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Mary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette (September 15, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was an American woman known for her personal relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s. Frechette is known to have been involved with Dillinger for about six months, until her arrest and imprisonment in 1934.
Dillinger and Hamilton, a Billie Frechette look-alike, [2] [9] met in June 1934 at the Barrel of Fun night club located at 4541 Wilson Avenue. Dillinger introduced himself as Jimmy Lawrence and said he was a clerk at the Board of Trade. They dated until Dillinger's death at the Biograph Theater in July 1934. [2] [9]
It is written and directed by John Milius in his feature directorial debut, and stars Warren Oates as Dillinger, Ben Johnson as FBI Agent Melvin Purvis, and Michelle Phillips in her first film performance as Dillinger's moll Billie Frechette. Other actors in the film include Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, and Richard Dreyfuss.
Winstead visits Frechette in prison; she already knows about Dillinger's death. He tells her that he thinks his dying words were, "Tell Billie for me, 'Bye, bye, Blackbird.'" Frechette sheds tears as Winstead leaves. Closing titles explain that Purvis quit the FBI a year later and committed suicide in 1960, and Frechette was released after two ...
Jason Kempin/Getty Images Former soap opera star Billy Miller’s cause of death has officially been revealed after he unexpectedly died on Friday, September 15. Just hours after Us Weekly ...
Billy Miller, "General Hospital" and "Young and the Restless" actor, died Sept. 15 at age 43. Months after, his cause of death has been revealed.
Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), [1] also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger, when he helped Dillinger escape from prison, in Crown Point, Indiana.
Since Fisher’s death, Billie has welcomed son Kingston, 4, and daughter Jackson Joanne, 2, with partner Austen Rydell. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Billie Lourd (@praisethelourd)