Before becoming a household name as a pillar of late-night television, Johnny married Joan "Jody" Morrill Wolcott in 1949 after they met as students at the University of Nebraska. The pair welcomed ...

Johnny Carson with his first wife Jody Wolcott at their home in Encino, California, circa 1955 ; Johnny Carson and Alexis Maas attend an event on September 21, 1983 in Beverly Hills, California.

In 1963, shortly following Carson’s divorce from his first wife Joan (Jody) Wolcott Carson, he wed Joanne Copeland Carson. When they met and began dating in 1960, she was a model and former air ...

Late-night legend Johnny Carson was married four times over the course of his 79 years. Before he skyrocketed to the highest heights of fame hosting celebrities on The Tonight Show, he settled down ...

Friends called him Johnny. They called her Jody. But not so on Oct. 1, 1949, when John William Carson and Miss Joan Morrill Wolcott were wed in North Platte in formal church ceremonies. The altar of ...

The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson was married four times. Before becoming a household name as a pillar of late-night television, Johnny married Joan "Jody" Morrill Wolcott in 1949 after they met as ...