AKA Marion T. Beardsley

Born: 7-May-1943

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Once Upon a Secret

Despite their intimacy, still called Kennedy "Mr. President."

"I knew that we didn't have a partnership of equals, and that my love would go unrequited. He was the leader of the free world, after all. And I wasn't even old enough to vote."

Slept with: John F. Kennedy (US President, affair 1962-63)
Husband: Anthony Fahnestock ("Tony", investment manager, m. 1964, div., d. 1993, two daughters)
Husband: Richard Alford ("Dick", m. 2005)

    High School: Miss Porter's School
    University: Wheaton College Massachusetts

    White House Intern

Author of books:
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath (2012, memoir)

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