Frank Sinatra Relationships
 Nancy Barbato
Sinatra met Barbato at the age of nineteen, and they were married in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 4, 1939 . Their first child, Nancy Sinatra, was born in June 1940, and a son, Frank Sinatra, Jr. was born in January 1944.
After moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Sinatra's extramarital affairs with the actresses Lana Turner and Marilyn Maxwell were causing public embarrassment for Barbato, and she aborted a third child in 1946 . A third child, Tina Sinatra was born in 1948.
Barbato announced their separation on Valentine's Day, 1950 as his affair with Ava Gardner became public. After originally only seeking a separation, they divorced on October 29, 1951, as Sinatra's relationship with Gardner became ever more serious.
Ava Gardner
Sinatra first met Ava Gardner in 1945, but saw her only sporadically until late 1949, when they began their relationship. Their relationship was extremely tempestuous, and coincided with the collapse of Sinatra's professional career, as Gardner's blossomed.
They married on November 7, 1951, ten days after Sinatra's divorce from Barbato became final. Both were frequently made jealous by the others extramarital affairs , and Gardner had an abortion .
Gardner's power in Hollywood helped Sinatra get cast in From Here to Eternity (1953) , and his subsequent Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor helped revitalize Sinatra's professional career. They separated in October of 1953, and finally divorced in 1957.
Mia Farrow
Sinatra married the actress, Mia Farrow on July 19, 1966, when she was 21 and he was 50. They met on the set of Sinatra's film, Von Ryan's Express . She agreed to appear in his 1968 film, The Detective, but when she reneged as her filming schedule for Rosemary's Baby overran, Sinatra served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. .
Barbara Marx
In 1976, Sinatra married Barbara Blakeley Marx (formerly married to Zeppo Marx), who converted to Catholicism to marry him. She remained his wife until his death, although her relations with Sinatra's children were consistently portrayed as stormy, something Nancy Sinatra confirmed when she publicly claimed that Barbara had not bothered to call Frank's children even when the end was near, although they were close by, and the children missed the opportunity to be at their father's bedside when he died.
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