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Josephine Dillon (January 26, 1884 [1] [2] – November 11, 1971) was an American stage and film actress and acting teacher. She was Clark Gable 's patron, acting coach and first wife. Early years and education. Born in Denver, Colorado, Dillon was one of six children of Judge Henry Clay Dillon.
In his memoir Bring on the Empty Horses, David Niven states that Gable, a close friend, was extremely supportive after the sudden, accidental death of Niven's first wife, Primula (Primmie), in 1946. Primmie had supported Gable emotionally after Carole Lombard 's death four years earlier: Niven recounts Gable kneeling at Primmie's ...
12 de nov. de 1971 · LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (AP) —Josephine Dillon, the first of five wives of Clark Gable, the late screen actor, died here today in a sanitarium at the age of 87. Miss Dillon, who was an actress and...
17 de nov. de 2016 · Under the tutelage of his first wife, Josephine Dillon, who operated an “acting clinic” in Hollywood coaching stage actors for the movies, Gable acquired acting “polish” that soon shot him to...
3 de abr. de 2014 · Carole Lombard, Gable’s third wife and the love of his life, died in a plane crash. He was devastated. Disconsolate, he enlisted in the Army Air Force at age 41.
Hollywood film star and comedienne, she was the great love of his life. He called her "Ma," and she called him "Pa." Unfortunately, she was killed in a plane crash on January 16, 1942 while returning home from Indianapolis where she had just sold over $1 Million of war bonds. She was 33.
19 de dic. de 2017 · At the time, both stars were attached to other people: Lombard, 24, was married to actor William Powell, with whom she’d become involved on the sets of Man of the World and Ladies Man. Sixteen years her senior, Powell was Lombard’s opposite: sophisticated and debonair to her easy-going, racy youth.
