October 52 marries Dr. Harry Samuel Rothschild in Las Vegas. He’s 43; she’s about 27.
July 53 columnist Harrison Carroll knows: “M’liss McClure’s soon-to-be ex-mate, Harry Rothschild, is dating Marian Carr, blond beauty who worked in The World for Ransom...”
August 53 is noted with Harry Rothschild at Ciro’s to see Katherine Dunham
her husband buys the Bill Perivergs’ beautiful Beverly Hills mansion
November 53 Carroll returns to her: “M`liss McClure and her husband Harry Rothschild were back together at Ciro’s. They have reconciled and she has dismissed her divorce case. ‘And this time,’ she says, ‘it will be forever and ever.’”
4 January 54 she and Rothschild separate
Early February 54 in Santa Monica Superior Court, she asks to oust her husband from their Beverly Hills home. She charges the oil man not only refused to leave the house but tried to make her leave. She says he threatened her and she fears for her safety. She estimates Rothschild’s income at $240,000 a year and asks $32,325 a month as temporary alimony.
12 February 54 she and Rothschild sign an agreement by which they will live in separate parts of their $185,000 Beverly Hills mansion until her divorce suit comes up for hearing on February 19. Neither is to molest the other.
19 February 54 divorces Rothschild in Santa Monica Superior Court on testimony he was wildly jealous of her telling Superior Judge Orlando H. Rhodes the oil man’s “baseless jealousy” wrecked their marriage and caused her to lose 18 pounds. Rothschild, who doesn’t appear, withdraws a cross complaint. Under a financial settlement she will receive $110,000.
December 64 columnist Harrison Carroll reports: “Harry Rothschild won’t answer my calls but I hear from close friends that he and actress M’liss McClure have separated...”
1965 divorces Rothschild. He will marry 31-year-old Allyson A. Schwab in 1969 and die at age 93 in 2003 in Santa Ana, California.