John Wayne

1907 - 1979  (72 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Wayne
  Birth	26 May 1907	Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	USA
  actor
  Death	11 Jun 1979	Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. John Wayne,   b. 26 May 1907, Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA d. 11 Jun 1979, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA  (Age 72 years) ▻ Josephine Saenz,  m. 1933 ;   Estelle Merle o' Brien Thompson,  m. 1938 ;   Marlene Dietrich;   Esperanza Bauer,  m. 1946 ;   Pilar Palette,  m. 1954   2. Robert Morrison   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I373582	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2002

  
  

  Father	Clyde Morrison
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F148233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Josephine Saenz
  Marriage	1933
  Divorce	1945
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Toni Wayne,   b. 25 Feb 1936, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA d. 6 Dec 2000 (Age 64 years)   4. Melinda Wayne
  Family ID	F148227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 2	Estelle Merle o' Brien Thompson,   b. 19 Feb 1911   d. 23 Nov 1979 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1938
  on-again, off-again affair
  Divorce	1947
  Family ID	F334256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Marlene Dietrich,   b. 27 Dec 1901, Schöneberg, Deutschland d. 6 May 1992, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F148226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 4	Esperanza Bauer
  Marriage	1946
  Divorce	1954
  Family ID	F148228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 5	Pilar Palette
  Marriage	1954
  Children	1. Living   2. John Ethan Wayne   3. Marisa Wayne
  Family ID	F148229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2002

  
  

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  His father Clyde was a pharmacist with a lung condition which required him to move wife Mary and son Marion to the warmer climate of southern California where they tried ranching near the Mojave desert. Till the ranch failed he and his younger brother Robert swam in an irrigation ditch and rode a horse to school. Next the family moved to Glendale where Marion delivered medicines for his father, sold newspapers, and had an Airedale dog named "Duke" (the source of his own nickname). He did well at school both academically and in football. When he narrowly failed admission to Annapolis he went to USC on a football scholarship 1925-7. Tom Mix got him a summer job as a prop man in exchange for football tickets. On the set he became close friends with director John Ford for whom, among others, he began doing bit parts, some billed as John Wayne. His first featured film was Men Without Women (1930). After more than 70 low-budget adventures, mostly oaters, Ford cast him in Stagecoach (1939), the movie through which he emerged as a major star. He appeared nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. From 1942-3 he was in a radio series "The Three Sheets to the Wind" and in 1944 he helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, later becoming its president. His right-wing political stance was also reflected in Alamo, The (1960) which he produced, directed and starred in. His superhawk stand was enshrined in Green Berets, The (1968) which he co-directed and starred in. In 1963 he had a cancerous lung removed; in 1978 there was open-heart surgery; in 1979 his stomach was removed. He received the Best Actor nomination for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and the Oscar for his role as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969). A Congressional Medal was struck in his honor. He is perhaps best remembered for his parts in the cavalry trilogy -- Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950).