Maria Tinney is the daughter of Judy Lewis. Maria Tinney’s mother Lewis was an American actress, writer, producer, and therapist. She was the secret biological daughter of actors Loretta Young and Clark Gable.
Maria Tinney: Profile Summary
Full Name | Maria Tinney |
Famous as | Daughter of Judy Lewis |
Age | 63 years old as of 2022 |
Date of Birth | November 16, 1959 |
Place of Birth | United States of America |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Nationality | American |
Ethnicity | White |
Husband | Daniel Dagit |
Parents | Mother- Judy Lewis, Father- Joe Tinney |
Maria Tinney is the only known child of Judy Lewis. Maria was born on November 16, 1959, to her parents Judy Lewis and Joe Tinny in the United States of America. As of 2022, she is 63 years old. She graduated from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Maria was an account assistant for Lewis, Gilman & Kynett Inc., an advertising agency in Philadelphia.
How did Maria’s parents meet and started their relationship? The couple has not given any information related to the circumstances under which they meet. However, her mother, Lewis married Joseph Tinney in 1958. They got married in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones. The couple’s marriage did last forever, they divorced in 1972.
Maria’s parents were married for 14 years before calling it a quit. Maria was 13 years old when her parents divorced. Maria’s father, Joe is the president of Joseph L. Tinney & Company, a television consulting concern in New York.
Maria Tinney got married to Daniel Dagit the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dagit of Haverford, Pa. The wedding took place on April 4. Maria’s husband, Daniel also graduated from Villanova University.
Maria’s husband, Daniel Dagit was a commercial real estate broker with Coldwell Banker Inc. in Philadelphia. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fisler Dagit of Ocean Reef, Fla., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel John Walsh of Penn Valley, Pa. Mr. Dagit, who is retired, was the founding partner in Dagit Associates, the architectural firm in King of Prussia, Pa., of which the future bridegroom’s father is president. Mr. Walsh was president of the Home Life Insurance Company of America.
Maria Tinney is the granddaughter of Loretta Young. Maria Tinney’s mother, Judy Lewis was conceived while her birth parents, Loretta Young and Clark Gable, were working on the film Call of the Wild. Gable was married at the time of Lewis’s conception, and Young concealed her pregnancy to avoid scandal. Weeks after her birth, Lewis was placed in an orphanage. Lewis would spend the next 19 months in various “hideaways and orphanages” before being reunited with her mother.
Young then claimed that she had adopted Lewis. When Lewis was four years old, Young married radio producer Tom Lewis, and Judy took his last name. Young and Lewis went on to have two sons, Christopher Lewis and Peter Lewis. Maria Tinney’s mother, Lewis bore a striking resemblance to Gable, including having ears that stuck out. When Lewis was seven years old, Young had her undergo a painful operation to pin her ears back in another attempt to hide her real parentage.
After Maria Tinney’s mother, Lewis became engaged to her father, Tinney at age twenty-three, he told her it was common knowledge that Gable was her biological father; Lewis was stunned. After Gable’s death, Lewis, at age 31, finally confronted her mother about the mystery behind her parentage. Her mother said, “YES you are my sin.” Young became nauseated but acknowledged that she and Gable were Lewis’s biological parents. In 1994, Lewis published a book about her life entitled Uncommon Knowledge in which she stated that Gable was her father
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My name is Debra, I was born on the same day as Maria as were 2 boys at the same hospital , four all together. The two boys didn’t not survive. Just us. Your Mother sent mine a huge bouquet of flowers in a pink round vase. We knew she was your mother… I still have the vase almost 63 years later.