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Hollywood marriages and deaths define a bright and tragic year
The 1955 Hollywood life story shows Cupid and the divorce court in near balance with several high profile weddings and elopements. Clark Cable and Kay Spreckels eloped in July. Rock Hudson wed Phyllis Gates. Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher tied the knot in a New York resort. Yvonne De Carlo wed stuntman Robert Morgan among others. But the year also brought a wave of separations and four high profile deaths including James Dean, John Hodiak, Carmen Miranda, and Robert Francis. Baby arrivals marked the brighter side with pregnancies and births for Pier Angeli, Jan Sterling, Judy Garland, Eva Marie Saint, and others.
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Cable
Kay Spreckels
Bobby-Soxers
Rock Hudson
Phyllis Gates
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
New York
Yveonne de Carlo
Hollywoods
Robert Morgan
Jane Withers
Lucy Marlow
Colleen Miller
Sheree North
Jarma Lewis
Nancy Kelly
Betty Hutton
Alan Livingston
Cy Howard
Dean Martins
Vivian Blaine
Jean Peters
Aldo Ray
Jeff Donnell
Hollywood
James Dean
John Hodiak
Carmen Miranda
Robert Francis
Suzan Ball
Pier Angeli
Jan Sterling
Judy Garland
Eva Marie Saint
Robert Taylor
Jeanmarie
Kirk Douglases
Guy Madisons