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Huston's marriage to his fifth and last wife Celeste Shane made it five years, but it ended the most bitter of all. Huston swore that Shane was the absolute worst of all his wives, denouncing her as a "crocodile."
Celeste Shane – (m. 1972; div. 1977) – In his autobiography, An Open Book, Huston refers to her as a "crocodile", and says that if he had his life to do over, he would not have married a fifth time. Grave of John Huston and his mother, Rhea, at Hollywood Forever
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At the age of sixty-six, Huston married for the final time, to Celeste Shane, otherwise known as Cici, to whom he devoted a full four sentences in his autobiography: In 1972, three years after Ricki’s death, I married for the fifth time.
The ever-impulsive Huston would move yet again to Mexico where he married (1972) and divorced (1977) his fifth and final wife, Celeste Shane. Huston returned to acting auspiciously with a major role in Otto Preminger 's epic film The Cardinal (1963) for which Huston received an Oscar nomination at age 57.
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Relationship. 6. years. Sources. +. Compatibility. 1%. Celeste Shane and John Huston were married for 4 years. They dated for 1 year after getting together in 1971 and married on 8th Aug 1972. 4 years later they divorced in 1977.
John Huston - Film Director. Movie. Party - Social Event. John Huston and Celeste Shane attend a celebration of Columbia Studios's 50th anniversary at the Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, on April 25, 1975. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
Nov 8, 2011 · His fifth wife, Celeste (Cici) Shane, whom he nastily described as a “crocodile” in his memoirs, testifies that, even though he was 66 when they married in 1972, “he was the best of my whole...
