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Keith was married 3 times; first to American film director Howard Hawks, second to American producer Leland Hayward, and finally to British banker and aristocrat Kenneth Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre.
Jul 6, 1990 · The love of Slim’s life was Leland Hayward-talent agent, later Broadway producer of South Pacific and Gypsy — to whom she was married for 10 years, until he dumped her for Pamela Churchill ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Who was Slim Keith married to? Like Capote’s other swans, Keith married powerful men. Her first husband was Hollywood director and producer Howard Hawks, whom she married in 1941.
American film director and producer Howard Hawks pictured with his wife Slim Keith on their wedding day in Pasadena, California on 10th December 1941.
Feb 1, 2024 · Slim Keith (at the time they met she was Slim Hayward) was best friends with Capote's favorite Swan, Babe Paley. Keith, like the rest of the Swans, was charmed by the writer.
Feb 2, 2024 · Three years later, Hawks and Keith married, with actor Gary Cooper giving her away. Keith would write of Hawks later that “He was not only handsome, charming and successful, he was exactly...
The years Howard Hawks spent with his second wife Nancy – aka ‘Slim’ – were the richest of his film-directing career, as her style and influence inspired him to live out a recurring dream of their relationship on film.
