Buying a little cottage in Las Palmas on Vereda Norte at the recommendation of their friend, neighbor and movie star Adolphe Menjou in 1941, they quickly became integrated into the community. Also known as Julie M. Tierney, Julia Tierney, Julie M. Powell, and Jule M. Powell. They were divorced in 1933, though they, too, remained on good terms, even starring together in the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey three years later. I could watch them over and over again. On January 6, 1940, three weeks after they met, Powell married his third wife, actress Diana Lewis, to whom he remained married until his death in 1984. I thought that child looked like the one who played Nick Jr in one of the Thin Man movies. He was always among the favorite to work with by all his leading ladies. They co- starred 13 times, including six ''Thin Man'' movies in which he, as a retired sleuth, Nick Charles, and she, as his tag-along socialite wife, Nora, matched martinis and mirth, sharing amiable brickbats and trapping wrongdoers in the urbane movies from stories by Dashiell Hammett. William Powell (1892-1984) and Myrna Loy (1905-1993) starred in 13 movies together in the 1930s and '40s. Who Is William Powell's Wife? I agree when he played Ziegfeld I was just entranced. William Powell narcissistic? He was treated with radiation, pronounced cured, and told an interviewer in 1963, ''I was one of the lucky ones.''. The diagnosis was confirmed at the Cleveland Clinic. After ill health precipitated his resignation, he was diagnosed with hepatitis and kidney ailments. He wouldn't take the role of Godfrey in My Man Godfrey if they didn't hire Lombard. His great partner, Myrna Loy, has so many wonderfully loving quotes about how sweet, kind and intelligent he was. I have decided to change it. William Powell (1892-1984) - Find a Grave Memorial It was, of course, sheer fate that sent young, beautiful, tiny Diana Lewis to William Powells swimming pool to make publicity pictures. His life was marked by tragedies, yet he retained his dignity and will to live.
