(12 January 1957 - June 1971) (divorced)
46 Hughes is attracted to her after seeing rushes of Captain from Castile, and a meeting is easily arranged. Inside ten days he gives her an enormous diamond and emerald ring.
4 July 46 catches the attention of Hughes while attending a Santa Catalina Island boating party at the invitation of Bill Cagney with her escort Audie Murphy
11 July 46 visits Hughes at Good Samaritan Hospital four days after his XF-11 crash
October 46 the press reports Hughes’ phoning her
47 she tells Audie Murphy that he has no chance with her anymore. Insane with rage, the war hero tries to bribe Hughes` guards for a chance to gun him down

starts living with Hughes in a house purchased for her and her family on Veteran Avenue, Westwood. He also maintains two bungalows at the Beverly Hills Hotel, two apartments in the Los Angeles Town House, an apartment at 10000 Sunset Boulevard, a hideaway in the San Fernando Valley, a rented villa in Palm Springs, and a small house in Las Vegas.
13 March 47 the press reports she`s wearing a striking ring of diamonds and sapphires on her engagement finger when she appears in Los Angeles court for approval of a movie contract, and it provokes the question of whether she and Hughes are serious about each other. "I guess so - yes, it`s serious - it`s serious with both of us," she tells reporters after the $300-a-week contract is approved. She also says the ring was only a birthday present and won`t fit any other finger.

Hughes writes his first Kleenex directive on her concerning how to escort her to the movies
December 48 columnist Sheilah Graham reports that Jean`s "whatever-it-was with Howard Hughes is cold. But she`s still chauffeured around in Howard`s car."
49 Hughes offers her a magnificent engagement ring in Palm Springs

31 December 53 spends New Years Eve at the Beverly Hills Hotel with Hughes, who is also with Susan Hayward and Merry Anderson, no one knowing about the other

May 54 Louella Parsons phones Hughes to tell him about Jean’s marriage proposal from Cramer

she and Cramer settle in Miami, and she is spied making love to Cramer by a Hughes private eye
? Hughes asks Cramer to let her go
? Cramer visits her in Florida at Hughes` suggestion
? the Beverly Hills Hotel has strict orders not to serve her any liquor except for a half bottle of champagne on her birthday
? on some sort of marital promissory note from Hughes, she agrees to divorce Cramer and marry him
1 July 54 separates from Cramer and returns to Hollywood to film A Man Called Peter
July 54 burns her hand badly on set of The Broken Lance, picking up a branding iron without gloves
Modern Screen reports it is becoming serious with her and Robert Wagner
Summer 54 Hughes has her, Terry Moore, Debra Paget and Mitzi Gaynor waiting in Las Vegas
she and Ava Gardner are kept by Hughes at Lake Tahoe, both awaiting their divorces and baby-sat by a Hughes secretary

young singer Yvonne Shubert gives her the toughest competition with Hughes
March 56 drops out of sight and is "out-Garboing Garbo as Hollywood`s number 1 riddle girl..."
April 56 will replace Joan Collins in The Last Wagon
12 January 57 under the name of Marian Evans, she secretly marries Hughes, alias G.A. Johnson, at the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada. He`s 51; she`s 30. They return the same day to Los Angeles and honeymoon shortly at a secluded ranch near Palm Springs.
15 January 57 a stunned Kathryn Grayson is informed about Hughes` marriage in New York City
16 March 57 the Los Angeles Mirror News breaks the news that she married Hughes on March 12 at sea on his yacht anchored off Miami Beach
2 April 57 columnist Walter Winchell tells that Newsweek reported that the marriage took place in Las Vegas on March 13. Later he wonders if she and Hughes "were merged outside the 3 mile limit in the sky? Considering that the rumored wedding hasn`t been confirmed (or denied) and no trace of the license found in California or nearby states..."
57 lives with Hughes at the Beverly Hills Hotel and isn`t allowed to go out - not even for shopping
? smokes too much for Hughes’ taste
? gets weary of the film screenings that Hughes stages at the Goldwyn studios projection room and backs off
spends a few weeks with Hughes at Nassau, Bahamas
Christmas 57 starts sending Christmas cards printed "Jean and Howard Hughes"
24 December 60 is allowed to sleep again with Hughes at Rancho Santa Fe
? Hughes reluctantly allows her to vacuum the shag carpet but refuses to see the ugly, fat vacuum cleaner bag
61 she and Hughes move into in an imitation French Chateau at 1001 Bel Air Road, Bel Air, at an annual rent of $50,000. In 1973, Zsa Zsa Gabor will buy the house.
10 July 66 Hughes awakens after several days of depression, beckons her back into his life and promises her to start anew without the Mormon aides
17 July 66 Hughes moves out, leaving her at 1001 Bel Air, and breaks the pact of reconciliation
November 66 accompanies Hughes, who slips unnoticed into his Desert Inn, Las Vegas, penthouse
67 likes fashion by Bonnie Cashin or from her favorite couturier Nolan Miller
March 67 is reported living with Hughes in his newly acquired Desert Inn resort
is invited by Hughes to meet him at the Las Vegas Desert Inn, but he can`t raise himself to meet with her when she arrives
68 lives on Bel Air Road, atop a peak of the Santa Monica Mountains, under 24-hour guarded surveillance
? Hughes seeks to purchase the Curtis Publishing Co. when he can`t kill a proposed article about her in the Lady`s Home Journal magazine
December 69 is reported living an active life, unrecognized in Beverly Hills and Bel Air. She attends baseball, basketball and football games in Los Angeles, frequently in the company of a female acquaintance or accompanied by a Hughes security man. During the week she busies herself with chartable works. One of her favorite contributions is reading for the Braille Institute in a recording studio. At night she attends a university under an assumed name, working for a master`s degree in sociology, although she also takes art courses.
15 January 70 announces in Las Vegas that she will seek a divorce from Hughes after 13 years of marriage. She does not state the grounds for the action in the brief statement issued by the Hughes Nevada operations office. She wants $70,000 a year and her freedom. He`s 64; she`s 43.
15 June 71 receives her divorce from Hughes in Hawthorne, Nevada, after living six weeks in Crystal Bay to comply with the residency requirement. Judge Kenneth Mann grants the decree in a brief court hearing.
25 August 71 she and Hough take out their wedding license in Santa Monica, California. Date and place of the wedding aren`t disclosed.
27 August 71 marries Stanley L. Hough in a private ceremony at a West Los Angeles church. He`s 51; she`s 44. A spokesman says the couple will live in Beverly Hills.
70s pursues a Bachelor of Arts degree at UCLA to prepare for a teaching career
November 72 appears in the "Hollywood Television Theater" production of Winesburg, Ohio
December 72 at a news conference to announce her return to acting, she says she will never reveal details about Hughes because she respects his desire for privacy
73 becomes national honorary chairwoman of the National Society for Autistic Children
February 73 attends the Screen Smart Set luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel
April 74 is manager of the Screen Smart Set Shop, where used clothing of movie and TV stars is sold for the benefit of the Motion Picture and TV Relief Fund
June 74 her sister, Arlen Stuart, has a part in a "Cannon" segment
30 March 76 from the Acapulco Princess Hotel, Hughes sends a last letter to her telling that he has always loved her
5 April 76 Hughes leaves Acapulco and dies at age 70 of kidney failure, on board his plane, bound for his native Houston, Texas
? upon learning of Hughes’ death, she is greeted by reporters in Beverly Hills and simply says: "I`m sorry and I`m sad that he`s dead."

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