The unstable youth of Norma Jean Baker (Poppy Montgomery) and her hunger for Hollywood acclaim as Marilyn Monroe are recalled in TV-biopic based on novel by Joyce Carol Oates. Gladys: Patricia Richardson. Della: Ann-Margret. Elsie: Kirstie Alley. Cass: Patrick Dempsey. Shinn: Wallace Shawn. Otto: Eric Bogosian. Young Norma Jean: Skye McCole Bartusiak.