Clint Eastwood only has two ex-wives, but the number of children he's fathered is still up
for debate. So why is it such a mystery to know exactly how many kids the Hollywood legend has?
Keep watching to find out.
In 1953, Clint Eastwood, recently discharged from the army and heading back to college,
met Maggie Johnson, a "graduating Berkeley student" and married her that December.
Jump to 1959, and Clint was making a name for himself on TV series Rawhide when he met and
had an affair with Roxanne Tunis. Tunis, who had a brief career as an actor herself, was working as
a stuntwoman on the show, and in June 1964, she gave birth to their daughter, Kimber Eastwood.
According to the Independent, Clint was initially unaware of Kimber's existence
and once he did learn of her, they had a complicated relationship.
As the outlet notes, they went from estranged to reconciled, but even so,
Kimber has repeatedly changed her tune when speaking about her dad. While she once reportedly
praised him for always being present, another time she shared how she apparently tried to
make an appointment to see him, but that her father always had other commitments.
Whether they butt heads or not, Kimber has followed her famous father into
the movie business. According to IMDb, she has 10 acting credits to her name,
as well as eight production credits, but the bulk of her career has been spent in makeup trailers.
"You work long hours but I love working on a film set. There's nothing like working on a film set."
In addition to being the makeup department head on 45 episodes of Dog the Bounty Hunter,
she's been the makeup artist on 485 episodes of Wheel of Fortune from 2005 to 2021.
Despite his on-set affair with Roxanne Tunis, Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson remained married
and, in May 1968, they had their first child, son Kyle Eastwood. Father and son bonded over music,
and as Kyle would later reminisce with the South Florida Sun Sentinel, his dad would regularly
take him to the Monterey Jazz Festival when he was still "very young," which would inspire a lifelong
passion for music. He eventually started dabbling with piano and guitar until settling on the bass.
These days, Kyle is a professional musician. He released his debut jazz album, From There to Here,
in 1998 and hasn't stopped since. He has even worked with his dad on numerous occasions.
Kyle has been a composer and arranger on several of Clint's films,
including Oscar-nominated Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby.
In May 1972, Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson welcomed their second child,
daughter Alison Eastwood, and she caught the acting bug early. After
appearing opposite her dad in 1980's Bronco Billy and Any Which Way You Can,
she made her official acting debut playing Clint's daughter in 1984's Tightrope.
Since then, she's amassed an array of movie credits,
including as a writer and director on 2020 TV series Boned and a producer on 2017's Battlecreek.
Opening up about her relationship with Clint, Alison told Closer Weekly:
"[My dad] makes me laugh, I make him laugh."
She also revealed the best advice he's ever given her is to not take life too seriously.
Given their good rapport, it's no surprise that Clint even convinced his daughter to come out of
acting retirement, seeing as she planned to call it quits after 2014's Finding Harmony.
According to Variety, he threw a wrench in her plans when he asked if she'd play
his daughter in 2018's The Mule, which he also directed. Alison told Variety:
"The more I thought about it, I was like, 'Well, maybe this is an opportunity to not
only play his daughter, but also just to spend some free time with him.'"
After 25 years of marriage, Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson separated in 1979. They didn't
finalize their divorce until 1984, but he quickly started a relationship with actor Sondra Locke,
which lasted from "the mid-1970s to the late 1980s," according to The Guardian. He also began
an affair with flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves, whom he met at the California restaurant he owned.
In 1986, they had a son, Scott Eastwood, but per GQ Australia,
he was initially Scott Clinton Reeves, and his birth certificate reads, quote, "Father Declined."
"Okay, this is your dad."
"Who? Who again?"
"Clint. His name's Clint Eastwood."
"Oh, yeah."
"Yeah. That guy."
Even so, Clint was a part of his son's life, taking him on movie sets and inspiring him.
Recalling how, growing up, he saw his dad in, quote, "an aura of greatness,"
Scott said he still considers Clint his "hero" and loves spending time with him.
Opening up about their relationship to Men's Journal, Scott said,
"For sure, he was busy. [...] But he definitely was there."
To date, he's appeared in four of his dad's movies — Flags of Our Fathers, Gran Torino, Invictus,
and Trouble With the Curve — but has made a name in his own right, amassing 35 acting credits.
