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rUL BRYNNER
The last separation?
Tottering in recent years, YuVs
marriage to Virginia Gilmore seems to be
finally headed for the divorce courts
J? OR YEARS THE fascinatingly mysterious Yul Brynner has kept his private life just that — private. He maintained a fierce code of silence concerning his married life to the charming, blonde former stage and screen actress, Virginia Gilmore. And he was just as adamant in forbidding Virginia to discuss him or their son Yul, Jr., with the press or even to be photographed in their home.
So when columnists insisted in late summer that the marriage of the Brynners was over and that Yul will probably seek a divorce in Switzerland, naturally no comment was forthcoming from the publicity-shy Mr. Brynner.
Earlier there was a report that the bald-domed actor had slipped into Mexico incognito to obtain a divorce so that he could marry his new love — 22-year-old beautiful brunette New York models Doris Kleiner. Obviously, there was no truth in this strange rumor. Yul, who had co-starred with Kay Kendall in "Once More With Feeling" in Paris, and had recovered from a serious eye operation, is currently living in Lausanne, Switzerland, although he leaves soon for Greece and England where he is scheduled to star in "Winter Crossing."
But there is truth in the report that once again Yul and Virginia have separated and she is living in New York with their 12-year-old son, nicknamed Rocky because of his sturdy build. The boy was sent alone to visit his dad in Paris last summer but Virginia has not seen her husband since he left for Europe a year ago.
"The Brynners," a friend reported, "have parted many times before when Yul, who apparently exerts a fatal fascination for women, has found himself momentarily beguiled. Even so worldly a woman as Ingrid Bergman, according to set workers on 'Anastasia' in Paris, reportedly fell under Yul's hypnotic spell while her marriage to Rossellini was crumbling. But always Yul returns to his wife, realizing that though there are many other fascinating young females in the world, Virginia is best for him."
Hollywood hopes a tragic parting will be averted but this time, unfortunately, the handwriting on the wall points to the
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MARRIED since 1943, the Yul Brynners are now living apart and separation papers have been drawn up by Virginia's lawyers.
By HELEN HENDRICKS
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