Anthony Quinn-Personal Life

 

 

 

Quinn's personal life was as volatile and passionate as the characters he played in films. His first wife was the adopted daughter of Cecil B. DeMille, and actress Katherine DeMille. Quinn and DeMille’s adopted daughter were married in 1937. The couple had five children: Christopher,  Christina. Catalina, Duncan, and Valentina.

 

Their first child, Christopher, aged 2, drowned in the swimming pool of next-door neighbor W.C. Fields.

 

Quinn and DeMille were divorced in 1965, following his affair with costume designer Jolanda Addolori.

 

In 1966, Quinn married Italian film costume designer Jolanda Addolori. They had three children: Francesco, Danny, and Lorenzo. The union ended in 1997, after Quinn fathered children with his secretary, Katherine Benvin.

 

Quinn then married Benvin, with whom he had two children, Antonia and Ryan Nicholas. Quinn and Benvin remained together until his death.

Quinn also fathered two other children with Friedel Dunbar: Sean Quinn, a New Jersey real estate agent, and Alexander Anthony Quinn, an event producer in Los Angeles, CA.