Judy Lewis (November 6, 1935 – November 25, 2011) was an American actress, writer, producer, and therapist, and the secret biological daughter of actor Clark Gable and actress Loretta Young.
Judy Lewis was the biological daughter of actress Loretta Young and actor Clark Gable, who had a brief affair while working on the film The Call of the Wild. Lewis was the only biological child that Gable had while he was still alive (his only son was born four months after his death), but he had no relationship with her. Gable was married at the time to "Ria" Langham. Young concealed her pregnancy to protect their film careers and to avoid scandal. Young went to Europe for several months and then returned to a small house in Venice, California with her mother. A Hollywood gossip columnist interviewed Young because she was claiming to be ill for weeks and needed rest. She gave the interview from her bed, covered in blankets to conceal her large belly.
Young gave birth, and weeks later, the baby was put in an orphanage for about 18 months. Young's mother then went to pick the toddler up. Later she told Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons that she had "adopted" two children and several
(This is information generated from a Wikipedia article, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.)