Maggie Johnson (Actress) Facts About Clint Eastwoods First Wife

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Maggie Johnson born as Margaret Neville Johnson is an American model/actress who was known to the American people as the first wife of ACE actor Clint Eastwood. As the world has known for years, Eastwood is a habitual womanizer. The actor fathered at least 7 children by about 5 different women. This number is approximate, as Eastwood himself is not even sure how many children he fathered.

In a 2004 interview, Eastwood was asked how many children he had and his response was shocking, “I have a few.” His romantic journey with his first wife, Maggie Johnson, was quite interesting. But in the end, her apparent good genes couldn’t keep Eastwood loyal to her. Let’s see some facts about Maggie Johnson and her relationship with Clint Eastwood.

Facts About Maggie Johnson

1. Maggie Johnson and Eastwood met on a blind date in Los Angeles.

Eastwood loved women so much that he didn’t mind going on a blind date. We would do anything to find out how they had been put together. A dating site tops our list of suspicions, but we doubt such things are still commonplace in this era.

The blind date took place in June 1952, a time when 22-year-old Eastwood was still beginning his career in Hollywood and working for an auto parts supplier company. The romance was a whirlwind: it took them six months to walk down the aisle. Maggie announced their engagement in October 1953 and the wedding took place in Pasenda on December 19, 1953.

2. By the time Maggie agreed to marry Eastwood, he was supposed to be a brand new dad.

Before meeting Maggie, Eastwood, according to biographer Patrick McGilligan, was in a serious relationship with a certain woman in Seattle. This woman would later become pregnant with his child. But then Maggie and Eastwood had to move on to the next one.

The mystery woman is said to have given birth to a daughter who was put up for adoption before news of Maggie’s engagement to Eastwood broke in October 1953.

3. Maggie cheated on Maggie several times throughout their marriage.

Clint’s libido has gotten the better of him more often than not, and his marriage has done little or nothing to tame it. Call him the King Solomon of his generation and we would support you wholeheartedly.

Eastwood’s acting career began in 1955, about two years into his marriage. His career requiring him to be around women constantly, it wasn’t long before Eastwood began an affair with a co-star. It was first with Roxanne Tunis, a stunt woman met on the set of her hit show Rawhide.

Their affair produced a daughter Kimber who was born on June 17, 1964. When she was born, her name was Kimber Tunis, a way of keeping the news out of the media and it worked. The media remained in the dark about the little girl until 1989, when the National Enquirer burst their bubble.

4. Maggie separated from Eastwood twice before their divorce was finalized.

It seemed like Eastwood and Tunis were unable to keep the news of their love interest away from Johnson who was separated from Eastwood around the time Kimber was born. To add salt to the wounds, Maggie was battling hepatitis at the time. The split was without legal filing, nonetheless, Eastwood continued with her promiscuity.

By the late 1960s, Maggie had reconciled with Eastwood after having two children together, including jazz bass musician Kyle Eastwood, born May 19, 1968, and model and actress Alison Eastwood, born May 22, 1972. However, their reconciliation did not mean that Eastwood would stop cheating. Her subsequent affairs forced Johnson to file for legal separation in 1978.

5. Maggie walked away with at least $25 million more after her divorce from Eastwood in 1984.

During the time Eastwood was married to Johnson, he cheated with more than 15 women. At one point, he even cohabited with co-star Sondra Locke. After their legal separation, it took them 6 years to reach a settlement of their divorce. It is reported that Maggie received between 25 and 30 million dollars for divorce.

6. Maggie is just one of two never-married Eastwood women.

Clint Eastwood has been in a relationship with more women than he can remember, however, he has only been married to two of them. His second marriage did not happen until March 31, 1996, when he married Dina Ruiz, a news anchor who had interviewed him three years earlier in April 1993. She is 35 years old. They divorced in 2014.

7. Maggie remarried.

It took years for Eastwood to find another woman to call his wife, this was not the case for Johnson who had married Henry Wynberg in 1985. Their marriage lasted four years, when they separated in 1989. Since , Johnson and the situation have become very calm and the media are not aware of the news of his life. She was seen on the red carpet at the premiere of Eastwood’s 2009 biographical drama Invictus.

The last photos of her to surface in the media were from 2013, when she attended her daughter Alison’s wedding to sculptor Stacy Poitras.

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