23. Marriages from before becoming a star were often kept secret
In 1935 it was discovered that, in 1911, a 17-year-old Mae West had married a man named Frank Wallace in Milwaukee. This risked affecting her sex-symbol image and also pointed to her being older than people thought. She repeatedly denied the marriage, even saying she had no idea who Wallace was, before eventually admitting it after he filed a lawsuit.
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