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Sylvia, Lady Ashley (born Edith Louisa Hawkes, 1 April 1904 – 29 June 1977) was an English model, actress, and socialite who was best known for her numerous marriages to British and Georgian noblemen and American movie stars.
Mini Bio. Sylvia Ashley was previously married to Prince Dimitri Djordjadze, Clark Gable, Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, Douglas Fairbanks and Anthony Ashley-Cooper. Family. Spouses. Prince Dimitri Djordjadze (1954 - June 29, 1977) (her death) Clark Gable (December 20, 1949 - April 1952) (divorced)
Sylvia Ashley. Socialite. Born Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, the daughter of Edith Florence Hyde and Arthur Hawkes, a publican. She left home at 15, and found a job as a lingerie model.
After Fairbanks died of a heart attack, aged just 56, in 1939, Sylvia turned her attention to war work, setting up the British Distressed Areas Fund in 1941 with her sister Vera, the actress Constance Bennett, and Hollywood producer Darryl Zanuck’s wife Virginia Fox as co-directors.
Sylvia Ashley was a British actress who married five times, including Clark Gable and Douglas Fairbanks. She appeared in several films and TV shows, such as Gable: The King Remembered and Personal details.
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Sylvia Ashley (1 April 1904 – 29 June 1977) was an English model, actress, and socialite who was best known for her marriages to British aristocrats and American movie stars. Ashley was born Edith Louisa Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, England, a daughter of Arthur Hawkes and Edith Florence Hyde.
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And if you want the whole truth about it, the most wonderful part of life, concerning Clark Gable and the former Sylvia Hawkes, former Lady Ashley, former Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Senior, former Lady Stanley of Alderly, is that these two enchanting human beings got together.