Editing Tyrone Power (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Tyrone Power 1946.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Power by photographer [[Yousuf Karsh]], 1946]]

Power was one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors until he married French actress [[Annabella (actress)|Annabella]] (born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier) on July 14, 1939. Power and Annabella met on the 20th Century-Fox lot around the time they starred together in the movie ''Suez''. Previously, he had involvements with [[Sonja Henie]],<ref>Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie, Strait, William, Scarborough House, 1990, 08-12885-18X, London England, 368 pp</ref> [[Claire Trevor]],<ref>At the Center of the Frame: Leading Ladies of the Twenties and Thirties, Drew, William, Vestal Press, 1999, 1-879511-44-4, Lanham Maryland, pp. 319-349</ref> [[Joan Woodbury]],<ref>''Films of the Golden Age''issue 112, Orison, Katherine, "Tyrone Power: Joan Woodbury's Boy Next Door," Spring 2023, Davenport, IA, pp. 18-26</ref> and Evie Abbott.<ref> 20th Century Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio, Eyman, Scott, Running Press, 2021, 978-0-7624-7093-8,p. 115, p.149</ref> In an [[Biography (TV program)|A&E biography]], Annabella said that Zanuck "could not stop Tyrone's love for me, or my love for Tyrone." To move her out of Tyrone’s life, Zanuck offered Annabella films in Europe. She refused to leave. At this point, he blacklisted her.<ref>Leading Ladies, pp. 113-143</ref>

[[J. Watson Webb Jr.|J. Watson Webb]], close friend and an editor at 20th Century-Fox, maintained in the ''A&E Biography'' that one of the reasons the marriage fell apart was Annabella's inability to give Power a son, yet, Webb said, there was no bitterness between the couple. In a March 1947 issue of ''Photoplay'', Power was interviewed and said that he wanted a home and children, especially a son to carry on his acting legacy.

Annabella shed some light on the situation in an interview published in ''Movieland'' magazine in 1948. She said, "Our troubles began because the war started earlier for me, a French-born woman, than it did for Americans." She explained that the war clouds over Europe made her unhappy and irritable, and to get her mind off her troubles, she began accepting stage work, which often took her away from home.

“It is always difficult to put one's finger exactly on the place and time where a marriage starts to break up", she said "but I think it began then. We were terribly sad about it, both of us, but we knew we were drifting apart. I didn't think then—and I don't think now—that it was his fault, or mine.” The couple tried to make their marriage work when Power returned from military service, but they were unable to do so. However, Power adopted Annabella's daughter, Anne, before he left for the service.<ref>Samuels, Charles, “Annabella Talks About Ty,” Movieland, March 1948</ref> 

[[Image:Tyrone Power and Annabella.jpg|right|thumb|Power with [[Annabella (actress)|Annabella]], 1946. They were married in 1939 and divorced in 1948.]]

Following his separation from Annabella, Power entered into a love affair with [[Lana Turner]] that lasted for a couple of years. In her 1982 autobiography, Turner claimed that she became pregnant with Power's child in 1948, but chose to have an abortion.<ref name=":2">Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, Turner, Lana, Dutton, 1982, ASIN B00OX8PEGA, 250 pp</ref>

In 1946, Power and friend [[Cesar Romero]], accompanied by former test pilot, James Denton, a 20th Century Fox executive, and fellow war veteran John Jefferies as [[navigator]], embarked on a goodwill tour throughout South America where they met, among others, [[Juan Peron|Juan]] and [[Evita Perón]] in Argentina.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gallagher |first=Bill |date=April 1947 |title=Tyrone Power's Untold Story |url=http://www.tyrone-power.com/article_gallagher.html |magazine=Screen Stars |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=Robert E. |url=https://www.afsa.org/sites/default/files/fsj-1946-10-october_0.pdf |title=San Salvador |magazine=American Foreign Service Journal |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=American Foreign Service Association |date=October 1946 |pages=57–58 |access-date=2020-10-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hurlburt |first=Roger |date=2 June 1991 |title=A Hollywood Holdover Recalls Its Golden Age |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-06-02-9103010679-story.html |work=The Sun Sentinel |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> On September 1, 1947, Power set out on another goodwill trip around the world, piloting his own plane, "The Geek". He flew with [[Robert N. Buck|Bob Buck]], another experienced pilot and war veteran. Buck stated in his autobiography<ref>{{Cite book|title = North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life|last = Buck|first = Bob|publisher = [[Simon & Schuster]]|year = 2005|isbn = 0743262301|location = New York, NY|pages = 295–368}}</ref> that Power had a photographic mind, was an excellent pilot, and genuinely liked people.” They flew with a crew to various locations in Europe and South Africa, often mobbed by fans when they hit the ground. 

In 1948, when "The Geek" reached Rome, Power met and fell in love with Mexican actress [[Linda Christian]]. Turner claimed that the story of her dining out with Power's friend [[Frank Sinatra]] was leaked to Power and that Power became very upset that she was "dating" another man in his absence. Turner also claimed that it could not have been a coincidence that Linda Christian was at the same hotel as Tyrone Power and implied that Christian had obtained Power's itinerary from 20th Century-Fox.<ref name=":2" />

Power and Christian were married in Rome on January 27, 1949, in the Church of [[Santa Francesca Romana]], with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 screaming fans outside. Christian miscarried three times before giving birth to a baby girl, [[Romina Power|Romina Francesca Power]], on October 2, 1951. A second daughter, [[Taryn Power|Taryn Stephanie Power]], was born on September 13, 1953. Around the time of Taryn's birth, the marriage was becoming rocky. In her autobiography, Christian blamed the breakup of her marriage on her husband's extramarital affairs, including a long involvement with [[Anita Ekberg]],<ref>Searching for My Father, Power, Romina, Prime Concepts,2014, 978-0-9960475-0-0,Chap. 34</ref> but she acknowledged that she had an affair with [[Edmund Purdom]], which created great tension between Christian and her husband. They divorced in 1955.<ref>{{cite web
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After his divorce from Christian, Power had a long-lasting love affair with [[Mai Zetterling]], whom he had met on the set of ''[[Seven Waves Away|Abandon Ship!]]''.<ref>Zetterling, Mai (1986) ''All Those Tomorrows''. Grove.</ref> The two lived together, though Power vowed that he would never marry again, because he had been twice burned financially by his previous marriages. He also entered into an affair with a ''Vogue'' editor, Mary Roblee,<ref>Tyrone Power: The Last Star, Guiles, Fred, Turner Publishing, 978-1684424696, Nashville, TN 424 pp</ref> and British actress Thelma Ruby.<ref>Ruby-Frye, Thelma, and Frye, Peter (1997),''Double or Nothing: Two Lives in the Theatre: The Autobiography of Thelma Ruby and Peter Frye''and . Janus</ref> 

In 1957, he met the former Deborah Jean Smith (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Deborah Ann Montgomery), who went by her former married name, Debbie Minardos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://javabeanrush.blogspot.com/2014/05/TyronePowerAndDeborahMinardos.html|title=Tyrone Power and Deborah|date=5 March 2014|publisher=Java's Journey}}</ref> They were married on May 7, 1958, and she became [[pregnant]] soon after with [[Tyrone Power Jr.]], the son he had always wanted.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.tyrone-power.com/biography_debbie.html|title = Biography, ..."though he loved his daughters very much, he was hoping for a boy to carry on his name... "}}</ref>