April 25, 1912 · 114 years old
Born Gladys Love Smith on April 25, 1912, Gladys Presley grew up far away from the fame and fortune that her son would one day achieve. The daughter of a cotton farmer, she grew up in Mississippi. On one fateful day in the early 1930s, Gladys met Vernon Presley at church. Though she was four years…

The story of the behind-the-scenes drama that took place during the making of Elvis Presley's iconic 1968 TV special.