(1947 - 1950) (divorced)
Mid-December 47
she and San Francisco restaurateur Frank Louis Martinelli, Jr., announce their engagement in Los Angeles
27 December 47
marries Martinelli in North Hollywood. Both are 25. Her wedding gown is a gift from her boss, Jack Warner.
the Martinellis honeymoon in Yosemite and settle in Beverly Hills
Mid-January 48
returns from her honeymoon to start filming of One Sunday Afternoon
August 48
her husband, Martinelli, will go into the Hollywood television business

she and Martinelli go abroad for 6 months
September 49
she and Martinelli celebrate her birthday in Italy, and her big surprise is a gondola ride in Venice during which the gondolier turns out to be actor Mischa Auer
December 49
recuperates from a tonsillectomy
Christmas 49
is back, and she and Martinelli spend the holidays with his family in San Francisco

November 50
divorces Martinelli but dates him four nights in a row after the decree arrives
December 50
columnist Jimmy Fidler expects her and Martinelli to announce a reconciliation
January 51
the reconciliation with Martinelli doesn’t jell in New York. There are only telephone conversations but no patch-up dates.
Early 50s
as her film career collapses, she scores heavily on Broadway
51
tours with her Warner co-star Jack Carson in a nightclub act
March 51
there are rumors she will wed her new manager after her divorce from Martinelli
May 51
will give up Hollywood for New York and has a date to discuss acting lessons with Lee Strasberg
24 May 51
her divorce from Martinelli is granted in Las Vegas, Nevada, on grounds of mental cruelty. Attorneys say a property settlement was agreed upon. Martinelli will marry and divorce model Irene Burns soon afterwards. In 1956 he will marry Sue Ziegler, a pretty 22-year-old Stanford University student.
May 51
divorces Martinelli, Jr., in Las Vegas

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