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Erle Jolson Krasna, an occasional actress who was the influential widow of both singer Al Jolson and Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Norman Krasna, has died. She was 81.
From 1940 to 1950 Krasna was married to Ruth Frazee, sister of actress Jane Frazee, with whom he had two children. They were divorced in April 1950 and she was awarded $262,500 and custody of the children. [96] In December 1951 he eloped with Al Jolson 's widow Erle to Las Vegas.
Erle Jolson Krasna, widow of legendary entertainer Al Jolson and Oscar-winning screenwriter Norman Krasna, died Sunday Jan. 11 of cancer in Century City, Calif. She was 81.
Who Is Norman Krasna's Wife? His wife is Erle Chenault Galbraith (7 December 1951 - 1 November 1984) ( his death) ( 3 children), Ruth Frazee (6 August 1940 - 2 May 1951) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
- 75 years old
- writer,producer,director
- 7 November, 1909
- Scorpio
Mar 31, 2024 · Erle Jolson Krasna, an occasional actress who was the influential widow of both singer Al Jolson and Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Norman Krasna, has died. She was 81. Krasna died Sunday of cancer at her Century City home.
Jan 11, 2004 · The youthful widow met the powerful producer Norman Krasna, 13 years her senior, the summer after Jolson's death and just after the writer's five-day engagement to actress Betty Hutton had ended. Erle and Norman Krasna married Dec. 7, 1951.
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Cary Grant in Indiscreet invents a wife to avoid entanglements, and in Who Was That Lady?, Tony Curtis hides extramarital affairs by pretending to be a spy. Intermittently active as both producer and director, Krasna never caught fire as either.
