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Apr 15, 1987 · My Husband Rock Hudson. Hardcover – April 15, 1987. by Phyllis Gates (Author) 4.4 57 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. The former wife of Rock Hudson offers a candid, revealing account of her relationship with and marriage to the tragic Hollywood superstar. Print length.
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Apr 15, 1987 · This book provides an important piece of the jigsaw that was Rock Hudson’s life - portraying a very masculine screen image, but in reality having continuous relationships with men at a time of extreme social conservatism. Phyllis Gates is initially a star-struck naive wife, eventually and painfully becoming aware of her husband’s proclivities.
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- Hudson’s Childhood Was Brutal.
- His Brief Marriage to Phyllis Gates Was Meant to Keep Scandal Sheets at Bay.
- Many of The Characters Hudson Played Were Deeply conflicted.
- He May Have Fathered A Child During His Days in The Navy.
He was born Roy Scherer Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1925. Hudson’s biological father abandoned his mother, Katherine, and his stepfather, Wallace Fitzgerald, was physically abusive – including, Hudson once said, when he told Fitzgerald he wanted to be an actor. “From an early age,” Griffin writes, “he learned that you could talk about pretty much...
Gates, secretary to Hudson’s notoriously predatory agent, Henry Wilson – the man who “invented” Rock Hudson – may or may not have known Hudson was gay. What is known is that the public was openly wondering why Rock Hudson wasn’t married and Confidential Magazine was intent on exposing him. “Henry Wilson knew that there was only one way to silence a...
Whether Hudson was playing the hero, the lover or even the science experiment, many of the characters were, on some level, conflicted. Griffin speculates that it’s more than likely that Douglas Sirk, who directed Hudson in such films as “Magnificent Obsession,” “All That Heaven Allows” and “Written on the Wind,” “certainly knew the score about Huds...
In 2014, a woman named Susan Dent sued Hudson’s estate claiming to be Hudson’s daughter and wanting “no financial remuneration but only an order establishing paternity.” According to Griffin, Hudson’s adoptive sister had a letter from Hudson to a friend that “tells his friend everything.” Furthermore, Griffin says, “more than one individual intervi...
Books. My Husband, Rock Hudson. Phyllis Gates, Bob Thomas. Jove Books, 1989 - Biography & Autobiography - 232 pages. Breaking a silence of 30 years, the former Mrs. Rock Hudson tells all about her brief, poignant marriage to the all-American star--from its glamorous, lovestruck beginnings to its shattering, shocking end. "Revealing!"--The Star.
My Husband Rock Hudson Bob Thomas, Phyllis Gates. Doubleday Books, $16.95 (232pp) ISBN 978-0-385-24071-0
My Husband, Rock Hudson: The Real Story of Rock Hudson's Marriage to Phyllis Gates Phyllis Gates Angus & Robertson , 1987 - Motion picture actors and actresses - 232 pages
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