Gloria Rand: Who Is William Shatner’s Ex-wife?

Gloria Rand is the ex-wife of Canadian actor William Shatner. William has been active in the entertainment industry since 1951. He has starred in movies and television shows for seven decades. He has appeared in video games, primarily as James T. Kirk, and other several commercials.

Gloria Rand: Bio Summary

Gloria Rand (née Rabinowitz) was born on June 16, 1933, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was born and raised in Canada. She holds Canadian nationality. She will hit the age of 90 on June 16, 2023. Her parents’ names and occupations are not available. She probably has siblings but they live a low-key life.

Gloria Rand hasn’t revealed much about her childhood life. She is an actress. She is recognized for her appearance in various episodes of some television series. She has been given credit for her contributions to Encounter (1952), On Camera (1954), and Goodyear Playhouse (1951).

How Did Gloria Rand And William Shatner Meet?

Gloria Rand met William Shatner on Dreams, one of a series of screenplays that he had written for the CBC. William once said: “While in Toronto…I was running around doing television, films, and writing. I wrote a television drama, in which I cast the girl that I subsequently married and became the mother of my three children.”

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Gloria Rand and William Shatner fell in love with each other and soon began dating. William proposed to Gloria and they got engaged. On August 12, 1956, the love birds became married couples officially. The wedding event reportedly took place at the Toronto house where Gloria’s parents lived.

Gloria Rand became William Shatner’s first wife. William described his first wife as a “lovely, doe-like woman” who lived on “the edge of the pasture of life.” The pair gave birth to three daughters: actresses, Melanie Shatner, Leslie Carol Shatner, and Lisabeth Shatner.

Gloria Rand and William Shatner married in Canada, and divorced in California, during the last season of Star Trek (1966). They became ex-couples on March 4, 1969. After Gloria, William has been married to Marcy Lafferty, Nerine Kidd, and Elizabeth Anderson Martin.

William’s four marriages all failed, ending in divorce. There is no information about who he is dating at the moment. Gloria Rand has also not provided any information about her current partner. It is unknown if she has married again or had any other children.

Speaking of his union with Gloria, William admitted that as his career took off in the 1960s, his success affected their relationship. “I was becoming a star; she was remaining my wife. And for an actor, the role of a star’s wife is not a very pleasant one to play.”

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“I was working so hard to support my family and resented Gloria because I was getting so little joy out of my marriage,” he wrote, adding that his wife “probably [had] many reasons” to resent him. “Gloria stayed home with our girls, and it seemed like each week new and beautiful — and seemingly available — women showed up on the set.”