Margaret Helen Jesse is the ex-wife of Ted Cassidy. Margaret Helen Jesse’s ex-husband Cassidy was an American actor noted for his tall stature at 6 ft 9 in and deep voice. He tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie and played Lurch on The Addams Family in the mid-1960s.

Bio Summary: Margaret Helen Jesse

Ted Cassidy’s wife Margaret Helen Jesse was born in 1936 in the United States of America to her parents. Not much is known about Margaret’s early life and extended family. She only came into the limelight after she got married to her husband Ted.

How did Margaret Helen and Ted Cassidy meet?

How did the two loved birds meet and started their relationship? The couple have not given any account of the circumstances that led to their paths crossing and hence their marriage. However, it is known that, after Ted graduated with a degree in speech and drama from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, he married Margaret Helen Jesse in 1956, and they moved to Dallas, Texas. His acting career launched when he worked as a midday DJ on WFAA in Dallas.

The couple’s marriage was blessed with two children. They are  Sean Cassidy, Cameron Cassidy. The couple’s marriage didn’t last forever, they called their marriage a quit in 1975. The reason behind their divorce was never made public.

Career

According to Margaret Helen Jesse’s IMBD profile, she has been credited with one movie. Margaret Helen Jesse is known for It Takes Two (1968).

Her husband Ted also occasionally appeared on WFAA-TV Channel 8, playing Creech, an outer-space creature on the “Dialing for Dollars” segments on Ed Hogan’s afternoon movies. He gave an in-studio report from WFAA radio station on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated and was among the first to interview eyewitnesses W. E. Newman Jr. and Gayle Newman.

Margaret Helen Jesse’s husband Cassidy underwent surgery at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles to have a benign tumor removed from his heart. The tumor had formed as a result of the long-term effects of the condition acromegaly, which was also responsible for his iconic deep voice, facial structure, and overall tall stature. Complications arose several days later while he was recuperating at home. He was readmitted to the same hospital, where he died on January 16, 1979, at age 46. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in his backyard.

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