Bob Newhart was married to Ginny Newhart. She is an American socialite and homemaker, who has been married to stand-up comedian and actor, Bob Newhart for over five decades.
Ginny is also the daughter of actor, Bill Quinn, known for his films like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and sitcoms such as “All in the Family”. During her early youth, she used to babysit the children of her acquaintances from the industry.
Since her marriage to Bob Newhart in 1963, she took up the responsibility of raising her children as a homemaker. She did mention during an interview with “People” that she occasionally felt insecure about not having a 9-5 job like Bob Newhart’s onscreen wives, referring to Suzanne Pleshette and Mary Frann who played Bob’s wives on The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart respectively.
Bob and Ginny first met on a blind date, set up by comedian Buddy Hackett, in Los Angeles in 1962. She was serving as the babysitter for Hackett’s children at the time when one day he told her that he had met a young comic actor and thought she should marry him.
They eventually married on January 12, 1963. She was unsure even on the day of her marriage when her father reportedly had joked that he could still get her out of it if she wanted. Fortunately, she never had to regret marrying Bob, and after spending five decades together with him, she told City and Shore Magazine in an interview in January 2013, that “it turned out fine”.
