Cassandra Delaney (born 8 September 1961 in Brisbane), is an Australian actress best known for her marriage to and divorce from American singer John Denver.
Career
Delaney started her career in show business in 1982 with a one-off single, "Boots"—a reworked country version of the 1966 Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"—before moving into acting. Delaney starred in a number of Australian films, one of which, Fair Game (1986), has become a cult classic.[1][2]
Personal life
Delaney married Denver in 1988, after a two-year courtship.[3][4] Settling at Denver's home in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. She and Denver separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993.[5] Of this, his second marriage, Denver wrote "before our short-lived marriage ended in divorce, she managed to make a fool of me from one end of the valley to the other".[6]
^"John Denver to remarry". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 213. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 May 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^"World news". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 304. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 August 1988. p. 15. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
