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Mickey Rooney: 8 Marriages, Endless Jokes
28 Jan
Summary
- Legendary actor Mickey Rooney was married eight times.
- He often made self-deprecating jokes about his marriages.
- His career spanned nearly nine decades, beginning in film at age six.
Mickey Rooney, a legendary Hollywood figure, was married eight times throughout his life, frequently making light of his marital history with humorous anecdotes.
Born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr. in New York City in 1920, Rooney's parents were vaudeville performers. His early years were spent in Brooklyn before moving to Hollywood with his mother after his parents' separation. He first appeared on screen at the age of six in the 1926 short film "Not to be Trusted."
Rooney's first marriage, to fellow screen icon Ava Gardner, occurred when he was 22 and lasted only a year. His eighth and final marriage, to Jan Chamberlin, proved to be his longest, surpassing the combined duration of his previous seven marriages. He once quipped about his numerous weddings, "I've been married so many times I've got rice marks on my face!"
