Biography
She was born Helen Newington Wills in Centerville, California and attended the University of California, Berkeley.
She married Frederick Moody in December 1929. She won approximately one-half of her major championships as Helen Wills and one-half as Helen Wills Moody. Wills divorced Moody in 1937 and married Aidan Roark in October 1939. She died on January 1, 1998, aged 92.
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