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Derek abandoned his wife and family in late summer 1955 after meeting 19-year-old aspiring Swiss actress Ursula Andress, who spoke almost no English when they met. [29] [30] He and Behrs were divorced in 1956.
Jul 12, 2021 · According to John Derek, he only married his ex-wife out of pity. Apparently, he originally wanted to break things off, but stopped short when Behrs threatened to take her own life. To really twist the knife in his daughter’s heart, Derek claimed that he never wanted to have children.
Jun 25, 2017 · Derek walked out on his wife and family in 1955 after meeting 19-year-old aspiring Swiss actress Ursula Andress, who spoke almost no English when they met. In 1957, after finalizing his divorce from Behrs, he married Andress in a quickie Las Vegas ceremony, but she left him in 1965 for French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.
May 24, 1998 · In 1974, he met Mary Cathleen Collins, a 17-year-old high school dropout from Long Beach, Calif., who was working under the stage name Bo Shane. He cast her in a film he was directing,...
He was an actor and director, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Ghosts Can't Do It (1989) and Bolero (1984). He was married to Bo Derek, Linda Evans, Ursula Andress and Pati Behrs. He died on 22 May 1998 in Santa Maria, California, USA.
John Derek photographed his wives Ursula, Linda and Bo Derek for Playboy magazine. He made regular visits to Ralph Helfer's Exotic Animal Ranch in California to contribute in the chores and to play with the animals.
Sep 4, 2020 · At the time, director John Derek was married to actress Linda Evans – who went on to star in hit soap Dynasty.
In December 1947 she met John Derek in an acting class, and they married on October 9, 1948. The couple had two children: son Russell Derek (1950–1999) and daughter Sean Catherine Derek (born 1953), who became a screenwriter. Behrs and Derek separated in September 1955 and divorced in April 1956.
Derek's marriage to Andress ended when she embarked on an affair with the French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, and he next married the actress Linda Evans, who starred in another little-seen movie...
May 23, 1998 · Derek, considered the Svengali behind his last wife, Bo Derek, died after emergency heart surgery at Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif.
