Loretta even kept the secret from Judy for as long as she possibly could.
Two weeks before her wedding, Judy had an identity crisis, telling her fiancé, Joseph Tinney, “I can’t marry you. I don’t know anything about myself.” She was distraught over her relationship with Loretta and the mystery of her father’s identity. Joseph told her, “It’s common knowledge, Judy. Your father is Clark Gable.” This spurred her to confront her mom, who finally told her then-31-year-old daughter the truth. Loretta reportedly told Judy, “Why shouldn’t I be unhappy? Wouldn’t you be if you were a movie star, and the father of
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