These celebrities have proven that eternal love exists.
David and Victoria Beckham
David and Victoria have long been an example of an ideal star marriage because few celebrities can boast of such a long relationship – as much as 22 years! Moreover, their union has become a real brand that brings tremendous income.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
The absolute record holders of our list got married back in 1958 and lived in marriage for exactly half a century before Newman’s death in 2008. They had three children, and from a previous marriage, Paul had two more daughters and a son. Newman, answering a question about marital fidelity in an interview, said: “I don’t like to discuss my family life, but I will tell you something that may sound rude, but at the same time honest: if I have a steak at home, then why should I go somewhere for a hamburger?”
Mel Brooks and Ann Bancroft
This comedian, who glorified the “men in tights”, married in 1964, and his marriage could certainly have lived longer, but, alas, death separated them – his wife, actress Ann Bancroft, died in 2005. Their acquaintance was funny: Ann performed in a variety show and sang a song with the words “I’m always ready to get married”, and when she jumped out backstage, there was Mel, waiting for his appearance on stage, who jokingly said: “My name is Mel Brooks, if you are ready, I want to marry you.”
By the way, for Mel it was not the first marriage – from 1951 to 1961 he was married to Florence Baum, who bore him three children. Their only son with Ann, Max Brooks, became a writer: the book about the zombie apocalypse “World War Z” (in the film adaptation of which Brad Pitt starred) is his handiwork.
Christopher and Georgianna Walken
The actor portrays the bad guys on the screen so well that it seems as if at leisure he is doing something exclusively inappropriate and illegal for fun, but no – Christopher is an exemplary family man, and has been married since 1969, that is, 52 years! Moreover, his appearance is so not fit with quiet family happiness that the actor himself complained in an interview: “I would not mind playing a character who has a wife, a small cute house, a couple of children. I would even sing in such a film, but no one offers me such roles. “
Sissy Spacek and Jack Fisk
The actress, who was glorified by the main role in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “Carrie” (1976), married production designer Jack Fisk in 1974 – they met on the set of the film “Wasteland”. The couple has two daughters: Skyler (born July 8, 1982) and Madison (September 21, 1988).
Jeff Bridges and Susan Geston
Jeff has been married since 1977 and he and Susan have three daughters. Answering the journalist’s question, what is the secret of a long marriage, Jeff replied: “It’s simple: I have an iron grip!” The irony is that the interview took place as part of the promotional campaign of the Coen brothers’ film “Iron Grip”, in which Bridges played the main role.
Meryl Streep and Don Gummer
The actress and sculptor got married in 1978, the couple has four children. It was Meryl’s first marriage, although she had been engaged to actor John Casale for two years until his death from lung cancer in early 1978.
Samuel Jackson and Latania Richardson
Samuel and Latania got married in 1980 and have one daughter. The actor always tried to be a good father, in an interview he said: “My father was constantly not at home, so I considered it important to be a part of my daughter’s life – she deserved to have both mom and dad. She’s also one of the reasons my wife and I have been together for over 30 years.”
Danny DeVito and Rha Pearlman
Danny and Rha have been married since 1982, but who says that after 30 years of marriage, all feelings fade? This couple’s passions boiled so that in the autumn of 2012 they broke up, but in March 2013 they began to live together again. It is possible that one of the reasons for the reunification was three jointly acquired children.
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
In fact, the “great and terrible” Ozzy is a great family man. She and Sharon married in 1982 and had three children. And in addition, Ozzy has three more children from a previous marriage. Features of the life of the star family could be observed in several seasons of the show “The Osborne Family” on the MTV channel. Fans of the singer were dissatisfied: how is it such a brutal performer in family life turned out to be a “henpennant”? However, Ozzy could just play this role perfectly. He himself said about family life: “I am a family man, husband, and father. But I’ve done a lot over the years that I don’t want to talk about.”
Bono and Eli Hewson
The leader of the group U2 not only sings well, but also composes songs, and solves the problems of the poorest countries in Africa. He is also an exemplary spouse since 1982. During this time, Bono and Eli had four children: two daughters and two sons.
Denzel and Pauletta Washington
The actor and his wife have been inseparable since 1977, but their marriage is younger than their relationship: Denzel had to ask for Pauletta’s hand several times before she gave her highest consent – they married in 1982 and have since had two sons and two daughters.
