- Josephine Alicia Saenz
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name = Josephine Alicia Saenz Morrison
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birth_name = Josephine Alicia Saenz
birth_date = 1909
birth_place =United States
death_date = 2003
death_place =United States
death_cause =Cancer
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nationality = flagicon|USA American
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known_for = Her marriage toJohn Wayne
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religion =Catholic
spouse =John Wayne
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children =Michael Wayne Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCavaPatrick Wayne Melinda Wayne Munoz
parents = José Saenz
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footnotes =Josephine Alicia Saenz Morrison (1909 - 24 June 2003) was the first wife of American
film actor John Wayne , and was the mother of theactor /film producer Michael Wayne and actorPatrick Wayne .Biography
"Josie" was born daughter to
Consul General ofPanama in theUnited States [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,851548,00.html Time Magazine, October 12, 1942] ] José Saenz a wealthy businessman who lived inLos Angeles ,California [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915609/bio Son, Michael Wayne, IMDB] ,] She was 15 or 16 when she metJohn Wayne , an actor in college still named Marion Morrison, while at a beach party inBalboa, California . Their relationship met with considerable resistance from her family because he was not aCatholic but rather aPresbyterian . [ [http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/John_Wayne.html John Wayne religious affiliation] ] After courting for seven years, however, Wayne's financial status improved considerably due to his success at thebox office and he was able to convince her family to allow the marriage. The couple marriedJune 24 ,1933 , in a garden ceremony atLoretta Young 's home. [ [http://www.arabella-and-co.com/16/jwayne.htm Arabella and Co. Spotlights John Wayne] ]Their union produced four children: Michael Wayne (film producer, b.
November 23 ,1934 , d.April 2 ,2003 ), Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCava (b.February 25 ,1936 , d.December 6 ,2000 ),Patrick Wayne (actor, b.July 15 ,1939 ), andMelinda Wayne Munoz (b.December 3 ,1940 ). After a few years, the marriage was in trouble. Wayne worked long hours at his career, which his wife found hard to accept. He was always surrounded by associates from the film world, which did not please Josephine. The couple also had differences of opinion about how their children should be raised. [http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=3775 Interview - John Wayne on Women, Marriage, and Family ] ] Consequently, in 1943 they separated and the marriage ended in divorce onChristmas Day ,December 25 ,1945 . [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/605/000023536/ NNDB.com] ]Josephine Morrison died in 2003, of cancer. [ [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:S8FGD21Vv2cJ:www.jwci.org/Publications/PerspectivesVol08FallWinter2003.pdf+publications+Josephine+site:http://www.jwci.org/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us John Wayne Cancer Institute Perspectives, Vol. 8, Fall-Winter 2003] ]
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