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Personal life. Legal issues. Death. Discography. Filmography. Theatre. Awards and nominations. In popular culture. References. External links. Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Johnny Hunter in the film A Summer Place.
27. Sept. 2023 · Troy’s personal life also suffered. His marriage to Suzanne lasted less than a year. His second, to Valerie Allen, survived less than two.
Troy Donahue (* 27. Januar 1936 in New York als Merle Johnson Jr.; † 2. September 2001 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Den Höhepunkt seiner Karriere erreichte er als beliebter Teenager- Star von den späten 1950er- bis Mitte der 1960er-Jahre.
Troy Donahue was married four times in his lifetime. His first marriage was to Suzanne Pleshette, an actress. The couple married in January 1964 and divorced nine months later. Before his marriage, Donahue had been engaged to a woman named Lili Kardell who sued him for damages, stating that he had hit her.
15. Juni 2019 · Jun 15, 201902:09 P.M. Share. After years of alcohol addiction and drug abuse, Troy Donahue met his 13-year-old son, whom he did not know existed. Here's a glimpse into the actor's personal life and rise and fall in Hollywood. Advertisement. Throughout the '50s and '60s, actor Troy Donahue was the guy every teenage girl dreamed of.
During the early 1980s, his personal and professional fortunes had sunk so low that he was literally homeless; sleeping on a bench in New York's Central Park. After his father's death, at age 14 Troy was sent to military school. As a cadet, he became friends with a classmate, Francis Ford Coppola.
Troy Donahue. Actor: A Summer Place. Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year.