In 1988, Clint Eastwood and flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves had a second child together,
daughter Kathryn Anne Reeves. She was born while her dad was still living with his girlfriend,
Sondra Locke, and so, both she and brother Scott Eastwood were kept a secret,
per the Independent, but that didn't stop Clint from being an involved parent.
As GQ Australia learned in 2016, the actor was always protective of his daughter,
and when he found out that a 16-year-old Scott had taken his 14-year-old sister to a
party and left her there, he had something to say about it. Scott told the outlet:
"He popped me and said, 'You don't ever leave your sister at a party. EVER.'
If you did something wrong, you were going to get punished. I learnt quickly — you don't do that."
Kathryn eventually tried to follow in her dad's footsteps. According to IMDb,
she wrote and starred in a 2015 short called American
Virus before landing a small part in her dad's 2014 remake of Jersey Boys.
A year before a "bitter parting" with Sandra Locke, Clint Eastwood started dating his next
partner, actor Frances Fisher. She was his co-star in 1989's Pink Cadillac and 1992's Unforgiven,
and they had a daughter named Francesca Ruth Fisher Eastwood in August 1993.
According to the Independent, the couple lived together for six years before Fisher discovered
that her boyfriend had a secret young family with Jacelyn Reeves, so they ended things.
But their split didn't stop Francesca from following in her parents' footsteps,
nor from building a lasting relationship with her dad.
She got her start acting opposite her mom in 1995's The Stars Fell on Henrietta,
then appeared with her dad in 1999's True Crime. She then popped up on 2012 reality show Mrs.
Eastwood & Company alongside Clint's then-wife, Dina, and their daughter, Morgan. In 2014,
she landed a small role in her dad's version of Jersey Boys, and, as she told Refinery29,
"It was more nerve-racking than a normal acting job since the director was also my dad,
so it was extra pressure."
These days, Francesca is still performing and has amassed 24 acting credits,
notably landing a role in M. Night Shyamalan's 2021 film,
Old. But as she told Refinery29, being an actor has been tough because:
"[I]t's challenging to differentiate yourself from your family and have your own identity."
In 1993, while Clint Eastwood was dating Frances Fisher, he met anchorperson Dina
Ruiz when she interviewed him for a Salinas, California, TV station.
They married in March 1996 and welcomed daughter Morgan Eastwood that December. The couple enjoyed
17 years of marriage before Ruiz filed for divorce in 2013, but as she assured Bethenny Frankel,
"My future ex-husband has done nothing... He's probably the sweetest guy I've ever met."
She also told Frankel how Morgan, who was 16 at the time, was taking the divorce in stride and
maintaining a positive relationship with her dad. What's more, she highlighted how, at 83,
Clint had just taken their daughter to Coachella. Indeed, as her Instagram shows, Morgan is
incredibly close with her family, including "big brother and sis" Scott and Francesca Eastwood.
She's even called Francesca's son her, quote, "favorite human," and the sisters' tight-knit
relationship was put on full display in the 2012 reality series Mrs. Eastwood & Company.
The exact number of Clint Eastwood's kids has been a topic of hot debate. As the Independent notes:
"[Clint Eastwood has] inexplicably remained bulletproof to scandal [while fathering] at
least seven children with five different women [and having] numerous affairs."
Clint himself only helped further fuel speculation of secret kids
when he arrived at the 2018 premiere of The Mule with all seven of his children,
plus his "secret daughter" Laurie Eastwood, who wasn't present for the main photocall.
Alison Eastwood confirmed that Laurie is indeed her older half-sister.
As it turns out, Clint had actually walked the 2004 Oscars red carpet with Laurie,
but no one realized she was his daughter. As the Daily Mail reported, she was given
up for adoption at birth and, as an adult, hired help to find her biological parents.
While her mother refused contact, her famous dad was "extremely receptive," a source said.
The public revelation came from Eastwood biographer Patrick McGilligan,
who explained that Laurie was born out of an affair Clint had while married to first
wife Maggie Johnson. The actor reportedly "had no idea that she was even pregnant,"
according to the Daily Mail, but now, he and his long-lost daughter have a close bond,
even celebrating Thanksgiving together. As Laurie's son, LT Murray, told the outlet,
"He's been a great father to my mom, and always great to me and my family whenever we see him."
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