What You Didn't Know About Cloris Leachman's Ex-Husband, George Englund

In the 1950s, and while Cloris Leachman was pregnant with their first child, Englund had an affair with Joan Collins. The affair is told through Leachman's eyes in her autobiography (co-written with George, per IMDb), where she says, "As I would find out, Joan had eyes for George. Though I didn't know it at the time, I was about to begin the most difficult time of my life."

Leachman eventually lost the baby, and had to deal with Collins, who had told her that her husband had just left and that she was in love with him. Leachman then says: "'I'm not sure what the choices are. Do you think you two can make a go of it?' She replied: 'Yes, I do. I love him but he loves you.' When I told George about the call he was angry Joan had made it" (via Express). Leachman and Englund's marriage survived that affair, and they went on to have five children until they divorced in the 1970s (via Legacy).

After he and Leachman divorced, Englund married Bonnie Graves and had two children, and before he passed away, he was seen with friend Frances Bowes. Englund died in 2017 in Palm Springs, surrounded by friends and family.