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
One of the longest Hollywood romances began in 1983, but the couple has not yet played a wedding. Goldie and Kurt met on set back in 1968, when both were still quite young, but they had to go through several unsuccessful romances before meeting again and becoming inseparable. Therefore, the couple does not formalize the relationship officially – after two unsuccessful marriages, Goldie became slightly superstitious and uncertain about the inviolability of the relationship sealed by the marriage. The couple have a common son, Wyatt Hawn-Russell, who was born in 1986. From a previous marriage with actor Billy Hudson, Goldie has a son Oliver and a daughter Kate (by the way, all her children followed in her mother’s footsteps), and Kurt has a son Boston from his marriage to actress Seazon Hubley.
Keith Richards and Patti Hansen
Who would have thought that the marriage of a model and a rock musician would be so strong… They met in 1979 at a party, and a few months later Keith invited Patti to his birthday. Hansen described Keith’s courtship as “very romantic”: he sent her cassettes of music and letters “written in his own blood”. Her parents were not enthusiastic about such a boyfriend – the guitarist of The Rolling Stones was a frequent hero of scandals in the press, but they still had to put up with it. The couple got married in 1983. Parental humility was also facilitated by the appearance of Keith and Patti’s two daughters, Theodora and Alexandra.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest
Legend has it that long before their first meeting, the actress saw a photo of Christopher in Rolling Stone magazine in an article about the film “This is Spinal Tap” (Christopher was the screenwriter of this pseudo-documentary) and said to a friend: “I will marry him.” She tried to get through to him, but to no avail, Christopher did not call back. A few months later, they found themselves in a restaurant in Hollywood, met their eyes and… It is not known for certain what scale the explosion occurred, but the fact is that Christopher called back the next day, and after only six months the couple went to the altar. It was December 1984.
Tina Turner and Erwin Bach
The relationship between the singer and the producer began in 1986, but they played a wedding only 27 years later – in 2013. When two not the most successful marriages, like Tina’, enthusiasm for going to the altar may diminish … Especially if the second husband (Ike Turner) is a lover of throwing up his hands. Tina ran away from him in 1976 with 36 cents in her pocket and hid with friends for several months. But now the singer in her personal life is not bad – she moved with her husband to Switzerland, becoming a citizen of this country.
Kevin Bacon and Keira Sedgwick
The actors met in the late 1980s on the set of the film “Lemon Sky”. And Kira Kevin did not like it at first. “He wasn’t friendly, a guy with a big fee,” she said in an interview. Kevin agreed with her: “I was more passionate about her at first than she was about me. I think I seemed to her to be nassy and think a lot about myself.” Perhaps it was the naudence that ultimately helped Kevin win her heart – a few months later, on September 4, 1988, the couple got married.
Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan
The performer of the role of Marty McFly in the saga “Back to the Future” met his future wife on the set of the series “Family Ties”: Tracy played his girlfriend. However, their romance did not begin immediately. On the oprah Winfrey show, the acting couple talked about the beginning of their relationship:
Tracy:“It wasn’t like I got carried away with it right away; I was dating another guy at the time.”
Michael:“And I didn’t get carried away with herright away either — the guy she was dating at the time was much bigger than me.”
They began a relationship two years later, in 1987, meeting on the set of the film “Bright Lights, Big City”, and a year later, in July 1988, they got married. Tracy actively assists her husband in the affairs of his foundation to research and combat such diseases as Parkinson’s disease; Michael was diagnosed in 1991.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
They met in 1981 on the set of the series “Bosom Friends”. There, Rita’s character was the subject of romantic interest from a friend of Tom’s character played by Peter Scolari. However, the spark between Tom and Rita ran three years later during the filming of the film “Volunteers”. Tom by that time already had an experience of a failed marriage, and Rita was just preparing to get married, but the feeling for Hanks was so strong that she left her fiancé and on April 30, 1988 went down the aisle with the future Forrest Gump. “I didn’t know what love was until I met Tom,” Wilson later said in an interview.
Sting and Trudy Styler
The couple tested their relationship for several years before getting married in 1992. And such a turn in their relationship was very appropriate, because by that time the singer and actress already had three children, and three years after the wedding, a fourth appeared.
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