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Dick Van Dyke’s Wife Arlene Silver Never Saw 'Mary Poppins' Before Meeting


Dick Van Dyke’s wife, Arlene Silver, told him that she had ‘never’ watched ‘Mary Poppins’ when they first met

“I was backstage in the green room of the [2007] SAG Awards, just sitting there by myself and she walked by,” Van Dyke, 99, recalled on the Tuesday, January 21, episode of SiriusXM’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast. Silver, 53, joined Van Dyke on Ted Danson and wife Mary Steenburgen ’s podcast, correcting the acclaimed actor’s side of the story. After Dick Van Dyke lost his long-time partner Michelle Triola Marvin after 35 years together, he found another chance at romance with Arlene Silver.

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