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Samantha Lewes: Tom Hanks’ First Wife and What Is Actually Known About Her

November 5, 2026 by Brody
Samantha Lewes

Samantha Lewes was an American actress and the first wife of Tom Hanks. Born Susan Jane Dillingham in San Diego in 1952, she used Lewes as her professional name, married Hanks in 1978, and was the mother of actor Colin Hanks and writer Elizabeth Hanks. She died of cancer in March 2002, at 49, long … Read more

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