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Hedy Lamarr with her son, Anthony Loder, on the day of her divorce from Lewis J. Boies, Jr. Citizen-News article dated June 3, 1965 partially reads, "Life with husband No. 6 was something less than pleasing, Vienna-born actress Hedy Lamarr testified in divorce court yesterday. The 50-year-old actress was awarded a decree ending her 19-month marriage to Lewis Boies Jr., an attorney, after testifying she spent nearly $500,000 on Boies and received a threat with a baseball bat in return."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 20 cm. oh sheet 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000 Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Newspaper court reporting--California--Los Angeles Judicial process--California--Los Angeles Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles Divorce suits--California--Los Angeles Actresses--United States Divorce--California--Los Angeles Valley Times Collection photographs
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