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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Dixon was born Lydia Emma Pinckert, one of 10 children born to German Catholic immigrants, Gerhart and Emma Pinckert, in Medford, Wisconsin, but raised in Missouri and California. Dixon claimed that while growing up in California, a "Gypsy" gave her a crystal ball and read her palm, predicting she would become a famous seer and advise powerful people. | Dixon was born Lydia Emma Pinckert, one of 10 children born to German Catholic immigrants, Gerhart and Emma Pinckert, in Medford, Wisconsin, but raised in Missouri and California. Dixon claimed that while growing up in California, a "Gypsy" gave her a [[crystal ball]] and read her palm, predicting she would become a famous seer and advise powerful people. | ||
She was married to James Dixon, who had been previously divorced, from 1939 until his death. In southern California, her future husband, James "Jimmy" Dixon, owned an automobile dealership with Hal Roach, an American film and television producer and director. He later ran a successful real estate company in Washington, D.C. where Dixon worked for many years and served as the company's president. The couple had no children. | She was married to James Dixon, who had been previously divorced, from 1939 until his death. In southern California, her future husband, James "Jimmy" Dixon, owned an automobile dealership with Hal Roach, an American film and television producer and director. He later ran a successful real estate company in Washington, D.C. where Dixon worked for many years and served as the company's president. The couple had no children. |