Marilee Carpenter: What happened to Denver Pyle's ex-wife?
Marilee Carpenter was the ex-wife of American actor Denver Pyler. Marilee Carpenter’s ex-husband gained popularity in the 1960s to the 1980s for a number of TV roles including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, as Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985. In many of his roles, he portrayed either authority figures.
Marilee Carpenter: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Marilee Carpenter Pyle |
| famous as | Ex-wife of Denver Pyler |
| Age | 85 years old at the time of death |
| Date of Birth | 29 August 1924 |
| Place of Birth | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
| Date of Death | 2 Jan 2010 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Children | David Pyle, Tony Pyle |
| Spouse | Denver Pyle (m. 1955–1970) |
Marilee Carpenter was born on 29 August 1924 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA to her parents Anthony and Leonore Hill Carpenter. She was 85 years old at the time of her sad passing. At the age of 16, she moved to California with her younger brother Roger. Carpenter graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1942.
How did Denver Pyle and his wife Marilee Carpenter meet?
According to sources, the former couple met at 20th Century Fox Studios. While working at Twentieth Century Fox Studios as a production assistant, she met aspiring actor Denver Pyle. The two fell in love and started dating. Later, they got married in 1955 and had two sons, David and Tony in 1956 and 1957 respectively. From her two children, Denver Pyle’s ex-wife was a grandmother of 4. Marilee advised and assisted Denver throughout his fifty-year career in motion pictures and television – uninterrupted by their divorce in 1970 – until his death in 1997.
Aside from being a production assistant at 20th Century fox, Marilee was also a proud homemaker for fifty-five years, creating beautiful homes in Toluca Lake, Burbank, and Balboa Island. She was also a devoted Christian and active in her church, St. John Vianney, as well as in various bridge groups and the Newport Beach Yacht Club.
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After Denver Pyle and Marilee Carpenter’s marriage came to end, he moved on very quickly. On 5 November 1983, Pyle married Tippie X. Johnston in Los Angeles County, California. That union lasted until his death.
What happened to Denver Pyle’s ex-wife Marilee?
Marilee Carpenter passed away on January 2, 2010, in the family home she built at 322 Ruby Avenue almost forty years ago. The cause of her death was not made public. However, Sources claim, she passed peacefully in her son’s arms surrounded by family and friends.
Carpenter’s ex-husband, Pyle also died of lung cancer on Christmas Day 1997. Memorial services were held on January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. The actor is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife’s parents, James Thomas Johnston and Erin Maurine (nee Birch) Johnston.
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