(11 April 1942 - 1946) (divorced) 1 child

February 42
Kilgallen reports that Virginia and Paul Douglas have postponed their wedding day

11 April 42
marries Paul Douglas in Hollywood. He`s 34; she`s 24. He`s a former radio announcer now attached to the government office of fact and figures.

September 42
she and Douglas expect the stork. Columnist Louella Parsons knows that "that`s the real reason that Virginia has sent her regrets to Columbia for Power of the Press. She wants to remain in the cast with her husband until he goes into the service and to be near him as long as possible. Moreover, she will not do any picture work until the arrival of the Douglas heir. I hear that Gloria Dickson, who has been dieting and is much thinner, will have the femme lead in Power of the Press..."

31 January 44
is among stars of the stage, screen and radio who gather at the White House to celebrate the 62nd birthday of President Roosevelt. The others are Joan Fontaine, Martha Scott, Mary Martin, Mary Pickford, Lucille Ball, Maria Montez, Jinx Falkenburg, Jeanne Cagney, Lily Pons, Patricia Collinge, Louis Prima, Guy Lombardo, Brian Aherne, Grantland Rice, Roland Young, Red Skeleton, John Garfield, Meyer Davis, Walter Pidgeon, and Brian Donlevy.

May 44
columnist Erskine Johnson writes: "Virginia Field and Paul Douglas, recently rumored divorcing, have made a date with the stork."
c. 44 her daughter, Margaret, is born
December 44 when she learns that Richard Greene names his new police dog "Tristan," she promptly christens her toy Chihuahua "Isolde"

March 46
Louella Parsons tells: "I talked with Paul Douglas and Virginia Field over the long distance telephone. Virginia has just gone back to visit Paul, and they are happier than ever, which is good news. They plan to go to London to co-star in Born Yesterday, the play in which he made such a success on Broadway, and later the movie will be made as an independent venture, with Paul, of course, in the role he created on the stage."

Early June 46
finally persuades her mother, "whom she hasn`t seen in 10 years, to make the trip from England. She arrives in August."
c. 20 June 46 Winchell heralds that Douglas "may post the renotice. All of us saw they were happier thank larks..."

August 46
her mother`s en route from England to sit out with her during the waiting period in Las Vegas, Nevada, toward divorcing Douglas

September 46
is expected to marry Irving "Clip" Squires, wealthy New York socialite, after her Reno clearance from Paul Douglas. Squires is 46; she`s 28.



intimates wonder if she and Douglas will try it again. They are on the phone daily.

December 47 Douglas is expected to visit her in Reno, where she is divorcing Howard Grode

Early January 48 Dorothy Kilgallen knows that "the Virginia Field-Paul Douglas reconciliation talk is just silly, according to their friends. She has a new beau out west, and Paul is picking up Lenore Lemmon`s dinner tabs."
June 48 frequently visits Paul Douglas, who`s in a New York hospital for an operation
March 49 asked if there is a possibility of a reunion with her, Paul Douglas says: "I don`t believe in tie-backs."
May 49 columnist Sheila Graham reports: "There is nothing unusual in Paul Douglas and director Eddie Goulding making a trip together to Honolulu. It was Goulding who introduced Paul to his last wife, Virginia Field. Not only that but he went along on their honeymoon.
February 50 is reported having captured the heart of wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon
March 50 Douglas is expected to meet her and their daughter when they arrive from New York. "People, who say they know, say that Paul has never lost that old feeling for Virginia."
April 50 columnist Erskine Johnson reports: "The character of the junk tycoon Brock in Born Yesterday was played on Broadway by Paul Douglas and on the road by Richard Rober. Jan Sterling was Rober`s leading lady. The other night, Virginia Field, who was one married to Douglas, dated Rober. During the evening they ran into Jan Sterling being squired by Paul Douglas."
Early May 50 attends the opening of a new ice cream parlor on Vine Street with Rod Cameron. Other guests are Dan Duryea and Wanda Hendrix. The opening night special is an ice cream soda made with champagne.


is reported lunching at Romanoff`s with her fiancé, Willard Parker. Not many tables away, Paul Douglas is lunching with his present wife, Jan Sterling.

September 59 she and her 15-year-old daughter, Margaret, attend the final rites for Paul Douglas in Hollywood. Douglas died at age 52 of a heart attack.
4 April 60 her daughter is granted a $150-a-month allowance from Douglas` $111,500 estate by the Los Angeles Superior Court. Virginia had asked for $250 a month for Maggie.

November 60 is awarded child support payments totalling $400 monthly from the estate left by her former husband, Paul Douglas

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