| Wallis Simpson  AKA Bessie Wallis Warfield
Born: 19-Jun-1896
Birthplace: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Died: 24-Apr-1986
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Royalty Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Duchess of Windsor Twice-divorced American woman who became the lover of King Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. He became King in 1936, while she was still married to shipping magnate Ernest Simpson. She filed for divorce, but when it became clear that the royal family would not allow her to marry the King, Edward abdicated the throne to marry her. They spent the rest of their lives in effective exile, living in France and the United States. Father: Teackle Wallis Warfield (d. 1896 tuberculosis)
Mother: Alice Montague
Husband: Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. (US Navy pilot, m. 8-Nov-1916, div. 1927)
Husband: Ernest Aldrich Simpson (shipping executive, m. 21-Jul-1928, div. 3-May-1937)
Boyfriend: Guy Marcus Trundle (according to London police files, dated in 1936, d. 1958)
Husband: King Edward VIII (m. 3-Jun-1937, d. 28-May-1972 cancer)
High School: Oldfields School, Glencoe, MD (1912-14, no diploma)
Time Person of the Year 1936
Tubal Ligation
Tonsillectomy 1931
Appendectomy Roosevelt Hospital, New York City (31-Aug-1944)
Surgery intestinal blockage, American Hospital (23-Feb-1979)
Risk Factors: Tonsillitis, Stomach Cancer
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (16-Sep-2017) · Herself
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