As mentioned earlier, late Allen Ludden’s marriage with Betty White was not his first marriage. Before marrying the celebrated actress Betty, Ludden was in a happily married relationship with Nueces County, Texas-born Margaret McGloin. The two took their wedding vows on 11 October 1943 before their close friends and family members.
At the time Ludden married McGloin, he was just beginning his career in the American Entertainment Industry. He was carving a career as an advisor for youth in teen magazine columns and on the radio. Talking about Allen Ludden’s wife, Margaret McGloin, it is still a mystery in what job she was involved in and how she met her love, Allen Ludden.
Unfortunately, Allen Ludden and Margaret McGloin’s togetherness as a husband and wife did not last long. Margaret passed away on 30 October 1961 at the age of 45, after eighteen years of her marriage with Ludden. Ludden married Betty White two years after his first wife’s death on 14 June 1963.
