Background
Pallete was born into an upper-class family, the daughter of a Peruvian senator in the Paita Portuguese (northern Peru).
Pallete was born into an upper-class family, the daughter of a Peruvian senator in the Paita Portuguese (northern Peru).
She met John Wayne, 21 years her senior, in Lima, Peru, in 1953, while still married to Weldy. Wayne was in Peru scouting locations for The Alamo. In 1953, Pallete came to Los Angeles to dub a film in English, when she ran into John Wayne for the second time.
In 1965, they moved to Newport Beach, California.
She rented a studio inside the Fernleaf Courtyard, in Corona Delegate March, California, where she would entertain her clients outdoors with coffee and finger sandwiches and found herself, one year later, with a full-time restaurant. Pallete has created among other works of art, a collection of still nature and beautiful ladies, belly dancers called "Glamour Girls", and group images from the Hollywood world.
In 1973, she and Wayne separated, and he died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979. They were later divorced.
In 1998, Pallete married Jesse Upchurch, a travel company executive.