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Martha Vickers and Mickey Rooney
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Mickey Rooney and Martha Vickers were married for 3 years. They dated for 2 months after getting together in Jan 1949. After a 3 months engagement they married on 3rd Jun 1949. 3 years later they separated in Oct 1950 and divorced on 25th Sep 1951.
They had a son named Teddy age 73.
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American Actor Mickey Rooney was born Ninian Joseph Yule Jr. on 23rd September, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States and passed away on 6th Apr 2014 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States aged 93. He is most remembered for A Family Affair, National Velvet, Night At The Museum, The Fox And The Hound, The Black Stallion. His zodiac sign is Virgo.
American Actress Martha Vickers was born Martha MacVicar on 28th May, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan and passed away on 2nd Nov 1971 Los Angeles, California aged 46. She is most remembered for The Big Sleep (1946). Her zodiac sign is Gemini.
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Relationship Statistics
Status | Duration | Length |
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Dating | Jan 1949 - Mar 1949 |
1 month, 29 days
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Engaged | Mar 1949 - 3rd Jun 1949 |
3 months, 4 days
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Married | 3rd Jun 1949 - Sep 1952 |
3 years, 3 months
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Total |
Jan 1949 -
Sep 1952
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3 years, 8 months
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(3 June 1949 - 25 September 1951) (divorced) 1 child
January 49 meets Mickey Rooney, the ex of Ava Gardner and Betty Jane Rase, at a party at Ciro`s
two days later Rooney asks her for a date, and she invites him for dinner, at her home in the Valley, where she still lives with her parents
the next evening the MacVicars are invited for a duck dinner at Mickey`s little bachelor house in Laurel Canyon
the next day Mickey introduces her to his mother
she and actor Mickey Rooney announce their engagement. She towers six inches over her future husband. They have to wait until her divorce from A. C. Lyles becomes final.
15 April 49 goes to Las Vegas, Nevada, to fasten her divorce from Lyles. Under California`s one-year rule, the interlocutory decree will not be final until fall.
May 49 her divorce from Lyles becomes final
3 June 49 marries Rooney at North Hollywood Christ Memorial Unity Church. Just 6 hours earlier Rooney received his final divorce papers from former wife Betty Jane Rase.
Mickey affectionately calls her Mart, and they move into a small bungalow at 4723 White Oak Avenue, Encino, the former home of Spencer Tracy
June 49 she and Mickey plan a Paris honeymoon in the fall
? due to Rooney`s marathon drinking, their marriage deteriorates quickly
End 49 their marriage is on the verge of total collapse
12/13 April 50 their son, Ted Michael, is born at Valley Hospital
October 50 her ailing condition has Mickey at her bedside 24 hours a day
is fed up and asks Mickey for a divorce
December 50 the Rooneys part
16 December 50 there`s a truce between her and Mickey, who returns to their White Oak Avenue house
March 51 the Rooneys reconcile
June 51 files a divorce suit from Rooney, charging cruelty and claiming custody of their son
Summer 51 the Rooneys part again
11 June 51 files for divorce, charging Rooney with extreme cruelty
24/25 September 51 her divorce is granted, giving her custody of their son, $150-a-month for his support, and a descending scale of alimony, from $2,000 a month, to $300 a month, in eight years. Rooney will later claim she was frigid.
January 52 Mickey wants to patch up their marriage and seeks reconciliation with her. Martha doesn`t say yes or no.
Mickey feuds with Martha`s girlfriends and blames them for keeping her from remarrying him
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