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William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio, to William Henry "Will" Gable (1870–1948), an oil-well driller, [4] [5] and his wife Adeline (née Hershelman). His father was a Protestant and his mother a Catholic.
After featuring in the drama No More Orchids, Lombard was cast as the wife of a con artist in No Man of Her Own [49] with Clark Gable [50] The film was a critical and commercial success, and Wes Gehring writes that it was "arguably Lombard's finest film appearance" to that point. [51] It was the only picture that Gable and Lombard made together.
During this time, Gable followed Dillon's advice to use his middle name, "Clark", as his professional name. Over the next few years, Clark Gable's career gained momentum with stage and minor film roles. After appearing in the play Machinal in 1929 and shortly before he was signed with M-G-M, Gable asked Dillon for a divorce. Dillon later ...
Gable’s third wife, famed actress Carole Lombard — whom he is said to have adored — died in 1942. O’Brien’s third husband, Jay J. O’Brien, a former Olympic bobsledder and polo player ...
Lewis was the niece of actresses Polly Ann Young, Sally Blane, and Georgiana Young.She was also the paternal half-sister of John Clark Gable (Clark Gable's son with his fifth wife, Kay Williams) and the maternal half-sister of Christopher Lewis and Peter Lewis (Loretta's biological sons).
Kathleen Gretchen "Kay" Williams Gable (August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in numerous uncredited bit parts throughout the 1940s before playing Hazel Dawn in George Cukor 's The Actress (1953).
In 2015, Linda Lewis, the wife of Young's son, Christopher, stated publicly that in 1998, Young (then 85 years old) had stated that Judy Lewis had been conceived through an act of date rape by Clark Gable. According to Linda Lewis, Young added that no consensual intimate contact had occurred between Gable and herself. [19]
Clark Gable, American actor (married 20 December 1949 – 21 April 1952; divorced). [9] [10] Prince Dimitri Jorjadze, hotel executive and race-car driver (married 1954). Lady Ashley died of cancer on 29 June 1977 at age 73 in Los Angeles.