|
(Faye Margaret Emerson)
|
| 8 July 17 |
is born in Elizabeth, Louisiana, to Lawrence L. Emerson and his wife
|
| c. 20 |
her parents divorce when she's three
|
| ? |
spends most of her childhood in California
|
| ? |
attends San Diego State College
|
| 35 |
is on the stage for the first time with the St. James Repertory Company in Carmel, California
|
| 29 October 38 |
marries William Wallace Crawford, Jr., an automobile dealer from San Diego. He's 22; she's 21.
|
| 11 June 40 |
her son, William Wallace, is born in San Diego
|
| 41 |
is offered a Warner Brothers contract
|
| 42 |
divorces Crawford, retaining custody of her son, William Wallace "Scoop" Crawford III
|
| Early 40s |
dates Julian "Ken" Kinrich
|
| 43 |
meets Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, at a Hollywood party
|
| 3 December 44 |
marries Air Force Colonel Elliott Roosevelt at the Yavapai observation station, overlooking the Grand Canyon, Arizona, where she is filming Hotel Berlin. He's 34; she's 27. She is his third wife and gets along well with her mother-in-law, Eleanor Roosevelt, at the presidential residence in Hyde Park.
|
| ? |
wartime GIs are bumped on a military plane to make room for her and her dog
|
| ? |
expense accounts of Howard Hughes's press agent, when investigated by a Senate committee, reveal $132 for nylons charged to her
|
| 46 |
works in summer stock
|
| Early 48 |
the Roosevelts leave Hyde Park for a New York hotel suite as she's to give her Broadway debut in The Play's the Thing
|
| 18 December 48 |
after the show closes she returns to Hyde Park
|
| 25 December 48 |
is rushed to a doctor's office with a self-inflicted razor slash to the wrist. She's taken to Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie and released two days later. The Roosevelts claim it was an accident.
|
| 50 |
declares that she will divorce Roosevelt after the filming of Guilty Bystander
|
| 5 January 50 |
is off to Mexico for her divorce decree
|
| 14 / 17 January 50 |
divorces Roosevelt in Cuernavaca, Mexico. He will marry Minnewa Bell in 1951 and die at age 80 in 1990 in Arizona.
|
| 7 November 50 |
at the end of her TV show, she introduces her next husband to the audience, Skitch Henderson
|
| 12 December 50 |
marries Lyle Cedric "Skitch" Henderson, orchestra leader, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The ceremony is held at the home of friends. He's 32; she's 33.
|
| January 51 |
Look magazine names her "Television's Most Appealing Female Personality"
|
| October 55 |
beats up two drunks who annoy her in a New York bar
|
| 7 January 58 |
divorces Henderson in Mexico City. He will die at age 87 in 2005 in Connecticut.
|
| ? |
is on stage in Back to Methuselah
|
| 62 |
is on summer tour with The Vinegar Tree
|
|
leaves for Switzerland
|
| 63 |
sails to Spain and makes her home on the island of Majorca, where she allows herself to grow fat. She writes her memoirs, which are never published, and olds ungracefully.
|
| 9 March 83 |
dies at age 66 from stomach cancer in Deyva, Majorca, Spain
|
|
|
Sources:
Hollywood Players: The Forties by James Robert Parish, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Movie Stars of the '40s by David Ragan, Whisper, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
|
Links:
Filmography |
