Venetia Stevenson First Husband: Who is Russ Tamblyn?

Russ Tamblyn was the first husband of the late actress Venetia Stevenson.

Russ and Stevenson married in 1956 and the marriage lasted for only one year.

Russell Irving Tamblyn, also known as Rusty Tamblyn is an American film and television actor and dancer.

Born and raised in Los Angeles on December 30, 1934. Tamblyn trained as a gymnast in his youth.

Tamblyn was a hyperactive child with a penchant for gymnastics and performing. He took the stage during intermissions at the local movie theater and gave tumbling performances.

He began his career as a child actor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Tamblyn appeared in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Tamblyn played the supporting role in Neil Young’s 1982 Human Highway while also credited for screenplay and choreography.

Tamblyn appeared on another soap opera, General Hospital, alongside his daughter Amber in 1997 and 2000. In 2004, he appeared with Amber again, playing God in the form of a man walking dogs, in three episodes of Joan of Arcadia.

After the divorced of Tamblyn and Stevenson in 1957, he married Elizabeth Kempton, a showgirl, in Las Vegas in 1960.