Janet Condra is best known publicly for one documented chapter of her life: her brief marriage to basketball legend Larry Bird, and her role as the mother of his daughter, Corrie Bird. Beyond that, reliable public information about her is limited — and that’s worth saying plainly rather than filling in with speculation, as many sites covering her tend to do.

Who Is Janet Condra?

Janet Condra married Larry Bird in Indiana in 1975, while Bird was still a rising college basketball star. The marriage was short-lived. According to IMDb’s biographical records, the couple married on November 8, 1975, and divorced less than a year later, on October 31, 1976.

Their daughter, Corrie Bird, was born in Brazil, Indiana, on August 14, 1977, after the marriage had already ended. A 1992 Biography Today profile of Larry Bird notes that Corrie lived with her mother in Indiana at the time.

Larry Bird’s Background at the Time

When Janet Condra married Larry Bird in November 1975, Bird was 19 and playing college basketball at Indiana State University, having transferred there after a brief stint at Indiana University. He was still several years away from the NBA stardom that would define his career with the Boston Celtics, which he joined in 1979. The marriage and divorce both took place before Bird’s professional career began, during a period when he was not yet a public figure of the stature he’d later become. This is part of why so little contemporaneous documentation of the marriage exists compared to later chapters of his life.

The Marriage to Larry Bird

Condra and Bird knew each other from their years in Indiana before Bird’s basketball career took off. The marriage lasted less than twelve months, and public sources don’t offer a clearly documented account of why it ended — so any specific reason circulating online should be treated as unverified rather than fact.

Corrie Bird, Their Daughter

Corrie Bird is Janet Condra’s daughter with Larry Bird. She’s sometimes confused with Mariah Bird, who is not Janet Condra’s daughter — Mariah is Larry Bird’s adopted daughter with his second wife, Dinah Mattingly. The two families are separate:

• Janet Condra → mother of Corrie Bird
• Dinah Mattingly → Larry Bird’s second wife (married 1989); adoptive mother of Mariah Bird and Connor Bird

Corrie’s relationship with her father has been described publicly, by Bird himself, as distant for much of her life. Bird has spoken in interviews about having limited contact with Corrie during her childhood, a fact he’s addressed candidly rather than avoided in public conversation about his family. This is one of the few aspects of the family’s history that comes from Bird’s own on-record statements rather than secondhand reporting.

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What’s Confirmed vs. What Isn’t

A number of biography sites publish specific ages, heights, and net worth figures for Janet Condra. These numbers don’t trace back to a verifiable source, and this article doesn’t repeat them.

A Note on Privacy

Janet Condra was never a public figure in her own right. Her only documented connection to public life is a marriage that ended nearly 50 years ago. Because of that, this piece doesn’t speculate about her current location, appearance, or personal circumstances — that information isn’t publicly documented, and she hasn’t chosen to share it.

Why Reliable Information Is Limited

A few factors explain why so little verified detail exists about Janet Condra compared to other figures connected to Larry Bird’s life. The marriage predated Bird’s fame, so it wasn’t covered by sports or entertainment media at the time. Court and marriage records from a private divorce in a small Indiana community aren’t the kind of documents that end up digitized or widely cited. And unlike Dinah Mattingly, who has occasionally appeared alongside Bird at public events over their decades together, Condra has not sought public visibility. The result is a thin, mostly secondhand public record — one that many biography sites have filled in with estimates rather than leaving open.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Janet Condra?
She’s Larry Bird’s first wife and the mother of his daughter, Corrie Bird.

How long were Janet Condra and Larry Bird married?
Under a year — November 1975 to October 1976, per IMDb.

Who is Janet Condra’s daughter?
Corrie Bird, born August 14, 1977.

Is Mariah Bird Janet Condra’s daughter?
No. Mariah Bird is Larry Bird’s adopted daughter with his second wife, Dinah Mattingly.

When did Larry Bird marry Dinah Mattingly?
In 1989, more than a decade after his divorce from Janet Condra.

Did Larry Bird and Janet Condra have more than one child together?
Public records and biographies identify only one child from the marriage: Corrie Bird.

What is Janet Condra’s net worth?
There’s no reliably verified public figure for this.

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