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\n Related: <\/span>Jack Nicholson’s Family Guide: Meet the Actor’s Ex-Wife and 6 Kids<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tJack Nicholson has welcomed six children with five women over the years \u2014 but he has only publicly commented on four of them. Throughout his time in the spotlight, Jack has only married once. He and Sandra Knight tied the knot in 1962 and welcomed daughter Jennifer Nicholson the following year. Once their divorce was [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Lorraine further claimed in the essay that she didn\u2019t learn about the car accident from a family member, but instead from \u201ca nosy mother at school.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d seen my dad just a few days previously<\/a> and he didn\u2019t mention a car accident,\u201d she wrote. \u201cNot knowing the news would be picked up by the tabloids, he wanted to introduce Lara on his own terms.\u201d<\/p>\nJack and Boyle, who have a 33-year age gap<\/a>, dated from 1999 to 2004. Eventually, he introduced the actress to his children<\/a>. (Jack is a father of six, sharing Lorraine and son Ray with ex Rebecca Broussard<\/strong>. He also shares daughter Jennifer with Sandra Knight<\/strong>, son Caleb with Susan Anspach<\/strong>, daughter Honey with Winnie Hollman<\/strong> and daughter Tessa with Jennine Gourin<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n\n![\"Jack](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-Jack-Nicholsons-Romance-With-Ex-Lara-Flynn-Boyle-Was-a-Bridge-to-His-Kids-Daughter-Lorraine-Says.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>J. Vespa\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI\u2019ll never forget the first day Lara was introduced to us children. She came down the outdoor staircase to join us by the pool,\u201d Lorraine said. \u201cI remember the sun reflecting on the water, the sound of wind chimes in the trees. Most importantly, I remember what Lara wore \u2014 a thong bathing suit with flames licking up the crotch. We didn\u2019t have to know she had been nominated for an Emmy that year for her work on The Practice<\/i> for my brother and I to know we were in the presence of a powerful person.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cThat day, I was too afraid to speak to her. Instead, I watched her surreptitiously from the shallow end, as she read a book on a plastic raft, the wind gently pushing her back and forth across the surface of the water. Finally, she had arrived, the answer to my prayers \u2014 the Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once Lorraine met Boyle, she said that she was captivated by the actress\u2019 charm, confidence and compassion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith extrasensory intuition, she sensed I was a self-harmer and told me stories about the time she had to wear knee socks to hide her scratched-up shins,\u201d Lorraine said. \u201cLara made me feel like my pain mattered. \u2026 I was a kid who felt, despite everything I had materially, there was something missing in my life. Lara did not belittle these feelings. She told all these stories with a cigarette and a smile because she was a survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Jack](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1-Jack-Nicholsons-Romance-With-Ex-Lara-Flynn-Boyle-Was-a-Bridge-to-His-Kids-Daughter-Lorraine-Says.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images for TASCHEN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWith time, Lorraine said that she \u201cgrabbed onto [Boyle] like she was made of glue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor my father, Lara acted as a bridge between him and his children. Suddenly, we were doing things we had never done before,\u201d Lorraine added. \u201cIn Aspen, we went whitewater rafting down the Colorado River. We cackled wildly while playing Parcheesi. In one particularly traitorous game of Uno, my brother and I kamakazied ourselves so that while we wouldn\u2019t win, my father wouldn\u2019t either.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jack and Boyle, who have a 33-year age gap<\/a>, dated from 1999 to 2004. Eventually, he introduced the actress to his children<\/a>. (Jack is a father of six, sharing Lorraine and son Ray with ex Rebecca Broussard<\/strong>. He also shares daughter Jennifer with Sandra Knight<\/strong>, son Caleb with Susan Anspach<\/strong>, daughter Honey with Winnie Hollman<\/strong> and daughter Tessa with Jennine Gourin<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never forget the first day Lara was introduced to us children. She came down the outdoor staircase to join us by the pool,\u201d Lorraine said. \u201cI remember the sun reflecting on the water, the sound of wind chimes in the trees. Most importantly, I remember what Lara wore \u2014 a thong bathing suit with flames licking up the crotch. We didn\u2019t have to know she had been nominated for an Emmy that year for her work on The Practice<\/i> for my brother and I to know we were in the presence of a powerful person.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cThat day, I was too afraid to speak to her. Instead, I watched her surreptitiously from the shallow end, as she read a book on a plastic raft, the wind gently pushing her back and forth across the surface of the water. Finally, she had arrived, the answer to my prayers \u2014 the Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive.\u201d<\/p>\n Once Lorraine met Boyle, she said that she was captivated by the actress\u2019 charm, confidence and compassion.<\/p>\n \u201cWith extrasensory intuition, she sensed I was a self-harmer and told me stories about the time she had to wear knee socks to hide her scratched-up shins,\u201d Lorraine said. \u201cLara made me feel like my pain mattered. \u2026 I was a kid who felt, despite everything I had materially, there was something missing in my life. Lara did not belittle these feelings. She told all these stories with a cigarette and a smile because she was a survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n With time, Lorraine said that she \u201cgrabbed onto [Boyle] like she was made of glue.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor my father, Lara acted as a bridge between him and his children. Suddenly, we were doing things we had never done before,\u201d Lorraine added. \u201cIn Aspen, we went whitewater rafting down the Colorado River. We cackled wildly while playing Parcheesi. In one particularly traitorous game of Uno, my brother and I kamakazied ourselves so that while we wouldn\u2019t win, my father wouldn\u2019t either.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>