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Ann Getty (Rork)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Darien, Connecticut, United States
Death: January 23, 1988 (79)
Nashville Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sam E Rork and Helen Rork
Wife of Rudolph Alvin Light
Ex-wife of J. Paul Getty and H. Douglas Wilson
Mother of John Paul Getty Jr. and Private

Occupation: Actress
Managed by: Noah Tutak
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About Ann Getty

Ann Rork Light (June 12, 1908 – January 23, 1988) was an American silent film actress.

Ann Rork was born June 12, 1908, in Darien, Connecticut.[1] Her father, Sam E. Rork, was a film producer at First National Pictures, and her mother the former Helen Welch. Actor Will Rogers was her godfather.

She starred in silent films such as The Blonde Saint and Old Loves and New in 1926, followed by The Notorious Lady, A Texas Steer and The Prince of Headwaiters in 1927. Her co-stars included Will Rogers and Rudolph Valentino.

She was married five times. Her first husband was J. Paul Getty, an oil heir from San Francisco, California, from 1932 to 1935. They had two sons: John Paul Getty, Jr. and Gordon Getty. From her first-born son, John, she had a grandson, John Paul Getty III, who also became an actor.

She then married a succession of three other men. In 1960, she married her fifth husband, Dr. Rudolph A. Light, an Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company heir and Professor of Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

She died of emphysema and lung cancer on January 23, 1988, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is buried with her husband Dr. Rudolph Light, at the Royal Palm Memorial Gardens in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was seventy-nine years old.

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Ann Getty's Timeline

1908
June 4, 1908
Darien, Connecticut, United States
1932
September 7, 1932
Italy
1988
January 23, 1988
Age 79
Nashville Davidson, Tennessee, United States