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Josephine Dillon (1924-1930) Maria "Ria" Franklin Printiss Lucas Langham (1931-1939) Carole Lombard (1939-1942) Sylvia Ashley (1949-1952) Kay Williams (1955-1960) Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960) was an iconic American actor , voted King of Hollywood by an adoring public throughout the 1930s and 1940s— Hollywood's Golden Age.
Now the largely forgotten socialite Sylvia Ashley has stepped back into the limelight as Cecil Beaton’s sketch of her comes to auction in Ewbank’s Contemporary Art & Editions sale on January 25. Born Edith Louisa Hawkes, the self-styled Sylvia (1904-77) had been a chorus girl and actress when she and her paramour, the heir to the Earldom of Shaftesbury, had married in February 1927.
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Sylvia Ashley (Q7660883) Sylvia Ashley. English model, actress and socialite (1904-1977) Sylvia Hawkes. Edith Louisa Sylvia Hawkes. Language. Label. Description. Also known as.
Bleck, who lives now with his aunt, Lady Sylvia Ashley, the former wife of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Clark Gable, had asked for $1 million in general damages and $60,309 in medical expenses. A jury returned the higher verdict. Defendants were the city of Beverly Hills and builder Herbert J. Kronish and his wife, Hazel.
Mar 31, 2023 · Lady Sylvia Ashley was an English actress and model and had been married three times previously, including most recently to Douglas Fairbanks Sr. They first met in the summer of 1949 when Gable attended a party with socialite Dolly O'Brien as his date but spent most of the evening talking and dancing with Sylvia.
