Happy Birthday: Clark Gable (1901–1960)

Clark Gable (1901–1960)

Born: February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, USA
Died: November 16, 1960 (age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Kay Williams (11 July 1955 – 16 November 1960) (his death) (1 child)
Sylvia Ashley (20 December 1949 – 21 April 1952) (divorced)
Carole Lombard (29 March 1939 – 16 January 1942) (her death)
Maria Franklin Gable (19 July 1931 – 4 March 1939) (divorced)
Josephine Dillon (13 December 1924 – 1 April 1930) (divorced)

[“Miami News” article 1939 on public reaction to Gone with the Wind (1939)] Damn it. I never conceived of this. When I rode through Atlanta’s streets today it wasn’t like an opening at Grauman’s Chinese at Hollywood. It wasn’t like anything I ever experienced in my life. It was almost too big for me to take. For the first time I actually realized I wasn’t Clark Gable to Atlanta, but Rhett Butler [laughs] . . . and I hope to heaven when I leave here tomorrow night, after everybody has seen the picture, that I leave as Rhett Butler and not Clark Gable.

It Happened One Night 1934 dir. Frank Capra starring Gable Claudette Colbert

Gone with the Wind 1939 dir. Victor Fleming starring Vivien Leigh Gable

The Misfits 1961 dir. John Huston Starring Gable Marilyn Monroe

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