They had a daughter named Leslie Victoria age 78.
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(6 January 1945 - 11 November 1948) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
1. Leslie Victoria 8 November 1945)
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7 January 45
marries Donald Anthony Shay, actor and ex-marine, in Beverly Hills. He`s 24; she`s 22. Shay, recently discharged after an illness, served 24 months in the South Pacific. The ceremony is performed by Judge Charles J. Griffin.
the Shays honeymoon in Palm Springs
July 45
expects a baby. She and Shay live in a rented room because they can find nothing else.
8 November 45
her daughter Leslie Victoria is born in Los Angeles
8 August 46
is around to pose for publicity pictures when a 1911 locomobile labors into Los Angeles, 15 days out of Boston. Her studio will use the car in an upcoming motion picture.
November 46
is selected as the girl with the "most beautiful figure" by the International Mathematics Society
15 December 47
she and Shay separate
files for divorce from Shay
19 July 48
hits the news battling for custody of her two-and-a-half year-old daughter, Victoria, in court in Los Angeles. Her estranged husband, Shay, alleges his wife gave the child intoxicants at parties. His brother, Jack, testifies Victoria had "seven or eight swallows" from her mother`s glass at a party and was "very cute and dizzy." Leslie denies this but admits giving the daughter an occasional sip of beer diluted in water. "Beer is not good for babies," Superior Judge Mildred L. Lillie tells her. Victoria`s paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Shay, is given custody of the girl until Leslie hires a competent nurse housekeeper. Shay is directed to pay $350 monthly for support of his wife and child pending trial of the divorce suit.
11 November 48
is granted divorce from Shay in Los Angeles. Superior Judge Ingall W. Bull says about Shay: "This court has no doubt but that this is a case in which a worthless husband used the love of a mother for a child to extort money from the mother. Certainly the husband is guilty of a criminal conspiracy." The whereabouts of Shay and his 3-year-old daughter is unknown, his attorney says. A warrant is outstanding against Shay, charging he took the child last July when Leslie had custody pending the divorce trial. Bull gives Leslie an order for full custody of Victoria. She is also granted $100 a month child support, $200 a month alimony and title to all community property.
15 December 49
receives her final divorce decree but still hasn`t found her 4-year-old daughter. Her attorney says that Shay is believed to have taken the child to New Zealand. Shay also is missing.