GLORIA SWANSON WED TO FRENCH MARQUIS
Paris, France (JFK+50) On January 28, 1925, motion picture actress Gloria Swanson* "was married...to the Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudray**."
The marriage ceremony took place here in Paris at noon. According to the Associated Press, Miss Swanson has been in France "for some weeks...making a production."
Her witness at the ceremony was Hallet Johnson, first secretary of the American Embassy. Baron D'Aiguy "acted for the groom."
JFK+50 NOTE
Gloria Swanson had a "lengthy" 3 year affair with JFK's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. in the late 1920s. She became his business partner & their relationship was an "open secret" in Hollywood. The affair ended after an unsuccessful movie venture.
*Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) was born in Chicago, Illinois & won fame as a silent movie actress in the 1920s. GS was nominated 3 times for Academy Awards & won the Golden Globe Award for her role in Sunset Blvd, 1950. She supported the Republican Party & candidates Wilkie, Dewey, Goldwater & Reagan. She married 6 times.
**Henri Marquis de la Falaise served as GS's translator during filming of Madame Sans-Gene & became her 3rd husband. The couple divorced in 1930.
SOURCES
"Gloria Swanson Bride of French Marquis in Paris," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 28, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Gloria Swanson," by Julie Buck, Women Film Pioneers Project, www.wfpp.columbia.edu/
"Kennedy and Swanson, As If We Didn't Know: Gloria and Joe, The Star-crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy," by Alex Madsen as reviewed by Janice Harayda, February 14, 1988, Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com/
