(3 June 1949 - 25 September 1951) (divorced) 1 child January 49 meets Mickey Rooney, the ex of Ava Gardner and Betty Jane Rase, at a party at Ciro`s two days later Rooney asks her for a date, and she invites him for dinner, at her home in the Valley, where she still lives with her parents the next evening the MacVicars are invited for a duck dinner at Mickey`s little bachelor house in Laurel Canyon the next day Mickey introduces her to his mother she and actor Mickey Rooney announce their engagement. She towers six inches over her future husband. They have to wait until her divorce from A. C. Lyles becomes final. 15 April 49 goes to Las Vegas, Nevada, to fasten her divorce from Lyles. Under California`s one-year rule, the interlocutory decree will not be final until fall. May 49 her divorce from Lyles becomes final 3 June 49 marries Rooney at North Hollywood Christ Memorial Unity Church. Just 6 hours earlier Rooney received his final divorce papers from former wife Betty Jane Rase. Mickey affectionately calls her Mart, and they move into a small bungalow at 4723 White Oak Avenue, Encino, the former home of Spencer Tracy June 49 she and Mickey plan a Paris honeymoon in the fall ? due to Rooney`s marathon drinking, their marriage deteriorates quickly End 49 their marriage is on the verge of total collapse 12/13 April 50 their son, Ted Michael, is born at Valley Hospital October 50 her ailing condition has Mickey at her bedside 24 hours a day is fed up and asks Mickey for a divorce December 50 the Rooneys part 16 December 50 there`s a truce between her and Mickey, who returns to their White Oak Avenue house March 51 the Rooneys reconcile June 51 files a divorce suit from Rooney, charging cruelty and claiming custody of their son Summer 51 the Rooneys part again 11 June 51 files for divorce, charging Rooney with extreme cruelty 24/25 September 51 her divorce is granted, giving her custody of their son, $150-a-month for his support, and a descending scale of alimony, from $2,000 a month, to $300 a month, in eight years. Rooney will later claim she was frigid. January 52 Mickey wants to patch up their marriage and seeks reconciliation with her. Martha doesn`t say yes or no. Mickey feuds with Martha`s girlfriends and blames them for keeping her from remarrying him