Editing Fred MacMurray (section)

=== June Haver ===
[[File:June Haver MS152.jpg|right|thumb|MacMurray's second wife, actress [[June Haver]]]]
MacMurray first met actress June Haver when they starred in ''[[Where Do We Go from Here? (1945 film)|Where Do We Go From Here]]'' in 1945, although they had little interaction.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Ratoff |first1=Gregory |title=Where Do We Go from Here? |date=1945-05-23 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038245/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 |type=Fantasy, Musical |access-date=2023-07-13 |others=Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver |publisher=Twentieth Century Fox |last2=Seaton |first2=George}}</ref> By the early 1950s, Haver was grieving the sudden death of her fiancé Dr. John Duzik in 1949. In part because of her grief, Haver had considered a life as a nun. A life-long devout Catholic, she met with [[Pope Pius XII]] in 1951 and decided to follow her faith and join a convent. She realized after eight months that the convent life was not for her.<ref name=":0" /> In 1953, at a "[[Gay Nineties]]" party thrown by pal [[John Wayne]], Haver and MacMurray met socially. Both had been reluctant to attend the party; however, they left together and quickly became an item.<ref name=":0" /> After the socially acceptable amount of time grieving the death of Lamont, the couple decided to make their relationship official, deciding to marry in 1954. This meant the actress had to renounce her Catholicism due to a previous divorce, having wed musician Jimmy Zito in 1947 before divorcing in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 13 Feb 1953, page 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100604151/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ventura County Star 02 Jul 1954, page 10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/624936454/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

MacMurray purchased actor [[Red Skelton]]'s good-luck [[pinky ring]] as an engagement ring, officially proposing to Haver after a trip to a drugstore.<ref name=":0" /> They publicly announced their wedding date for the first week of August 1954; however, they actually wed over a month early, on June 28, to the surprise of friends and the press.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The Enid Daily Eagle 14 Aug 1954, page 6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/900972565/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> With the help of friend Ray Cardillo, a travel agency owner, the ceremony was held at the [[Ojai Valley Inn]].<ref name=":4" /> They honeymooned in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, while MacMurray finished working on ''[[The Far Horizons]].''<ref name=":0" />

MacMurray stated in a 1954 interview that "June had a serious operation after she fell at Fox Studios a couple of years ago...and she's not sure if she will be able to have children".<ref name=":5" /> As a result of Haver's inability to conceive, in 1956 they adopted fraternal twins, Laurie Ann and Katie Marie, "right out of the incubator".<ref name=":3" /> 

Haver curtailed her Hollywood career after marrying MacMurray, with one final appearance on the ''Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour'' in 1958 as herself.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour |date=1957-11-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050033/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act |type=Comedy, Family |access-date=2023-07-13 |others=Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance |publisher=Desilu Productions}}</ref> She stated that she had no desire to act further, "I lost it all [desire]. I'm remaining a private citizen and will stay at home and work...it has been supplanted by something better. Now that I have four children in the family I have a lot to keep me busy".<ref name=":3" /> MacMurray did not believe that it was his place to keep Haver from acting, stating "...I'd hate to be the one to keep her off the screen...the decision is up to her. I'd rather have her at home, but if she wants to make a picture, it's okay with me".<ref name=":5" />

Much like his marriage to Lamont, this union was by all accounts stable and happy.<ref name=":0" /> They remained married until MacMurray's death in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Los Angeles Times 06 Nov 1991, page Page 288 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/175432945/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>