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It was while acting in the film Ports of Call (1925) that the actress met her soon-to-be husband Edmund Lowe. By this time she and Al Lee had divorced. She married Lowe on 21 September 1925. The wedding occurred before the release of the film and the two made their home in Hollywood.
After his first marriage to Esther Miller ended in early 1925, Lowe met Lilyan Tashman while filming Ports of Call. Lowe and Tashman were married on September 21, 1925, before the release of the film. The two had homes in Beverly Hills and Malibu. They were married until Tashman's death from cancer at age 37 in 1934. [citation needed]
In May 1931, a female bit player, Alona Marlowe, sister of actress June Marlowe, alleged that Edmund Lowe invited her and another woman back to his bungalow on the Fox lot. According to a complaint filed by Marlowe, Tashman arrived and attacked, beating, kicking, and scratching her.
Edmund Lowe was an American actor. Although known for his somewhat flamboyant personality and purple ties (1920's code for homosexual), he was also married three times - and for fairly decent lengths of time. Historian William J. Mann noted that Lowe's second marriage to Lilyan Tashman (1925-1934), was a "lavender marriage" of convenience ...
Photograph shows Edmund Lowe, a white, male, LGBTQI, American actor and Lilyan Tashman, a white, female, LGBTQI, American actor, who were married to each other.
Tashman left some $31,000 in cash, along with $121,000 in furs and jewels, but had not thought to leave a will. This resulted in years of legal squabbling between her husband Edmund Lowe and her two surviving sisters, Hattie and Jennie. A third sister, also an actress, had died in 1931.
In 1925 she entered a “lavender marriage” with her best friend, actor Edmund Lowe. The two entertained extravagantly at their estate, Lilowe, and became the darlings of the tabloids. The sophisticated Tashman was considered the best dressed woman in Hollywood with a wardrobe estimated to be worth $1,000,000.
