September 48
is seen dining at Ciro`s with Jim Jordan
March 49
she and Jim Jordan are a big romance
15 June 49
marries James C. Jordan, Jr., in Santa Barbara. He`s 25; she`s 26. They haven`t told any of their friends, who send back their wedding gifts after it seems as if the wedding is off. Parsons knows: "Some of the friends of the young couple hurriedly sent the gifts again to Mr. and Mrs. Jordan. The happy pair is now honeymooning somewhere near town and will leave soon for New York, where Jim is a television director."
September 49
is seen dining at the Brown Derby with her husband and his parents, Jim and Marian Jordan of the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio show
May 23, 50
her daughter Janice Colleen is born in Los Angeles
January 52
she and her husband are reported knitting tiny garments
May 24, 52
her daughter Marian Lou is born in Los Angeles
June 52
the press notes her and Jordan celebrating the birth of their third daughter at Ciro`s
24 June 54
returns to the screen for the first time since becoming the mother of three daughters. "Producer Hal Bartlett signed her for Unclaimed, to be filmed at the California Institution for Men at Chino."
July 55
she and Jordan are reported reconciled
c. 55
she and Jordan separate
20 October 60
after a five-year separation, she files for divorce from Jordan in Los Angeles charging cruelty. He`s 41; she`s 36. She asks custody of their three minor children and $1,000 monthly for support and alimony.
15 December 60
divorces Jordan in Los Angeles. She testifies that Jordan drank and made her "a nervous wreck." She`s awarded $1,000 monthly support for herself and the children. Jordan will marry actress Beverly Tyler in 1962 and die at age 75 in 1998 in Nevada.