Page 201 - Cousins - Celebrities, Saints & Sinners

At the time she said "I'm embarking on a new career. "Single."

In a 1987 article she was described as a woman “who drives a racing green 1979 Rolls-Royce
Corniche (a gift from husband No. 3), who bought an apricot toy poodle because it "matched her
furniture," is groomed immaculately from her cellophaned hair to her pedicured toes, eats at posh
hangouts most days, maintains 9-to-5, Monday- through-Saturday shopping hours, and closely
tracks the profit margins of her investments. Janssen (Dani) is so like the typical Jackie Collins
character that it can't be purely coincidental.”

Her social life was the stuff of legend as she regularly attended lavish affairs and partied with the
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likes of Jackie Collins, Elizabeth Taylor (12 cousin, 1 time removed), Vidal Sassoon, Nancy Sinatra,
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Polly Bergan, David Niven, Jr. (15 cousin), Michael Douglas, etc. She was also a well-known
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Beverly Hills hostess who threw exclusive parties for such as Oscar winners Tom Hanks (9 cousin,
1 time removed), Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, and
Nick Nolte.

The gossip columns regularly reported on her dating life which included such as actor-writer
George Nadar, fashion designer Oleg Cassini, actor Robert Forester, actor and singer-songwriter
Lane Caudell, Brazilian playboy Babe Pignatari, Socialite James Kimberly, and actor, filmmaker,
musician, and politician Clint Eastwood.

Although she would not be considered a “Movie Star” by
most people, according to NetWorthsPedia, Wikipedia,
Forbes, IMDb & Various Online resources, Dani Crayne's net
worth is estimated to be $57 Million. Star or not, being a
Hollywood ex-wife certainly worked for her!

Note: There are a couple of things that are different about
this cousin. First, she is the only one of the relatives
highlighted here that I am related to through the maternal
side of my family. Further, of all these cousins, she is the one
I am most closely related to and one of the few who I have
met in person. This chance encounter happened in
approximately 1958/1959, when I attended a family reunion
with my mother and Dani happened to be one of the cousins
in attendance. I remember her as being very blond and very
attractive.

References:
1. https://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/dani-crayne
2. https://celebstrendingnow.com/dani-crayne-net-worth/
3. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-09-20-0150010236-story.html
4. http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/51/Dani+Crayne/register.php
5. Movie clip – Dani Crayne – “Have You Met Miss Jones” (1956)
6. Family Tree from my personal database - attached

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