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My Take
Marla Maples is usually filed away as a footnote in someone else's story, and I think that does her a disservice. She left tiny Cohutta, Georgia, and built a genuine portfolio — acting, presenting, singing, even producing — long before and long after the tabloid years. What interests me most is how she handled the aftermath of one of the most scrutinized divorces in American celebrity history: quietly, raising her daughter Tiffany largely out of the spotlight, without weaponizing her past for attention. That restraint takes real discipline in a culture that rewards the opposite. I read her as a small-town survivor with better instincts than the headlines ever suggested.
Overview
Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American singer, television personality, model, actress and presenter. She was the second wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. They married two months after the birth of their daughter, Tiffany, in 1993. Donald and Marla separated in 1997 and divorced in 1999.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marla Maples
- Name (Japanese)
- マーラ・メイプルズ
- Reading
- まーら・めいぷるず
- Born
- October 27, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Cohutta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / socialite / television presenter / actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Northwest Whitfield High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | A Nanny for Christmas | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Socialite — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.