Editing Kathryn Grayson (section)

==Personal life==
Grayson married twice, first to actor [[John Shelton (actor)|John Shelton]] and then to the actor/singer [[Johnnie Johnston]]. She was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfHXAAAAQBAJ&q=Kathryn+Grayson+Republican&pg=PA173|title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics|first=Donald T.|last=Critchlow|date=21 October 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|access-date=18 December 2017|via=Google Books|isbn=9780521199186}}</ref> Grayson adhered to [[Roman Catholicism]].<ref>Morning News, January 10, 1948, ''Who Was Who in America'' (Vol. 2).</ref>{{better|date=October 2024}}

===John Shelton===
Shelton and Grayson eloped to [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], where they were married on July 11, 1941.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Young Film Pair Elope to Nevada|date=July 13, 1941|id={{ProQuest|165222321}}}}</ref> The two had courted for 18 months, after meeting while making screen tests. In July 1942, Shelton moved out of their [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]] home and into his own apartment. This came after a month of reconciliation after a judge dismissed their divorce suit. Grayson charged Shelton with mental cruelty.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Fidler in Hollywood|last=Fidler|first=Jamie|date=July 21, 1942|id={{ProQuest|165341320}}}}</ref> They divorced on June 17, 1946.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Singer Grayson Divorces Actor Shelton|date=June 18, 1946|id={{ProQuest|165671136}}}}</ref>

===Johnnie Johnston===
Grayson wed singer/actor [[Johnnie Johnston]] on August 22, 1947, in [[Carmel, California]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Kathryn Grayson Sues for Divorce|date=August 10, 1951|id={{ProQuest|166256687}}}}</ref> 

Grayson and Johnston separated on November 15, 1950. On October 3, 1951, Grayson was granted a divorce from Johnston on the grounds of mental cruelty.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Kathryn Grayson Given Divorce From Johnston|date=October 4, 1951|id={{ProQuest|166274081}}}}</ref> Johnston's ''[[This Time for Keeps]]'' co-star, [[Esther Williams]], claimed in her 1999 autobiography that while making the film, Johnston would read Grayson's intimate letters aloud to the girls in his fan club, including the "all-too-graphic details concerning what she liked about his love-making."{{sfn|Williams|Diehl|1999|p=153}}