Editing Fred MacMurray (section)

=== Lillian Lamont ===
Lamont and MacMurray met during the production of ''Roberta'' while in New York City while he was performing with the Collegians in 1934, and they quickly became an item.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The San Francisco Examiner 08 Aug 1935, page 19 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/457855738/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite the budding romance he left New York and returned to Hollywood in efforts to continue his career.<ref name=":3" />

It was reported that upon his return he spurned a matchmaking attempt by gossip columnist [[Louella Parsons]]. Accounts vary, with some reporting that Parsons was angry over MacMurray's refusal of her efforts, leading Parsons to attempt to derail his career. Other sources indicate that MacMurray turned down a party invitation from [[William Randolph Hearst]] (via Parsons), as the publisher had already identified another female as MacMurray's date for the event.<ref name=":0" /> Parsons refers in a 1947 column that she and MacMurray made amends, "...we let our hair down about a lot of things...principally a misunderstanding that marred a long friendship, and then and there cleaned up all our grievances", possibly alluding to the columnist's attempts at career sabotage.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 22 Jun 1947, page 61 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100223292/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1934, the couple announced the news that they were in a "test engagement", stating that they "want to be sure before we make any official announcement" that "...their personalities were the type which could pull in a double harness while they followed their careers".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Edmonton Bulletin 27 Dec 1934, page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/738598142/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> By late spring in 1936, the couple decided to make it official. Late on the night of June 19, 1936, MacMurray, Lamont and MacMurray's mother traveled by plane to Las Vegas to be married. The trip – and the marriage – were kept secret from friends and studio officials, who spent the day of the 20th trying to locate the actor. The newlyweds and family returned to Hollywood on a plane that same day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader 20 Jun 1936, page Page 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/140522191/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vidette-Messenger of Porter County 20 Jun 1936, page 2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/333016931/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1945, they moved into a 10-room, two-story Colonial house in Brentwood. Neighbors (and friends) included [[James Stewart|Jimmy Stewart]] and [[Henry Fonda]]. Joan Crawford described the couple as having "one of the few happy and well-adjusted marriages".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watters |first=Sam |date=2011-10-01 |title=Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-oct-01-la-hm-lost-la-fred-macmurray-20111001-story.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> While they were known to be homebodies and family-oriented, they were also social within the Hollywood community. They hosted parties, both large and small, for friends. They were close with [[Clark Gable]] and [[Carole Lombard]], often having Sunday afternoon BBQs with each other. At the larger gatherings, Lombard proved to be the source of entertainment for the assembled guests with her antics and off-color language.<ref name=":0" />

Lamont was often in poor health, including kidney and heart problems. This is reportedly why MacMurray and Lamont adopted two children. In 1940, their daughter Susan joined the family, with formal adoption completed in 1942. Four years later they adopted one-and-a-half year-old Robert. Later in his son's life, the father and son would drift apart, with MacMurray lamenting that Robert went "the hippie route via the South Seas to 'find himself'".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Free Press 07 Sep 1940, page Page 16 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/97941654/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

After struggling with physical health issues for most of her life, her condition deteriorated even further in the early 1950s. She eventually succumbed to kidney and heart issues in June 1953, shortly after the couple's 17th wedding anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deseret News 22 Jun 1953, page 7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/595490395/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> In a 2006 interview between a MacMurray biographer and Lamont's cousin, the family states that she suffered from bulimia. This may have stemmed from her days as a model and contributed to her other health issues.<ref name=":0" />