Pilar Pallete

Pilar Pallete
Wayne and Pallete in 1971
Born (1928-09-03) September 3, 1928
Paita, Peru
Occupation Actress
Years active 1960–present
Spouse(s)
Richard Weldy
(m. 1948; div. 1953)

John Wayne
(m. 1954; his death 1979)

Stephen Stewart
(m. 1984; div. 1997)

Jesse L. Upchurch (m. 1998)
Children 3, including Ethan Wayne

Pilar Pallete (born September 3, 1928) is a Peruvian actress and the third wife of the American actor John Wayne.

Biography

Pallete was born as the daughter of a Peruvian senator in the Paita Port (northern Peru). She married and divorced professional big-game hunter Richard Weldy.[1] She met John Wayne, 21 years her senior, in Lima, Peru, in 1953, while still married to Weldy. Wayne was in Peru scouting locations for The Alamo.[2]

In 1953, Pallete came to Los Angeles to dub a film in English, when she ran into John Wayne for the second time. A year later on November 1, 1954,[2] they married in Kona, Hawaii, the same day Wayne's divorce became final. Pallete retired from her motion picture career to be a wife and mother to their three children: Aissa, Ethan, and Marisa.

During the next 10 years of their marriage, they traveled extensively, usually on location for John Wayne's many films. In 1965, they moved to Newport Beach, California. She rented a studio inside the Fernleaf Courtyard, in Corona Del Mar, California, where she would entertain her clients outdoors with coffee and finger sandwiches and found herself, one year later, with a full-time restaurant.

Personal life

In 1973, she and Wayne separated, and he died from stomach cancer on June 11, 1979. 11 years later, in 1984, she married Stephen Stewart, a municipal court judge. The marriage was brief, with Pallete later describing the relationship as a "two-week mistake."[3] In 1998, Pallete married Jesse Upchurch, a travel company executive.

Filmography

  • The Alamo - unknown (uncredited) (1960)
  • Hollywood Greats - episode - "John Wayne" - herself (1984)
  • John Wayne Standing Tall - TV movie/documentary - herself (1989)
  • Biography - episode - "John Wayne: The Unquiet Man" - herself (1998)
  • Biography - episode - "John Wayne: American Legend" - herself (1998)
  • The Duke at Fox - documentary short - herself (2011)
  • The Personal Property of John Wayne - herself (2011)

References

  1. ↑ Orange Coast Magazine. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  2. 1 2 "Interview - John Wayne on Women, Marriage, and Family". Emanuellevy.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  3. ↑ McLellan, Dennis (5 November 1987). "Good Times, Bad Times : John Wayne's Wife Pilar Says She Wrote Book to Protect an Image, Tell Children Real Story". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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