Lina Basquette Biography (1907-1994)



Born Lena Baskette, April 19, 1907, in San Mateo, CA; died of cancer at her home in Wheeling, WV, September 30, 1994; daughter of Frank (a drugstore owner) and Gladys (Lee) Baskette; married Sam Warner (cofounder of Warner Brothers), July 4, 1925 (deceased, 1927); married J. Peverell Marley (a cinematographer), 1929 (divorced, September, 1930); married Ray Hallam (an actor), 1931 (deceased, 1931); married Theodore Hayes (a prizefight trainer), December, 1931(Hayes was already married to another woman, so the marriage was not legal),1933 (for the second time; divorced, 1935); married Henry Mollison (an actor), 1937 (marriage ended); married Warner Gilmore, 1948 (divorced, 1950); married seventh husband, 1959; children: (with Warner) Lita Warner Heller, (withHayes) Edward Alvin Hayes.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Birth Details
April 19, 1907
San Mateo, California, United States
Death Details
September 30, 1994
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States

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