Frank Shields
Francis "Frank" Xavier Shields junior (born November 18, 1909 in New York , † August 19, 1975 ibid) was an American tennis player and actor .
biography
He married his first wife, Rebecca Tenney, in 1932. The marriage was divorced in 1940 because of his "excessive drunkenness". His second wife, whom he married in 1940, was the Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi. With her he had two children: Francis Alexander Shields , the father of Brooke Shields , and Marina Shields. He married his third wife, Katharine Mortimer, daughter of the financier Stanley Grafton Mortimer sr and former wife of Oliver Cadwell Biddle, in 1949. This connection resulted in the children Katharine Shields and William Xavier Shields. This marriage also ended in divorce.
Shields is the only player in the history of the Wimbledon tournament who managed to reach the final as an amateur (1931). Due to an injury, however, he was unable to play for the final. In 1964 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
In the 1930s he starred in several Hollywood films.
Filmography
- 1935: Murder in the Fleet
- 1935: Where Love Falls (I Live My Life)
- 1936: Take What You Can Get (Come and Get It)
- 1937: Affairs of Cappy Ricks
- 1937: Hoosier Schoolboy
- 1937: Dead End (Dead End) - not mentioned there
- 1938: The Goldwyn Follies
Web links
- Frank Shields in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frank Shields in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
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SURNAME | Shields, Frank |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shields junior, Francis Xavier |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tennis player and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1975 |
Place of death | New York , USA |