Winner of five Oscars, Clint Eastwood is one of the oldest legendary actors in Hollywood. He turned 94 in May. He is also a father of many children and a record holder for the total number of love affairs and marriages – both legal and unofficial.
True, a month ago the famous womanizer became a widower, having lost his wife, who was three decades younger than him.
Read about the ups and downs in the personal life of the legendary actor and director, as well as how he experiences the loss of his last beloved woman.
Back in 1952, at the age of 23, Eastwood met student Maggie Jones. Before the date, he had never seen her, but at the very first meeting the young people got along well, Clint fell in love, and they eventually got married. The marriage lasted 26 years, Clint and Maggie became the parents of a son, Kyle, and a daughter, Alison.
However, it cannot be said that it was love for life – being married, Eastwood had relationships on the side, he simply did not want to ruin his family.
So, almost immediately after his wedding with Maggie, in 1954, he had a daughter from his mistress, and his official children, from his legal wife, appeared only years later. The illegitimate girl ended up growing up in a foster family.
Eastwood also had a close relationship with stuntwoman Roxanne Tunis for 14 years. She gave birth to his daughter Kimber.
After breaking up with Roxanne, Clint took another mistress – she became a young (14 years younger than him) actress Sondra Locke. By the way, she was also officially married, which did not prevent her from living with Eastwood.
This relationship lasted 13 years, and even after the actor divorced his official wife Maggie in 1984, he did not marry Sondra.
The separation from his mistress, which occurred several years after the divorce from his wife, was associated with a loud scandal. Sondra stated that Clint behaved like a tyrant towards her: he beat her, insulted her, forced her to have two abortions, and also have her fallopian tubes tied.
In addition, according to her, he interfered with the advancement of her creative career. True, the actor, in turn, denied all accusations of abuse, claiming that Sondra was not herself and, moreover, wanted to make money from the scandal.
The war ended with a truce: the ex-lover withdrew her statement from the court, receiving for this a contract with Warner Brothers to write scripts worth one and a half million.
However, the company subsequently rejected all the scripts she wrote, and Sondra sued Eastwood for “fraud.” As a result, Themis’s servants obliged him to pay her a certain penalty, the amount of which was not disclosed. Six years ago Sondra died.
In addition to his relationship with Sondra Locke, Eastwood slept with other women. It is known that he had a long-term affair with flight attendant Jocelyn Reeves, who was 21 years younger than him. In the late 1980s, she gave birth to his son and daughter.
Around the same period, when the Hollywood actor once again became a father, he took on another mistress – she was actress Frances Fisher, the same age as Jocelyn Reeves. She gave Clint a daughter, Francesca.
True, the affair with her did not last long: as soon as the young mother saw Eastwood kissing a journalist, 35 years younger than him, she immediately broke off her love relationship with him, offering to remain friends. Later they repeatedly appeared together at social events.
If you think that after the official marriage, Eastwood decided that for a rich family life it is not necessary to get married – it is enough just to have devoted mistresses, then you are mistaken.
The same young journalist who separated the actor and his next mistress eventually became his wife. This is Dina Ruiz, whose marriage lasted 17 years. The actor’s second legal wife gave birth to a daughter, Morgan.
After marrying Dina, Eastwood seemed to stop running around – at least he was no longer noticed with his mistresses. However, Eastwood still could not portray a faithful husband forever – in 2013, Dina found out that her husband was having an affair with a family friend, and filed for divorce.
Eastwood did not worry for a long time. A year later, he met 51-year-old Christina Sandera, who worked as a hostess at his hotel restaurant in California. Without hesitation, the Oscar-winning actor and director invited her to live together in his new mansion, which, by the way, was originally built for Eastwood and his second wife.
Sandera was a difficult person – the media reported that at one time she was undergoing treatment for alcoholism and attended anger management courses, and one day Christina got into a fight with her ex-husband, so violently that the police took her away. Nevertheless, the old actor and director was happy with her.
And then in mid-July it became known that the loving Eastwood had suffered a loss – Christina Sandera had died. She died at the age of 61 from cardiac arrhythmia, aggravated by atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries, which was confirmed by the Monterey County Department of Health.
It is unlikely that 94-year-old Clint could have imagined that he would outlive his common-law wife, who is more than 30 years younger than him. This turn came as a surprise and a big blow to him.
Eastwood’s representatives very briefly informed newspapermen about the tragedy, without disclosing any details. They explained the laconicism by the fact that the widower was in a very bad condition, and to develop this topic meant to seriously hurt the already grief-stricken old man.
Eastwood himself told reporters only that Christina was a wonderful, caring wife for him and that he would miss her very much.
Now, a month later, reporters and fans are wondering if the widowed actor is okay. Eastwood’s representative remained silent for a long time, but the other day he finally got in touch, again making a very laconic message: “Clint Eastwood is feeling well.”
Does this mean that the 94-year-old celebrity has already recovered from the loss and is ready for new love adventures? Considering the extensive track record of the loving actor, it cannot be ruled out that he will take on a new partner.
By the way, one of Eastwood’s sons, Scott (born in a relationship with Jocelyn Reeves), grew up and also became an actor, and in appearance he is a direct copy of his father in his youth.
