Dick Haymes
Who was the spouse of Joanne Dru from 1941 to 1949?
Joanne Dru Joanne Dru ( born Joan Letitia LaCock , January 31 , 1922 – September 10 , 1996 ) was an American film and television actress , known for such films as Red River , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , and All the Kings Men . Career . Born in Logan , West Virginia , Dru moved to New York City in 1940 at the age of eighteen . After finding employment as a model , she was chosen by Al Jolson to appear in the cast of his Broadway show Hold On to Your Hats . When she moved to Hollywood , she found work in the theater . Dru was spotted by a talent scout and made her first film appearance in Abies Irish Rose ( 1946 ) . Over the next decade , Dru appeared frequently in films and on television . She was often cast in western films such as Howard Hawkss Red River ( 1948 ) , John Fords She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ( 1949 ) , and Wagon Master ( 1950 ) . She gave a well-received performance in the dramatic film All the Kings Men ( 1949 ) , which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture , and co-starred with Dan Dailey in The Pride of St . Louis ( 1952 ) , about major-league baseball pitcher Jerome Dizzy Dean . She appeared in the James Stewart drama Thunder Bay in 1953 and then the Martin and Lewis comedy 3 Ring Circus ( 1954 ) . Her film career petered out by the end of the 1950s , but she continued working frequently in television , most notably as Babs Hooten on the 1960–61 ABC sitcom , Guestward , Ho! . After Guestward , Ho! , she appeared sporadically for the rest of the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s , with one feature film appearance , in Sylvia ( 1965 ) , and eight television appearances . For her contribution to the television industry , Dru was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Personal life . She was the elder sister of Peter Marshall , an actor and singer best known as the original host of the American game show Hollywood Squares . Before moving to Hollywood , Dru met and married popular singer Dick Haymes in 1941 . She was 19 years old . The couple had three children : Richard Ralph Haymes ( born July 24 , 1942 ) , Helen Joanna Haymes ( born May 13 , 1944 ) and Barbara Nugent Haymes ( born September 19 , 1947 ) . Divorced from Haymes in 1949 , Dru married Red River and All the Kings Men co-star John Ireland less than a month later . The pair divorced in 1957 . She had no children from her marriage to Ireland , or subsequent two marriages . She was a staunch Republican , supporting Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election and appeared at a 1968 GOP cocktail party fundraiser for Richard Nixon . Death . Dru died in Los Angeles , California , September 10 , 1996 , aged 74 , from a respiratory ailment that developed from lymphedema , a swelling of the extremities . Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean . Selected filmography . - Abies Irish Rose ( 1946 ) - Rosemary Murphy Levy - Red River ( 1948 ) - Tess Millay - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ( 1949 ) - Olivia Dandridge - All the Kings Men ( 1949 ) - Anne Stanton - Wagon Master ( 1950 ) - Denver - 711 Ocean Drive ( 1950 ) - Gail Mason - Vengeance Valley ( 1951 ) - Jen Strobie - Mr . Belvedere Rings the Bell ( 1951 ) - Miss Harriet Tripp - Return of the Texan ( 1952 ) - Ann Marshall - The Pride of St . Louis ( 1952 ) - Patricia Nash Dean - My Pal Gus ( 1952 ) - Lydia Marble - Thunder Bay ( 1953 ) - Stella Rigaud - Hannah Lee ( 1953 ) - Hannah Lee ( Hallie McLaird ) - Forbidden ( 1953 ) - Christine Lawrence Manard - Duffy of San Quentin ( 1954 ) - Anne Halsey - Southwest Passage ( 1954 ) - Lilly - Siege at Red River ( 1954 ) - Nora Curtis - 3 Ring Circus ( 1954 ) - Jill Brent - Day of Triumph ( 1954 ) - Mary Magdalene - The Dark Avenger ( 1955 ) - Lady Joan Holland - Sincerely Yours ( 1955 ) - Marion Moore - Hell on Frisco Bay ( 1956 ) - Marcia Rollins - Drango ( 1957 ) - Kate Calder - The Light in the Forest ( 1958 ) - Milly Elder - The Wild and the Innocent ( 1959 ) - Marcy - September Storm ( 1960 ) - Anne Traymore - Sylvia ( 1965 ) - Jane ( Bronson ) Phillips - Super Fuzz ( Poliziotto superpiù ) ( 1980 ) - Rosy Labouche ( final film role )