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23. Juli 2023 · Red Skelton, born Richard Bernard Skelton, married his first wife, Edna Marie Stillwell, in 1931. The couple met while Skelton was performing in a traveling medicine show, and they quickly fell in love. At the time, Skelton was just starting his career in show business, and Edna supported him wholeheartedly.
He is interred in the Skelton Family Tomb, the family's private room, alongside his son, Richard Freeman Skelton, Jr., and his second wife, Georgia Maureen Davis Skelton, in the Great Mausoleum's Sanctuary of Benediction at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
- Edna Stillwell Winning A Walkathon – at Loew’s in Kansas City
- Avalon Time Radio Show – Writer and Actress
- February 12, 1943 – Divorces Red Skelton
- Marriage to Frank Borzage
- Ending Her Work Relationship with Red Skelton
- Later Years – Marriages, and Death
- Bibliography
For the record, Edna married Richard “Red” Skelton on June 1, 1932. At this point, the young couple was struggling financially.
On October 1, 1938, Red Skelton became the second host of the radio show, Avalon Time. Edna also joined the show’s cast, under her maiden name of Stillwell. They worked on Avalon Timeuntil late 1939. In 1939, Red was in his second Hollywood movie, Flight Command. The director was Frank Borzage, whom Edna would later marry.
In one of those strange, amicable divorces, Edna continued as Red’s head writer for several years, including the first year of The Red Skelton Show. In 1945, she wrote the “When Television Comes” segment of Ziegfeld Folliesfor ex-husband Red Skelton. This included Red’s famous “Guzzler’s Gin” routine, which he performed for decades.
On November 25, 1945, Edna Stillwell marries Frank Borzage, the Hollywood director. Less than four years later, Edna divorced Frank Borzage on July 18, 1949 for “mental cruelties”.
Edna’s professional relationship with Red Skelton continued until 1952. This was one year after Red was given his own, groundbreaking television show. Red’s biographer, Wes Gehring contended that their post-divorce work was “a mixed bag-a rousing success professionally, but a stressful distraction for each of their subsequent marriages.”
On June 19, 1962, her ex-husband Frank Borzage died. Edna’s third and final marriage was successful. On December 10, 1963 she married. Leon George Pound. They remained married until his death on June 16, 1976. Finally, on November 15, 1982, Edna Stillwell died in Lomita, CA. of cancer at Little Company of Mary Hospital, in Torrance, CA
The Pittsburgh PressThe Telegraph-HeraldRed Skelton’s first wife was Edna Marie Stilwell, whom he married in 1931. They met while Red was performing in a traveling vaudeville show and Edna was working as a dancer in the same troupe. Their whirlwind romance led to a quick marriage, but their relationship was far from smooth sailing. 2.
At age 18, he married Edna Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Hour (1951) premiered on NBC.
- Writer, Actor, Producer
- September 17, 1997
- July 18, 1913
Edna Stillwell. (Wife to Red Skelton) Lived with mother at 3828 E. 9th St., Kansas City, MO. Parents: George Stillwell [1883/02/01 - 1961/08/27] - [wed: 1908/03/09] Dollie Belle Tarwater [1894/02/12 - 1980/04/18] Brother: Orville George Stillwell (wife: Ruth Evelyn Lorenzen)
While performing in Kansas City in 1930, Red Skelton met and married his first wife, Edna Stillwell. They met while "Walkathon" dance partners.