Martha Beall Mitchell
TV Director
1918 – 1976
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Who was Martha Beall Mitchell?
Martha Beall Mitchell was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon. She gained notoriety in the press during the Nixon administration for her frequent phone calls to reporters and colorful comments on the state of the nation, becoming a household name, appearing on several high-profile magazine covers, and becoming a controversial figure in her own right. Her battles with alcoholism and her eccentric behavior led to a divorce from John Mitchell in 1973. She died of multiple myeloma three years later.
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- Born
- Sep 2, 1918
Pine Bluff - Also known as
- Martha Mitchell
- Martha Beall
- the Mouth of the South
- Parents
- Spouses
- Clyde Jennings, Jr.
(1946/10/05 - 1957/08/01) - John N. Mitchell
(1957/12/30 - 1973)
- Clyde Jennings, Jr.
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Stephens College
- Pine Bluff High School
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- Pine Bluff
- Died
- May 31, 1976
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on July 23, 2013
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