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William Holden personality type is ESTP, and he is a socially and extroverted, independent, and impulsive person. He is described by R. D. Laing as having a 'good heart', and his relationship with his wife is described as 'healthy and mutually supportive'. On the set, he had a reputation for drinking too much, but this was so not to impair the quality of his work.
Holden's personal relationships were unstable; he had several long-term relationships with women, including two marriages. He met his first wife Barbara Hale when she was a contract player for Universal Studios; she had been recommended to him by his friend George Burns. They married on April 16, 1944, in New York City. They had two children: daughter Jennifer (born January 1946) and son Stephen (born December 1946). Stephen Holden died on December 26, 2003, after suffering from the effects of AIDS and hepatitis C.
Holden's first marriage, to Barbara Hale, ended in divorce. On November 19, 1957, he married actress Candice Bergen. The marriage lasted only a few months, ending in divorce in January 1958. In 1959, Holden married actress Shirley Jones.