Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Maggie Johnson, an elderly woman with white hair, dark eyes, and a tall, thin figure, is a former actress and the ex-wife of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood.
Marriage to Clint :
- In July of 1953, after weeks of heckling by a friend of hers, Johnson finally agreed to allow her friend to set her up on a blind date.
- She met a tall man—taller than her, even—with light brown hair, broad shoulders, and a captivating smile.
- They talked all night, and Johnson learned that Eastwood was working in Pasadena, California, at an auto parts supply company, but was really interested in the film industry, just like she was.
- 6 months later, on December 19, 1953, Maggie married Eastwood.
- In 1968, over a decade since they first got married, Maggie had her first child with Eastwood — a baby boy they named Kyle Eastwood.
- Four years later, Maggie had her second child, this time a girl they named Alison Eastwood.
Divorce & Affairs :
- Johnson and Eastwood had first split in 1964.
- They reunited a few years later, and during that time, they had their two children.
- In between, Clint also had an affair with dance Roxanne Tunis & had a child with her Kimber Eastwood. Kimber’s identity was never revealed to the public until she was in her early twenties.
- After children had begun to grow, however, the couple realized the marriage was still not going to work out. In 1978 Maggie had filed for legal separation from Clint & in May of 1984, they were officially divorced. Maggie received an alimony of a few million dollars after the separation.
- Now in her eighties, Johnson is enjoying her children and grandchildren and continues to live in California.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Maggie was educated in her home state of California.
- She attended high school in southern California, where she made decent grades and first got into theatre.
Professional Life :
- Johnson’s acting credits make up a small list and a couple of years. Nevertheless, her work got great reviews, and her departure from the profession left critics puzzled.
Mannix
- In 1972, Maggie starred in an episode of the TV series Mannix titled “The Open Web.
- The series was about a private eye named Mannix who tried to solve crimes the police could not or would not handle.
- She played Sarah Toller, a woman Mannix meets while trying to find the body of a missing judge.
Ironside
- Also completed in 1972 was an episode of the TV series Ironside in which Johnson played a woman named Beth Armstead on the episode “Buddy, Can You Spare a Life?”
- Ironside revolves around a detective named Robert T. Ironside, a wheelchair-bound man that doesn’t let his disability stop him from catching criminals in San Francisco, California.
More Details about Husband :
- Clint Eastwood, now 87 years old, created many classics in the western genre.
- His first major role was in the TV show Rawhide, which was about cattle drivers.
- He then got his breakout role as The Man with No Name in a trilogy of western movies by Sergio Leone.
- He has since acted in over 50 films, and has directed nearly 40.