Jack Warden, aka John H. Lebzelter: September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey. Jack was raised in Louisville, Kentucky.
Vanda Dupre: France.
Died:
Jack: July 19, 2006 at the age of 85 at a hospital in New York City.
When they wed, Jack was 38, and Vanda was 31.
Wedding Date:
October 10, 1958. Red Buttons was best man at Jack and Vanda's wedding in Las Vegas.
- Christopher Warden: Christopher attended University of California at Berkeley. He has two children.
Jack and Vanda separated in the mid-1970s. They never divorced.
Jack's companion at the time of his death was Marucha Hinds.
Vanda had two previous marriages before marrying Jack.
Jack: Jack was in the U.S. Navy from 1938-1941; in the Merchant Marine in 1942; and served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne and fought in the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. Actor, middleweight boxer, nightclub bouncer, lifeguard, deckhand.
Vanda: Actress. She gave up her acting career after she and Jack were married.
Jack kept his Greenwich Village five-room apartment and through the years allowed many friends to stay there. Early in their marriage, Jack and Vanda had a two-story, five-bedroom, five-bathroom home on the beach in Malibu.
In 2006, Jack was residing in Manhattan.
Jack, about Vanda, in 1959: "I'm teaching her how to water-ski and fish. She's teaching me French and cooking. It's a great basis for a marriage."
Source: LA Times
