Stanley Laurel and His Wives
(Received 2 p.m.) HOLLYWOOD, December 29,
The wife whom Stanley Laurel, the film comedian three times married, with civil, Russian and Orthodox ceremonies, has filed a petition for divorce, charging that the comedian’s former wife constantly harassed her, and caused the fire department to “come bursting into her home at ungodly hours.”
She added that she was also besieged with anonymous telephone calls and unsigned letters. After receiving a decree absolute in divorce in January of this year, Laurel married the Russian singer, Ileana, whose real name is Vera Shuvalova.
His former wife, Virginia Ruth Rogers, tried to v prevent the marriage by declaring that the dviorce was not legal. This failed, but she caused so much annoyance that Laurel applied for court protection. In reply to this, his former wife lodged an affidavit alleging the divorce was obtained fraudulently, but the court validated both the divorce and the re-marriage of the comedian.
Ruth Rogers was his second wife, his first being Lois Neilson,
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Northern Advocate, 30 December 1938, Page 5
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