In 1908 newspapers announced Louise Alexander's engagement to race car driver Lewis Strang and photos of them together were published. The record-breaking daredevil driver and the Follies girl instantly became a celebrity couple. Strang, who "always insisted on having ice cream before, during and after each big race," was the only American driver in the 1908 French Grand Prix; when he returned to New York she was reported greeting him at the dock. He planned their wedding in September 1908 at Stamford, Connecticut, but she backed out when he arrived at the New York theater to pick her up after a "Follies of 1908" performance. When reporters asked if she was married, she reportedly replied, "Married? Me? Well, not in this act." A few days later Strang and Alexander were married in Chicago. Strang wanted her to quit the stage; she wanted him to give up race car driving. In 1910, during the time she was performing a temptress dance with Julian Mitchell, Mitchell's wife Bessie Clayton filed for divorce, citing Louise Alexander as corespondent. Mitchell and Clayton later reconciled. Louise Alexander divorced Strang in early 1911. On July 20, 1911, Strang died in an automobile accident. Press rumors suggested he had deliberately sought death because of his failed marriage.