(8 October 1947 - February 1958) (divorced) 2 children

8 October 47 secretly weds Hugo Geronimo Fregonese in Juarez, Mexico, a few hours after divorcing Stauffer there. He`s 39; she`s 23. Stauffer will marry actress Hedy Lamarr in 1951.
November 47 announces that she will go to Las Vegas to divorce Stauffer. Upon the divorce she will marry Hugo Fregonese.

December 47 dines at King’s restaurant with Hugo Fregonese. She can’t go to Las Vegas because she might be needed for more scenes on Howard Hughes’ marathon movie, Vendetta.
Late December 47 is off to Las Vegas for six weeks to divorce Stauffer. She then plans to wed Hugo Fregonese. “But, according to the desert grapevine, she and Fregonese already are married - thanks to a Mexican divorce - and the Nevada decree will be just a legal formality.”
January 48 discloses she and Fregonese secretly wed on October 8, in Mexico. They will redo it with a second ceremony north of the border.
1 January 49 her daughter, Diana Maria, is born in Buenos Aires

November 50 resides with her husband, her daughter, a Sheppard dog named Apache Warrior, and a Siamese cat named Mish Mish in the upper half of a duplex in West Los Angeles. Her parents live below


22 August 51 her son, John Anthony, is born in Los Angeles. Actor James Mason is his godfather. John Anthony Fregonese will become a famous land use planner and reside in Portland, Oregon.
April 52 follows her husband to London, England, where he’s directing Decameron Nights. Their two children join them for several months of shooting in Spain and Britain.

October 52 her husband flies in from Europe to visit her at the Sioux Uprising location in Portland, Oregon

May 53 is seen out with Fregonese
18 July 53 she and Fregonese arrive in New York from Madrid
July 53 she and Fregonese sell their Beverly Hills mansion and move to Mexico

brings her husband and two children, John and Diana, often to the set of This Island Earth
May 54 there’s a wobble in her marriage with Fregonese. Pals advise them to work out their differences.

8 November 54 she and Fregonese separate
11 November 54 files suit for separate maintenance from Fregonese, after seven years of marriage. She alleges mental cruelty and asks $600 monthly support for their two children and reasonable support for herself.
Early 55 while filming Cult of the Cobra, where she replaces Mari Blanchard, her marriage to Fregonese starts to break up. During the middle of the filming, Fregonese returns from Europe, and they are divorced.

November 55 Louella Parsons tells: “Although Faith Domergue and Hugo Fregonese are currently living apart after their second separation, Faith writes that she has not given up the ghost yet as far as her marriage is concerned...”
November 57 won’t accompany Fregonese to India where he will film Harry Black

February 58 she and Fregonese separate
Late April 58 her attorney declares her marriage to Fregonese over and announces that she will sue for separate maintenance. Fregonese verifies the separation. Their two kids will stay with her.
24 June 58 wins an uncontested divorce from Fregonese in Santa Monica Superior Court. She says he had no interest in establishing a home, saying Fregonese “wants to stay in Europe and be a free agent.” The court orders him to pay $900 monthly support for their children, Diana, 9, and John, 6.

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