Bob Hope

=== Marriage and relationships ===

=== Marriage and relationships ===

[[File:Bob Hope and family.jpg|thumb|The Hope family; Back, from left: Tony, Dolores, and Linda; Front, from left: Kelly, Bob, and Nora]]

[[File:Bob Hope and family.jpg|thumb|The Hope family; Back, from left: Tony, Dolores, and Linda; Front, from left: Kelly, Bob, and Nora]]

Hope was briefly married to vaudeville partner Grace Louise Troxell (1912–1992), a secretary from Chicago, Illinois, who was the daughter of Edward and Mary (née McGinnes) Troxell. They were married on January 25, 1933, in Erie, Pennsylvania.{{sfn|Quirk|1998|p=66}} They divorced in November 1934.<ref name="Sheridan 2014">{{cite news | last = Sheridan | first = Peter | url = http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/499930/Bob-Hope-the-bigamist | title = Bob Hope the Bigamist | work = [[Daily Express]] | date = August 16, 2014 | access-date = August 16, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140816091857/http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/499930/Bob-Hope-the-bigamist | archive-date = August 16, 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Hope was briefly married to vaudeville partner Grace Louise Troxell (1912–1992), a secretary from Chicago, Illinois. They were married on January 25, 1933, in Erie, Pennsylvania.{{sfn|Quirk|1998|p=66}} They divorced in November 1934.<ref name="Sheridan 2014">{{cite news | last = Sheridan | first = Peter | url = http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/499930/Bob-Hope-the-bigamist | title = Bob Hope the Bigamist | work = [[Daily Express]] | date = August 16, 2014 | access-date = August 16, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140816091857/http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/499930/Bob-Hope-the-bigamist | archive-date = August 16, 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The couple had shared headliner status with Joe Howard at the Palace Theatre in April 1931, performing "Keep Smiling" and the "Antics of 1931".<ref>The Scranton Republican, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday, April 27, 1931, p. 4</ref> They worked together at the RKO Albee, performing the "Antics of 1933" along with Ann Gillens and Johnny Peters in June of that year.<ref>The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday, June 28, 1933, p. 35</ref> The following month, singer [[Dolores Reade]] joined Hope's vaudeville troupe and was performing with him at Loew's Metropolitan Theater. She was described as a "former [[Ziegfeld girl|Ziegfeld beauty]] and one of society's favorite nightclub entertainers, having appeared at many private social functions at New York, Palm Beach, and Southampton".<ref>Eagle Brooklyn, New York, Saturday, July 14, 1933, p. 5</ref>

The couple had shared headliner status with Joe Howard at the Palace Theatre in April 1931, performing "Keep Smiling" and the "Antics of 1931".<ref>The Scranton Republican, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday, April 27, 1931, p. 4</ref> They worked together at the RKO Albee, performing the "Antics of 1933" along with Ann Gillens and Johnny Peters in June of that year.<ref>The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday, June 28, 1933, p. 35</ref> The following month, singer [[Dolores Reade]] joined Hope's vaudeville troupe and was performing with him at Loew's Metropolitan Theater. She was described as a "former [[Ziegfeld girl|Ziegfeld beauty]] and one of society's favorite nightclub entertainers, having appeared at many private social functions at New York, Palm Beach, and Southampton".<ref>Eagle Brooklyn, New York, Saturday, July 14, 1933, p. 5</ref>