Ann Rork Light
Helen Ann Rork Light was an American silent film actress. She was credited under the name Ann Rork.
Early life
Helen Ann Rork was born June 12, 1908, in Darien, Connecticut. Her father, Sam E. Rork, was a film producer at First National Pictures, and her mother the former Helen Welch. Actor Will Rogers was her godfather.Career
She starred in silent films such as The Blonde Saint and Old Loves and New in 1926, followed by The Notorious Lady, A Texas Steer and The Prince of Headwaiters in 1927. Her co-stars included Will Rogers and Rudolph Valentino.Personal life
She was married five times. Her first husband was J. Paul Getty, an oil heir from San Francisco, California, from 1932 to 1935. They had two sons: John [Paul Getty Jr.] and Gordon Getty. From her first-born son, John, she had a grandson, John Paul Getty III, whose son, Balthazar Getty, also became an actor.She then married a succession of three other men. In 1960, she married her fifth husband, Dr. Rudolph A. Light, an Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company heir and Professor of Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Rork became the first female member of St Catherine's College, Oxford, being awarded an Honorary Fellowship in the 1970s in recognition of her and Dr Light's philanthropic donations to the College.