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Celebrity Engagements Archive - 1939
There were 6 celebrity engagements in 1939.
Andrea Leeds and Robert Howard
(0 fans)
12 September 1939
One of the few Hollywood marriages that worked. She was an up- and-coming actress expect to become a full pledged star - he was the son of a wealthy sportsman. They dated for only a couple of months before marrying, but the marriage survived and they thrived, running a luxurious resort in Palm Springs ...
Eric Pohlmann and Liselotte Goettinger
(0 fans)
May 1939
Liselotte was a refugee from Nazi Europe. She arrived in the UK in 1938, her fiance, Eric Pohlmann, followed in 1939, and they were married in the same year.
Elisabeth Mann and Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
(0 fans)
1939
In 1939 she married to the anti-fascist Italian writer Giuseppe Antonio Borgese (1882 – 1952), 36 years her senior, by whom she had two daughters, Angelica and Dominica.
Judith Evelyn and Andrew Allan
(0 fans)
1939
On September 3, 1939, together with her fiancé, Canadian radio producer Andrew Allan, Evelyn survived the sinking of the Anchor-Donaldson liner SS Athenia. The Athenia was the first British passenger liner to be sunk by a German submarine in World War II.
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
(14 fans)
1939
He first saw Vivien Leigh in The Mask of Virtue in 1936, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. While playing lovers in the film Fire Over England (1937), they developed a strong attraction, and after filming was completed, they began an affair. Leigh played Ophelia ...
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