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Allene Gates (1948-1962) – Gates was a golfer and a non-swimmer half Johnny’s age. According to Tarzan, My Father, she was Johnny’s best wife and became the mother that Johnny Jr. always wanted. They married at the Donner Trail Ranch near Reno immediately following Johnny’s divorce from wife No. 3 (above).
Weissmuller was married five times: band and club singer Bobbe Arnst (married 1931, divorced 1933); actress Lupe Vélez (married 1933, divorced 1939); Beryl Scott (married 1939, divorced 1948); Allene Gates (married 1948, divorced 1962); and Maria Gertrude Baumann (born 1921, died 2004; married from 1963 until his death in 1984).
Jan 22, 1984 · That marriage ended in divorce, as did his fourth to golfer Allene Gates. Mr. Weissmuller and his fifth wife, Maria, first lived in Las Vegas, where he was a host at Caesars Palace Hotel in the...
Johnny met and married Allene Gates (married 1948-divorced 1962) after his divorce from Beryl was finalized. Johnny Jr. lived with the couple for a time. He enjoyed close family time with the couple in a way he never experienced when his mother and dad were married.
A few years earlier, Johnny was playing his usual rounds at the California Country Club when he met Allene Gates, daughter of a pro golf celebrity and an accomplished amateur golfer in her own right. The friendship turned romantic after a couple of years, and they were wed shortly after the divorce.
May 8, 2018 · He had three children, Wendy, John, and Heide, with his fifth wife, Allene Gates. His autobiography, Water, World and Weissmuller, was published in 1967. Weissmuller's last film appearance was in a film called The Phynx in 1970.
Jan 21, 1984 · That marriage ended in divorce as did his fourth to golfer Allene Gates in 1962. In recent years Weissmuller and his fifth wife, Maria, lived in Las Vegas, Nev., where he was a host at Caesars...
