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At age 19, Todd married Bertha Freshman in Crown Point, Indiana, on Valentine's Day 1927. He had been interested in Freshman since his mid-teens, but needed to develop confidence before asking her out.
On February 14, 1927, he married Bertha Freshman in Crown Point, Indiana. Together they had a son Mike Todd, Jr., born in 1929. Todd separated from Freshman and filed for divorce in August 1946, however Freshman died within a week on August 12.
Todd was born to movie producer and cinema pioneer Mike Todd and his first wife, Bertha Freshman Todd. [1] He was also a stepson of Elizabeth Taylor even though he was older than his famous stepmother through his father's third marriage. [2]
Sep 19, 2016 · In it the late biographer mentioned that Todd had briefly been suspected by police of having murdered his first wife (Bertha Freshman) in order to be free to marry his much wealthier mistress Joan Blondell.
Jul 23, 2023 · This was also because he had previously been suspected of murdering his previous wife, Bertha Freshman. Todd was a reckless, debt-ridden gambler who spent all of Blondell's fortune over the course of their three-year marriage.
Michael Todd Jr. was born in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 1929, the only son of the theatrical and film producer Michael Todd and his first wife, Bertha Freshman, who died in 1946. His stepmothers were the actresses Joan Blondell and Elizabeth Taylor.
Mike married Bertha freshman in Crown point on valentine’s day 1927 at the age of 17. They were blessed with a son, Mike Todd, Jr. He was born in 1929. Unfortunately, Bertha, his wife died on 12th August 1946 due to pneumothorax in Santa Monica, California.
