JIMMY STEWART : How FATHERHOOD CHANGED HIM
Closer US|January 08, 2024
THE HOLLYWOOD ICON ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE OF BECOMING A HUSBAND AND FIRST-TIME DAD AT 41
Louise A. Barile
JIMMY STEWART : How FATHERHOOD CHANGED HIM

Eighteen months after they wed, Gloria, the wife of screen star Jimmy Stewart, confessed that she had been nervous about making a family man of Hollywood's biggest bachelor. "I found myself thinking - now that he'll be seeing [my sons] 24 hours a day, will Jimmy like the boys so much?" confessed the previously divorced mother of two.

Oscar-winner Jimmy Stewart's marriage at age 41 made headlines around the world in 1949. The war hero and longtime ladies' man had spent his youth romancing a who's who of Hollywood legends, including Olivia de Havilland, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Norma Shearer, and Dinah Shore.

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