31 May 56
marries actor Robert Brimmer, a.k.a. Robert Dix, son of actor Richard Dix, (comma) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony is performed by a justice of peace. They say they fell in love because both are members of Baha’i sect.
5 June 56
she and Dix announce their engagement and that they plan a Baha’i marriage on June 28
7 June 56
she and Dix disclose that they already married on May 31. “We didn’t say anything about our Las Vegas marriage because we wanted to wait to break the news to Janet’s parents when they arrive here on June 19,” Dix says.
July 56
her husband is granted emergency leave from Camp Roberts to visit her. Janet is in California Hospital for surgery.
February 57
has a cheesecake spread in Esquire
July 57
her mother-in-law flies in from Hawaii to give her approval of the marriage
5 December 57
her daughter, Lana, is born in Los Angeles
December 58
files for divorce from Dix in Los Angeles
March 59
she and Dix confirm the reconciliation. Janet will dismiss her divorce complaint.
11 September 59
divorces Dix in Los Angeles. She testifies she developed an ulcer worrying over his long, unexplained absences. “He would call and say he would be home for dinner at 5:30, then he would come home three days later,” she says. He will later marry actresses Anna Mae Slaughter and Darlene Lucht.