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- Birth nameJohn Chapman Wilson
- John C. Wilson was born on August 19, 1899 in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Buick Circus Hour (1952) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). He was married to Natalie Paley. He died on October 29, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseNatalie Paley(September 8, 1937 - October 29, 1961) (his death)
- Lived at 898 Park Avenue, NYC.
- Wilson was an American theatre director and producer.
- He married Natalia Pavlovna Paley on September 8, 1937 in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was a marriage of convenience. Wilson was intelligent, rich and a good companion. Natalia's name and social skills were assets to his business as a Broadway producer. Princess Paley liked her husband's humor, and his homosexuality suited her distaste for physical love.
- During the run of The Vortex by Noël Coward in 1924, Wilson met Coward and soon became his business manager and lover. Wilson used his position to steal from Coward, but the playwright was in love and accepted both the larceny and Wilson's heavy drinking.
- Father: James Jones Wilson; Mother: Mary Park Chapman.
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