Cassandra Delaney

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.

Delaney started her showbiz career during 1982 with a one-off single "Boots" a reworked country version of the 1960s Nancy Sinatra song classic "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.

Delaney married Denver in 1988, after a two-year courtship.

Settling at Denver's home in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle.

She and Denver separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993.

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".

Delaney briefly had her own singing career.

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