1 April 59 secretly marries businessman Eugene C. McGrath in Bloomington, San Bernardino County. He was formerly married to actress Terry Moore and operates a thriving insurance enterprise in Panama, where he has three brothers, including a 38-year-old arch bishop of the Catholic Church. She will reveal their marriage to the press on April 30.
1 May 59 she and McGrath are off to London, England, on a combined honeymoon and business trip
Late September 59 finishes her role in Captain Buffalo and goes on a honeymoon with her husband of four months. Departing for Panama arm-in-arm, they tell columnist Earl Wilson: "There`s no family on the way yet, but when it happens we`ll send up a rocket."
November 59 is reported ordering an electric run-about, a battery powered car
May 60 expects her first child in August
June 60 cuts a platter of the Captain Buffalo theme song
July 60 her son, Michael Ford, is born in Nassau, Bahamas. She and her husband were on board their yacht South Wind when she had to be rushed to the Princess Margaret Hospital. The birth is one month premature. His middle name is a salute to director John Ford who brought her into the big time in his picture, The Horse Soldiers.
Mid-January 61 opens triumphantly at New York`s Plaza Persian Room wearing one of her all-fringe dresses worth $10,000
29 December 61 her second child, Mary Ardath Maureen, is born in Los Angeles
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