...are more common than you might think. Here are some that come to mind:
1. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. & Mary Pickford
2. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. & Billie Burke
3. George Burns & Gracie Allen
4. Clark Gable & Carole Lombard
5. Jack Benny & Mary Livingston
6. Phil Harris & Alice Faye
7. Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall
8. Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
9. Joe DiMaggio & Marilyn Monroe
10. Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe
11. Michael Wilding & Elizabeth Taylor
12. Mike Todd & Elizabeth Taylor
13. Eddie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds
14. Eddie Fisher & Elizabeth Taylor
15. Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor
16. Martin Landau & Barbara Bain
17. Mel Brooks & Anne Bancroft
18. Willam Holden & Stefanie Powers
19. Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson
20. Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn
21. Gene Wilder & Gilda Radner
22. Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
23. Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman
24. Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen
25. Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine
26. Allen Ludden & Betty White
27. Jack Klugman & Brett Somers
28. Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston
29. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
30. Bruce Boxleitner & Melissa Gilbert
31. Timothy Busfield & Melissa Gilbert
32. John Astin & Patty Duke
33. Moss Hart & Kitty Carlisle
34. Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontaine
35. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
36. Mickey Rooney & Ava Gardner
37. Artie Shaw & Ava Gardner
38. Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
39. Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow
40. André Previn & Mia Farrow
41. Woody Allen & Mia Farrow
42. Vincent Minelli & Judy Garland
43. Sidney Luft & Judy Garland
44. Roberto Rosselni & Ingrid Bergman
45. Fred MacMurray & June Haver
46. Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball
47. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
48. Robert Wagner & Natalie Wood
49. Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
50. Les Paul & Mary Ford
51. John Lennon & Yoko Ono
52. Dick Powell & June Allyson
53. Harry James & Betty Grable
54. Orson Welles & Rita Hayworth
55. Dick Haymes & Rita Hayworth
56. Burt Reynolds & Judy Carne
57. Burt Reynolds & Dinah Shore
58. Burt Reynolds & Sally Field
59. Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson
It occurs to me that most of the people in my list are Americans and I do apologize to my UK and Australian readers. Maybe you will be inspired to draw up your own list. Then again, maybe not.
I compiled the list in pretty short order, in just a few minutes actually. I probably left many people out. Most of the couples are (were) husband and wife but a few (numbers 8, 18, 20, 41, 57, and 58) were in long-term relationships without benefit of clergy, the currently popular term for which is "partners".
One couple, number 31, is (are?) unique in that although each person had a successful individual career in show business, each had left the industry before meeting and marrying one another. Timothy Busfield was in the television series thirtysomething and The West Wing as well as the motion picture Field Of Dreams. Melissa Gilbert portrayed the young Laura Ingalls for several years in Little House On The Prairie. For several years they lived on a farm in rural Michigan, as opposed to living on a farm in urban Michigan, I suppose.
One must be very careful and attentive to detail when writing a blogpost to keep from saying something dumb. Sometimes I am and sometimes, obviously, I am not.
In conclusion, happy Cinco de Mayo.
It is a list that made me think. The only couple I could think of was Paul Hogan and his co-star in Crocodile Dundee. Then Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon forced their way in. It is contagious.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of those, but I did come up with a few more. I will put them in a follow-up post. Thank you for commenting, Emma.
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