Eric Braeden was still using his birth name, Hans Gudegast, when he first met Dale Russell. Marrying her in 1966, she still goes by the name Dale Gudegast. Braeden, a German native who emigrated to the United States in 1959, chose the name Eric Braeden when starring in the movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project".
Dale Gudegast was born on June 21, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA and was a working actress herself at one time, appearing in the movie "Holiday in the Sun" (via AmoMama). Together, she and Braeden have one son, Christian Gudegast, who has given Braeden and Dale three beautiful granddaughters. Braeden loves to brag about his granddaughters on social media, showing off their photos and boasting about their oldest granddaughter's equestrian skills.
It sounds like Braeden and his beloved wife, Dale, have had quite a different life than Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless" with the many women he has wed through the years.
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