James Garner was pleased to find out that aspiring actress Lois Clarke had also attended the rally for Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in 1956 without her +1.
They had first spoken to one another a few days earlier at a barbecue hosted by a friend, when they were both hanging out in the pool. “Love at first sight,” as Garner put it.
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His family was against the marriage, citing the age gap between them as their primary reason. “Not one of the naysayers had taken into account how perfectly Lois and I complemented one another. “We discovered advantages in things that others considered to be deficiencies.”
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Clarke had the ambition to become an actress when she was younger; but, after a few years, she recognized that the spotlight was not for her.
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