later years, Bernice adopted the surname “Miracle” after marrying, and she lived a relatively quiet life, away from the press. She passed away in 2014 at the age of 79.