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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.
1957 Confidential Magazine with article about Gable's first wife Josephine Dillon With fourth wife Sylvia Ashley. Gable married 5 times and was linked romantically to many other women. His first engagement was to actress Franz Dorfler when he was about 21.
WIVES. Josephine Dillon (1924-1930) Drama and voice coach teacher, she convinced Gable to use his middle name of Clark for his acting career. She was 14 years his senior. Gable at the time of his marriage to Josephine Dillon, 1926.
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...
Williams was married to actor Clark Gable from 1955 until his death in 1960. The couple had one child, a son, [1] who was born after his father's death. [2] Death. Williams, who had battled heart ailments during her life, left California to receive treatment at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, where she died of heart failure on May 25, 1983.
30 de mar. de 2017 · Clark Gable and Carole Lombard met while acting opposite each other in 1932's No Man of Her Own. At the time, Clark, then 31, was married to Houston socialite Maria Langham. Lombard, just 24,...
6 de sept. de 2018 · Josephine Dillon, best known as Clark Gable’s first wife, lived out her final days at Rockhaven Sanitarium in Montrose. Despite her label as Gable’s first wife, Dillon, who grew up in...