Basic Information
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name (publicly used) | Maryann Hannigan |
| Best known association | Second spouse of singer Frankie Valli |
| Met with Frankie Valli | 1970 (commonly reported) |
| Married to Frankie Valli | June 1974 |
| Reported end of marriage | Early 1980s (commonly reported as 1982) |
| Public profile | Limited; appears mostly in mid-1970s press photos and marriage mentions |
| Birthdate / early life | Not publicly documented in the sources I reviewed |
| Children (from marriage to Frankie Valli) | No authoritative public records attributing children specifically to this marriage |
| Career / net worth | No verifiable public records of a public career or independent net worth estimate |
I’ve always been fascinated by the people who orbit famous stars — the quiet half of a headline, the silhouette at the edge of a flashbulb. Maryann Hannigan is one of those silhouettes: named in the bright ledger of celebrity history because she stood beside Frankie Valli during a particular chapter of his life, yet mostly absent from the footnotes that catalog careers and biographies. In plain numbers: she met Valli in roughly 1970, married him in June 1974, and the marriage is commonly reported to have concluded in the early 1980s — 1982 is often cited. Beyond those dates, the public trail grows thin.
A short timeline
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Maryann Hannigan and Frankie Valli reportedly met. |
| June 1974 | They were married. |
| Early 1980s (commonly 1982) | Marriage ended (divorce reported in various accounts). |
That’s the cinematic arc in three acts — meet, marry, and part — but without the glossy B-roll. When I read those dates, I imagine a film sequence: New Jersey nightlife, the echo of “Sherry” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” and two people stepping into a personal story that would mostly remain off-camera. For Maryann, the public record seems to have kept the curtains drawn.
Introducing the family members and related names
When a name sits next to a superstar’s, confusion follows like paparazzi. So let me introduce, carefully, the people connected in public records to the name “Maryann Hannigan” — separating the family connection from coincidental name-bearers.
Frankie Valli — spouse (second marriage). Born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio in 1934, Frankie Valli is the singer best known as the frontman of The Four Seasons and for solo hits that became part of the pop soundtrack of the 1960s and 1970s. Maryann is identified in public accounts as his second wife: they met around 1970, married in June 1974, and their marriage is commonly reported to have ended in the early 1980s. That’s the primary family tie the public notes — a marriage that is part of Valli’s marital timeline.
Other individuals sharing the name (likely not family). Here’s where it gets important: multiple public records and profiles exist for people named Maryann or Mary Ann Hannigan across different professions and regions — an obituary record, a banking professional’s profile, and an educational outreach listing, among others. These are almost certainly distinct people who happen to share the same name; the public materials do not link them to Frankie Valli’s ex-wife. I mention them because name collisions are where biographies get fumbled — and because readers often ask if an obituary or LinkedIn profile belongs to the same person they read about in a vintage photo. In this case, the safest interpretation is separation, not merger.
What we can and cannot say about her life
Here’s my candid, first-person take: I love a mystery with just enough breadcrumbs to tease a theory, but fact-checking asks us not to write fiction. So I give you a straightforward ledger of what is publicly recorded: dates of meeting and marriage, the marriage’s approximate end, a handful of press photographs from the mid-1970s that show Maryann beside Frankie, and little else about her biography, career, or personal finances. There are no authoritative public documents tying children to that marriage, no public résumé listing a career in entertainment or business, and no credible net-worth estimate attributable specifically to her.
That absence is itself a story. In a pop-culture era when spouses often morph into celebrities by association, Maryann’s relative privacy reads like an older Hollywood trope: the social partner who preferred to stay offstage while the marquee glowed. If you’ve seen classic movie credits where an actor’s partner is briefly thanked but never interviewed, you get the sense.
The oddities and the gaps — a short table of unanswered questions
| Question | Publicly available answer |
|---|---|
| Birthdate and early life details | Not documented in the public record I reviewed |
| Occupation outside the marriage | No verifiable public record |
| Children from the marriage | No authoritative records linking children to the marriage |
| Later life and public appearances | Sparse; mostly historical press photos tied to the mid-1970s |
If you’re a reader who loves detective work, those blanks are the call to archival digging — but they are also a reminder: history often remembers the famous more fully than the connected.
The cultural context — why she shows up in the papers
Think about the era: the 1970s celebrity machine, vinyl charts, and society pages. Marriages of public figures were news items — not always for the drama but because fans wanted to map a hero’s private constellation. Maryann Hannigan’s public footprint exists primarily because she was part of that map. Photos, syndicated captions, a marriage announcement — those are the scaffolding of her trace in public life. To me, that’s strangely elegant: a presence registered not by relentless media hounds but by occasional, telling glimpses.
FAQ
Who is Maryann Hannigan?
Maryann Hannigan is best known in public records as the woman who married singer Frankie Valli in June 1974 after they reportedly met around 1970.
Was Maryann Hannigan married to Frankie Valli long?
Their marriage is commonly reported to have ended in the early 1980s, with 1982 often cited in various accounts.
Does Maryann Hannigan have any children with Frankie Valli?
There are no authoritative public records that attribute children specifically to Maryann Hannigan from her marriage to Frankie Valli.
What was Maryann Hannigan’s career or net worth?
There is no verifiable public information documenting a public career or net worth specifically for Maryann Hannigan.
Are there other people with the same name?
Yes — multiple public records and profiles exist for different people named Maryann (or Mary Ann) Hannigan, and they appear to be distinct individuals rather than the same person.
Can we find more about her early life?
Publicly accessible, authoritative details about Maryann Hannigan’s birth date, parents, and early life are not documented in the materials I reviewed.
Why is information about her so scarce?
She appears in historical press mainly as a partner of a public figure, and she seems to have maintained a low public profile otherwise — a common pattern for many spouses of celebrities in that era.
Where can I see photos of Maryann Hannigan?
Photographs from the mid-1970s showing her with Frankie Valli appear in archival press and photo collections that circulated in society pages and entertainment write-ups at that time.
