Proposed to Greta Garbo in 1929. She turned him down.
He had one daughter, Evelyn Roseta Duncan Asther. She was born on January 29, 1931 in Bavaria and died on November 26, 2011 in Fresno, California at age 80.
On October 11, 1939, he signed a 90 day trial contract to have Zeppo Marx represent him for motion picture and the entertainment industries.
