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(October 8, 1949 - February 24, 1955) (divorced)
Her ex-husband, Joe Kirkwood Jr., had been out of touch with Cathy for years when he found out she was in dire financial circumstances. He was drawing up a trust fund for her in 1976 when he learned that she had died.
October 1948 was seen at La Rue with Joe Kirkwood, Jr., young champion golfer-turned-actor.
1949 she and Kirkwood are expected to altar-trek before the month’s out.
October 8, 1949 marries Joe Kirkwood, Jr., at a hotel chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kirkwood’s the son of Joe Kirkwood, Sr., one of golf's greatest trick-shot artists. He’s 28: she’s 23. It’s the first marriage for each of the movie pair.
End October 1949 she and Kirkwood attend the Press Photographer’s Ball. She’s made up as a dark-skinned beauty; he features a golfing cap.
July 1954 is seen at a Hollywood premiere with her husband, Kirkwood. She and Joe found that careers and marriage can mix.
October 10, 1954 she and Kirkwood separate after a marriage of five years
Mid-December 1954 announces she plans to file divorce suit against Kirkwood in California in January, "because we are incompatible and we might as well get a divorce"
January 12, 1955 files for divorce from Kirkwood in Los Angeles on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. "I tried golf for his sake, but he just made fun of me."
February 1955 gets her divorce from Kirkwood
November 1955 she and Bob Brunson plan to marry in Mexico in November. "Before we do it, of course," says Bob, "Cathy will have to get another divorce from Joe Kirkwood, Jr., in Mexico. She’ll probably pick Juarez. Then we will be married and take a honeymoon in Texas and at Acapulco."