Frank Morrison (Mickey) Spillane: March 9, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York.
Jane Rodgers Johnson: abt. 1946.
Died:
Mickey: July 17, 2006 at the age of 88 at his home in South Carolina.Jane jokes that she and Mickey met at one of his parties in South Carolina.
Wedding Date:
Mickey and Jane were married in October 1983.Jane has two daughters, Britt and Lisa, from her first marriage, and one grandson.
Mickey had four children with his first wife, Mary Ann:
- Kathy Spillane
- Ward Spillane
- Michael Spillane
- Caroline Spillane
Jane had one previous marriage.
Mickey had two previous marriages.
- Mary Ann Pearce: Mickey and Mary Ann met in Greenwood, Mississippi. They married in 1945, and divorced in 1962. They had four children. Mickey described Mary Ann as a "wife-type wife."
- Selma (Sherri) Malinou: Sherri Malinou of Providence, Rhode Island met Mickey when she was the model for the back cover of his book The Girl Hunters. An actress, she was later a Los Angeles publicist. They married in November 1964 when she was 23 and Mickey was 46. Having lived apart for several years, they bitterly divorced in 1983.
Mickey: Professional writer, best known for his detective Mike Hammer mystery series. During World War II, Mickey was an Army flight instructor.
Jane: Former beauty queen and fitness instructor.
Since the 1950s, Mickey has resided in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina at old Jordan Landing. Much of his first home was destroyed in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo. He rebuilt on the same location.
During the 1970s, Mickey also had a home in Newburgh, New York and an apartment in New York City.
Mickey and Jane enjoyed going to the movies and dining out.
Religion:
Mickey: Jehovah's Witness.Mickey, about his marriage to Jane: "Jane was a divorcee with two kids when I married her...I used to throw her out of the house when she was a little girl, now I'm saying 'I do"! How do I do this? Oh, and they said I had a secret wedding! I only had 200 people there."
Source: Crimetime.co.uk
Sherri Malinou Spillane, about life with Mickey: "It's never a dull moment. He has more energy than I do and he's twice my age."
Source: Fresno Bee Republican, 09/01/1965.
Mickey, about Sherri Malinou: "She divorced me and ran across the street and married the guy she lived with for three years on my money."
Source: The Chronicle Telegram, 11/29/1995.
