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- Birth namePhyllis Lucille Gates
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Phyllis Gates was born on December 7, 1925 in Dawson, Minnesota, USA. She was married to Rock Hudson. She died on January 4, 2006 in Marina del Ray, California, USA.
- SpouseRock Hudson(November 9, 1955 - August 13, 1958) (divorced)
- Put her spin on the whole marriage "coverup" in the book "My Husband, Rock Hudson," which was published two years after Hudson's death from AIDS in 1985. During his lifetime, Phyllis never revealed Hudson's homosexuality.
- Henry Willson, an influential Hollywood agent, had arranged the secret wedding but minutes after the ceremony ended he called Hollywood gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons.
- Was a secretary for influential Hollywood agent Henry Willson when she agreed to marry actor Rock Hudson, whom she had been a fan of. The marriage was not a happy one, and Gates claimed that he struck her on several occasions. They divorced a few years later.
- Is a successful interior decorator who has had several celebrity clients.
- Ex-wife of Rock Hudson.
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