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Mar 31, 2023 · Maria Langham, daughter of a rich Texan family, was older than Josephine and 17 years older than Gable and had been married three times before, but for Gable, she had a great advantage over Josephine—she had more money.
His second wife was Texas socialite Maria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham Gable (nicknamed "Ria"). The couple divorced on March 7, 1939. [121] Thirteen days after his divorce from Maria, Gable married actress Carole Lombard during a production break on Gone with the Wind .
Dec 19, 2017 · Their marriage lasted only 26 months, though they parted amicably enough. In 1932, Gable was on his second marriage, to a Texas socialite, Maria Langham, whom he’d wed just a few days after his divorce from his acting coach, Josephine Dillon, 17 years his elder.
Maria Franklin Gable was born on January 17, 1884 in Chapman, Kansas, USA. She was married to Clark Gable, Andrew Denzil Langham, Alfred Thomas Lucas and William Prentiss Jr.. She died on September 24, 1966 in Houston, Texas, USA.
After Alfred Sr. died in 1922, he left Ria quite a fortune and she was considered one of Houston’s wealthiest citizens. She married Denzil Langham in 1925 and divorced him in 1927 (daughter Jana recalled that the marriage was “an utter mistake”). Soon afterward, Ria and her children moved to New York to start anew.
Mar 30, 2017 · At the time, Clark, then 31, was married to Houston socialite Maria Langham. Lombard, just 24, was in an unhappy marriage of her own, with actor William Powell of The Thin Man fame.
Hollywood film star and comedienne, she was the great love of his life. He called her "Ma," and she called him "Pa." Unfortunately, she was killed in a plane crash on January 16, 1942 while returning home from Indianapolis where she had just sold over $1 Million of war bonds. She was 33.
