The Truth About James Caan's Ex-Wives

May 2024 · 1 minute read

According to The Guardian, James Caan was married to Dee Jay Mathis from 1961 to 1966; Sheila Marie Ryan from 1975 to 1976; and to Ingrid Hajek from 1990 to 1994 before marrying Linda Stokes in 1995. 

Unfortunately for the curious, there's not much available information about any of these exes or their relationships with Caan. We did manage to round up an old Getty image showing Caan and Mathis together in 1966. As for wife number two — we know that before marrying Caan, Sheila Ryan was a Playboy model and one-time paramour of Elvis Presley, according to Elvis Australia. She was also the mother of the only of Caan's five children to follow him into acting, Scott Caan. 

It's been hardest of all to dig up any reliable information on Caan's third wife, Ingrid Hajek. The most we can say with any certainty is that she existed, and that she is the mother to one of Caan's children. He lived as a legend and his life, as private as it may have been, shall always be remembered. 

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