Mary Stuart (actress)

Personal life

Stuart married Richard Krolik in August 1951. She gave birth to a daughter Cynthia in 1955 and a son Jeffrey in 1956. She and Krolik divorced in 1966. She later alleged in her book, Both of Me, that Krolik was a frequently verbally abusive husband. For example, she recounted that she had secretly been writing a children's book. When she showed the manuscript to Krolik, he threw it across the room, yelling, "How do you expect to write a book if you've never read one?" The incident discouraged Stuart so much that she never sought out a publisher. Her husband left New York to work at Time/Life Broadcasting in Washington, D.C.

While Jeffrey Krolik kept his birth name, Cynthia changed hers to Cynthia Stuart. Cynthia graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts and became a journalist writing for the Detroit Free Press She also followed in her mother's footsteps as an actress for a time. Cynthia is now COO of the Supportive Housing Network of New York.

Jeffrey graduated from Dartmouth College and became a regional sales director for HBO. He was later appointed general manager for Fox Sports Net Bay Area. Both of Mary Stuart's children were raised and married in the Presbyterian Church.

Mary Stuart remained single for two decades after her divorce. In 1986, she married architect Wolfgang Neumann, and they remained married until her death in 2002.