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May 28, 2019 · Roy Gruessendorf is Ellen DeGeneres’ stepfather. Ellen’s mother, Betty, married Gruessendorf shortly after divorcing the comedian’s father, Elliot DeGeneres, in 1974. Gruessendorf was...
Shortly afterwards, DeGeneres married Roy Gruessendorf, who moved the family to Texas. DeGeneres was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her second marriage. Their marriage ended in the early 1990s; Gruessendorf died in 1997. [5]
Aug 7, 2023 · After Ellen DeGeneres’ father parted ways with her mother, Betty soon found love in the arms of Roy Gruessendorf who became her second husband. With that, Ellen who lived with her mother after her parent’s divorce became the stepdaughter of Roy.
Sep 22, 2023 · The chat show host also explained that salesman Roy Gruessendorf, who'd married her mother, Betty DeGeneres, shortly after her parents got divorced in the mid-1970s, forced her to run away...
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Jun 3, 2021 · Devastatingly, Ellen was molested by her stepfather, Roy Gruessendorf, when she was a teenager, a fact she only shared in 2005. Ellen didn't tell Betty for a long time, and when she did, Betty didn't believe her and stayed married to him for many more years.
Feb 5, 2009 · DeGeneres' parents filed for separation in 1973 and were divorced the following year. Shortly after, Betty Jane remarried Roy Gruessendorf, who worked as a salesman. Betty Jane and DeGeneres moved with Gruessendorf from the New Orleans area to Atlanta, Texas.
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Betty DeGeneres was born on 20 May 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress, known for Team Knight Rider (1997), I Can't Marry You (2004) and Hollywood Squares (1998). She is married to Roy Gruessendorf.
