Who is William Mapel?

William Mapel is the ex-husband of Mare Winningham. William Mapel’s ex-wife Winningham is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.

Winningham has been married four times and divorced three. In the early 1980s, she was briefly married to actor A Martinez. They both starred in the miniseries The Young Pioneers. Their marriage in 1981 lasted only a few months. She married her second husband, Bill Mapel, the same year. William Mapel was a television technical advisor when he meet his wife, Winningham.

How did the two loved birds meet and started their relationship? The couple has not given any information regarding the circumstances under which they meet and started their relationship. However, Mapel and Winningham got married in 1982. The couple got married in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones.

Though their marriage couldn’t stand the test of time, they were blessed with 5 children. The children are sons Riley Mapel (November 7, 1981-August 14, 2005), Patrick Mapel (b. 1983), and Jack Mapel (b. April 15, 1985), daughter Calla Louise Mapel (b. 1987), and another son, Happy Atticus Mapel (b. September 13, 1988).

William Mapel’s wife, Winningham played a virgin in the movie St. Elmo’s Fire (1985) while she was pregnant with his child. In the year 1996 Mapel and his wife called their marriage a quit. The reason behind their divorce was never made public. The couple was married for over six years.

William Mapel’s son Riley Committed Suicide

William Mapel’s Oldest child, son Riley Mapel, committed suicide on August 14, 2005. Riley Mapel was only 23 years old when he died. According to sources, he committed suicide in Los Angeles, California. Riley was studying acting at LACC’s Acting Academy at the time of his death. Riley was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.

Mapel’s ex-wife Mare Winningham

William Mapel’s ex-wife Winningham later married and divorced artist Jason Trucco after her divorce from Mapel. At the end of 2021, she and her long-time friend and fellow actor Anthony Edwards eloped.  The two have known each other for 35 years.

Winningham was raised a Roman Catholic but converted to Judaism in her early 40s. Though born an Irish Catholic, in 2000, William Mapel’s ex-wife felt her spiritual life was lacking, and, based on a recommendation from a friend, in November 2001, she signed up for a class given by Rabbi Neal Weinberg at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, California.

On March 3, 2003, she converted to Judaism and became a member of two Conservative synagogues, Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles and Temple Knesset Israel in Hollywood, California.

William Mapel’s ex-wife is also a folk singer-songwriter with a couple of albums. She did not attend the 1980 Emmy Awards ceremony, where she won a best-supporting actress award for Amber Waves (1980), due to an actors’ strike which boycotted the event. She did attend the ceremony when she won her second Emmy in the same category for George Wallace (1997).

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