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Mickey Rooney: Ava Gardner
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Mickey never was one to settle down, which explains his eight marriages. In 1942, he married Hollywood star Ava Gardner, but they soon divorced. After entering the service for 21 months in 1944 to entertain the troops in WWII, he married Betty Jane Rase. This marriage was followed by similar experiences with Martha Vickers in 1949 and Elaine Mahnken in 1952. In 1958 Rooney married Barbara Ann Thompson, but tragedy struck when she was murdered in 1966. Stumbling into deep depression, he married Barbara's friend, Marge Lane, who helped him take care of his young children.
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During the course of his career, Rooney received two Best Actor and two Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations, the last of which for his work in 1979's The Black Stallion. He ... won a Golden Globe for the 1981 TV movie Bill. In 1983, while undergoing a well-publicized conversion to Christianity, he was awarded a special Lifetime Achievement Oscar "in recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances." Rooney published his autobiography, Life Is Too Short, in 1991. His eight wives included actresses Ava Gardner and Martha Vickers. ~ All Movie Guide
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In 1941, Rooney met actress Ava Gardner, and was instantly smitten, as was every straight man who ever saw her. Rooney became obsessed with winning Gardner's love, though she liked him only as a friend. Rooney returned to the Leprachaun realm that had cast him out decades prior, and returned with a magical potion made of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers. Secretly administered to Gardner, the potion caused her to fall madly in love with Rooney.
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