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Ashley was born Edith Louisa Hawkes on 1 April 1904, at 112 Hall Place, Paddington, London, England, the elder daughter of Edith Florence Hyde and Arthur Hawkes. The family moved to nearby Wharncliffe Gardens, Lisson Grove, before 1910. She later renamed herself Sylvia and preferred giving her year of birth as 1906.
Sylvia Ashley. Sylvia Ashley was previously married to Prince Dimitri Djordjadze, Clark Gable, Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, Douglas Fairbanks and Anthony Ashley-Cooper.
Socialite. Born Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, the daughter of Edith Florence Hyde and Arthur Hawkes, a publican. She left home at 15, and found a job as a lingerie model. She then moved on to theatre, appearing in the chorus in such plays as 'Midnight Follies' (1924), 'Primrose' (1924), and 'Tell Me...
Now the largely forgotten socialite Sylvia Ashley has stepped back into the limelight as Cecil Beaton’s sketch of her comes to auction in Ewbank’s Contemporary Art & Editions sale on January 25. Born Edith Louisa Hawkes, the self-styled Sylvia (1904-77) had been a chorus girl and actress when she and her paramour, the heir to the Earldom of ...
Sylvia Ashley (1 April 1904 – 29 June 1977) was an English model, actress, and socialite who was best known for her marriages to British aristocrats and American movie stars. Ashley was born Edith Louisa Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, England, a daughter of Arthur Hawkes and Edith Florence Hyde.
Sylvia Ashley was a British actress who married five times, including to Clark Gable and Douglas Fairbanks. IMDb provides her biography, contact info, credits, photos and more.
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Browse 174 photos of Sylvia Ashley, a British actress and former wife of Clark Gable. See her with Gable, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and other celebrities at various events and occasions.
