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Judge Roy Bean. One notable admirer was the self appointed Judge Roy Bean of Texas, who after falling in love with her picture changed the name of his town to Langtry and renamed the bar come courthouse that he owned 'The Jersey Lilly Saloon'. Whilst playing a Texas theatre the Judge sent Lillie with a real live bear, fortunately for her though ...
Lilian Bond played her in The Westerner (1940), and Ava Gardner in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972). Bean was played by Walter Brennan in the former, and by Paul Newman in the latter film.
Bean renames the saloon The Jersey Lilly, and hangs a portrait of a woman he worships, but has never met, Lillie Langtry, a noted actress and singer of the 1890s. Maria Elena is given a place to live and fine clothes ordered from a Sears Roebuck catalog.
Oct 30, 2023 · Throughout his long career, he became known for his bizarre verdicts, his penchant for pocketing the fines he charged in court, and his lifelong passion for the actress Lillie Langtry. And even though Bean had a reputation as a ruthless “hanging judge,” he never actually hanged anyone.
- William Delong
Jan 1, 2000 · Some bought beers for Bean’s pet bear, Bruno, which the mellow beast guzzled with delight. Many heard Roy praise the beauty of English actress Lillie Langtry as he gazed upon her picture behind the bar and swore she’d be coming to his bordertown, someday, to sing in his Opera House.
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Feb 2, 2018 · Lillie Langtry. Somewhere along his wild and wooly way Roy Bean had developed a schoolboy crush on the beautiful English actress Lillie Langtry. He went so far as to nickname his saloon, the “Jersey Lillie,” for the British island where she was born. He claimed to have met her but that was only wishful thinking.
Aug 29, 2022 · What was Judge Roy Bean famous for? In the soon-established town of Langtry (named for George Langtry, a railroad foreman), Judge Roy Bean built a proper saloon and named it the Jersey Lilly, after Lillie Langtry, an English actress the judge was quite fond of.
