- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEugene Willford Markey
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Gene Markey was born on December 11, 1895 in Jackson, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for On the Avenue (1937), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) and You're the One (1941). He was married to Lucille Parker Wright, Myrna Loy, Hedy Lamarr and Joan Bennett. He died on May 1, 1980 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
- SpousesLucille Parker Wright(September 27, 1952 - May 1, 1980) (his death)Myrna Loy(January 3, 1946 - August 21, 1950) (divorced)Hedy Lamarr(March 5, 1939 - October 3, 1941) (divorced)Joan Bennett(March 16, 1932 - June 3, 1937) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Married the widow who owned Calumet Farm, the most famous Kentucky horse racing stable. This made him the proprietor and a very happy man at the time of his death, as he probably loved race horses more than women, and from the list of his wives he apparently loved women a great deal. One of Calumet Farm's horses, a Filly named Our Mims, was named after his daughter.
- His 1946 wedding to Myrna Loy was a full dress military affair at San Pedro Naval Station near Los Angeles, California. Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey was his best man and noted film director, [John Ford], gave the bride away.
- While he lived in Kentucky, he purchased an 18th Century log cabin and had it moved to the Calumet Farm property. He used the cabin as a work room for his writing.
- Was very fond of Labrador Retrievers. Once owned a Black Lab named Lucky that lived to be 17.
- Daughter, with Bennett, Melinda born
- On his time at the Art Institute of Chicago: "I studied painting and learned nothing."
- I cannot restrain my ardor for the place and its people.....No duck ever took to water as I have taken to Kentucky.
- A Lost Lady (1934) - $10,125
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