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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.
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 Los...
31 de mar. de 2023 · Josephine Dillon was 15 years Gable's senior and was an experienced stage director. She became Gable's acting coach and saw a spark of acting genius in him that others had missed, and soon she became his patron, paying from her own pocket to have cosmetic work on his teeth, his hair groomed, as well as coaching him in speech and ...
5 de sept. de 2015 · A lady named Franz Dorfler was responsible for getting Clark Gable his first acting job, but he soon ditched her for acting teacher Josephine Dillon. Jo was 41, plain and matronly, but she took the 23 year-old aspiring young actor to Hollywood, and in 1924 they married.
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...
Josephine Dillon (26 de enero de 1884 [1] - 11 de noviembre de 1971) fue una actriz de teatro y cine y profesora de actuación estadounidense. Fue la mecenas, entrenadora de actuación y primera esposa de Clark Gable .. Nacido en Denver, Colorado, Dillon fue uno de los seis hijos del juez Henry Clay Dillon.Era la hermana menor de la cantante de ópera Enrica Clay Dillon.
Josephine Dillon was “a woman of ambiguous sexuality.” She presented Gable to Hollywood agents in the early 1920s. Although Gable and Dillon were married shortly after their arrival in Hollywood, it was a marriage of convenience, in which Dillon ignored Gable’s affairs while serving as his sugar momma. Oatman Hotel.
