Editing Lee Marvin (section)

==Personal life==
Marvin was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. He publicly endorsed [[John F. Kennedy]] in the 1960 presidential election.<ref name="Epstein 2013, p. 135" /> In a 1969 Playboy interview, Marvin said he supported [[gay rights]].<ref>Playboy Magazine, January 1969 https://www.playboy.com/magazine/articles/1969/01/playboy-interview-lee-marvin</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-03 |title=lee marvin playboy interview, january 1969 |url=https://mltshp.com/p/1L8U4 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=MLTSHP |language=en}}</ref>

===Marriages, children and partners===
Marvin married Betty Ebeling in April 1952<ref>Marvin 2010, p. 71.</ref><ref>[https://clerk.clarkcountynv.gov/AcclaimWeb/Document/DocDetails?TransactionItemId=5970357 Clark County Clerk's Office, Marriage Licenses]</ref> and together they had four children: a son Christopher Lamont (1952 – 2013),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/obits/2013/oct/23/christopher-marvin/|title=Obituary: Christopher Marvin The Santa Barbara Independent}}</ref> and three daughters: Courtenay Lee, Cynthia Louise, and Claudia Leslie (1958 - 2012).<ref>Epstein 2013, p. 256.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allstatescremation.info/obit.aspx?obitID=3246&BLT=44ec5ef0-453c-4767-9eaa-6f948827704f |title=Obituary: Claudia Leslie Marvin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222214/http://www.allstatescremation.info/obit.aspx?obitID=3246&BLT=44ec5ef0-453c-4767-9eaa-6f948827704f |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |work=All-States Cremation |access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> After a separation of two years, they divorced in January 1967.{{sfn|Epstein|2013|p=257}} In her 2010 book, ''Tales of a Hollywood Housewife: A Memoir by the First Mrs. Lee Marvin'', Betty claimed that Lee had an affair with actress [[Anne Bancroft]].<ref>Marvin 2010, p. 128.</ref>

After his famous relationship with [[Michelle Triola]], Marvin reconnected with his childhood sweetheart Pamela Feeley, whom he married in 1970. They remained married until his death in 1987.<ref>Marvin 1997, p. 12.</ref> After his death, Pamela wrote and published ''Lee: A Romance'' in 1997.

===Community property case===
:''See also [[Palimony#Marvin v. Marvin|Marvin v. Marvin]]''
In 1971, Marvin was sued by [[Michelle Triola]], his [[cohabitation|live-in]] girlfriend from 1965 to 1970, who legally changed her surname to "Marvin".<ref name="esquire" /> Although the couple never married, she sought financial compensation similar to that available to spouses under California's [[alimony]] and [[community property]] laws. Triola claimed Marvin made her pregnant three times and paid for two abortions, while one pregnancy ended in miscarriage.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|author=Woo, Elaine|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-michelle-triola-marvin31-2009oct31,0,2805574.story|title=Michelle Triola Marvin dies at 75; her legal fight with ex-lover Lee Marvin added 'palimony' to the language|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 31, 2009|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> She claimed the second abortion left her unable to bear children.<ref name="obit" /> The result was the landmark "[[palimony]]" case, ''[[Palimony#Marvin v. Marvin|Marvin v. Marvin]]'', 18 Cal. 3d 660 (1976).<ref>[http://online.ceb.com/calcases/C3/18C3d660.htm "18 C3d 660: Marvin v. Marvin (1976)."] ''online.ceb.com''. Retrieved: October 11, 2013.</ref>

In 1979, Marvin was ordered to pay $104,000 to Triola for "rehabilitation purposes", but the court denied her community property claim for one-half of the $3.6 million which Marvin had earned during their six years of cohabitation – distinguishing nonmarital relationship contracts from marriage, with community property rights only attaching to the latter by operation of law. Rights equivalent to community property only apply in nonmarital relationship contracts when the parties expressly, whether orally or in writing, contract for such rights to operate between them. In August 1981, the California Court of Appeal found that no such contract existed between them and nullified the award she had received.<ref>Laskin, Jerry. [http://www.palimony.com/7.html "California 'Palimony' Law; An Overview."] ''Goldman & Kagon Law Corporation''. Retrieved: October 11, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peoples-law.org/family/Unmarried%20Cohabs/Cohabs%20Right%20to%20Support%20-%20WLC.htm |title=Unmarried Cohabitant's Right to Support and Property |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922220028/http://www.peoples-law.org/family/Unmarried%20Cohabs/cohabs%20right%20to%20support%20-%20wlc.htm |archive-date=September 22, 2006 |work=The People's Law Library |access-date=October 11, 2013 |date=January 7, 2001}}</ref> Michelle Triola died of lung cancer on October 30, 2009, having been with actor [[Dick Van Dyke]] since 1976.<ref>[http://www.today.com/id/33563289/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/palimony-figure-michelle-triola-marvin-dies/ " 'Palimony' figure Michelle Triola Marvin dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014213658/http://www.today.com/id/33563289/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/palimony-figure-michelle-triola-marvin-dies/ |date=October 14, 2013 }}, Associated Press, October 30, 2009.</ref>

Later there was controversy after Marvin characterized the trial as a "circus", saying "everyone was lying, even I lied". There were official comments about possibly charging Marvin with perjury, but no charges were filed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jango.com/music/Lee+Marvin/_full_bio|title=Lee Marvin|website=Jango Radio}}</ref>

This case was used as fodder for a mock debate skit on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' called "Point Counterpoint"<ref>[http://www.hulu.com/watch/2306/saturday-night-live-point-counterpoint-lee-marvin-and-michelle-triola "Point Counterpoint: Lee Marvin & Michelle Triola".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116195521/http://www.hulu.com/watch/2306/saturday-night-live-point-counterpoint-lee-marvin-and-michelle-triola |date=January 16, 2012}} ''NBC'', March 17, 1979. Retrieved: October 11, 2013.</ref> and a skit on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' with Carson as [[Adam]], and [[Betty White]] as [[Eve]].<ref>{{YouTube|Ih6LxwdwvlA|"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."}} ''Carson Entertainment Group'', February 9, 1979, retrieved October 11, 2013.</ref>