Hollywood Marriage - "Hollywood Marriages" That Lasted Fifty Years or More

"Hollywood Marriages" That Lasted Fifty Years or More

Entertainment couples that last for decades, and/or life, are occasionally used as a counterpoint when referring to "Hollywood marriage." In relation to that here is a selection of entertainers whose marriages lasted over 50 years.

• Norman Lloyd and Peggy Lloyd, 75 years, married June 26, 1936, to her death on August 30, 2011.
• Art Linkletter and Lois Foester, 74.5 years, married November 26, 1935 to his death on May 26, 2010.
• Charles Lane and Ruth Covell Lane, 71 years, married from April 12, 1931 until her death on November 30, 2002
• Karl Malden and his wife Mona were married from December 18, 1938 to his death on July 1, 2009.
• Sherwood Schwartz and Mildred Seidman (23 December 1941 - 12 July 2011)
• Bob Hope and Dolores DeFina Hope, 69 years, married from 19 February 1934 until his death on 27 July 2003. It was his second marriage, his first being brief.
• Harry Carey, Jr. and Marilyn Fix, 68 years, married since August 12, 1944.
• Bruce Bennett and Jeannette C. Braddock, 67 years, married from January 21, 1933 until her death on June 30, 2000.
• Sid Caesar and Florence Levy, 67 years, married in July 1943.
• Jane Wyatt and Edgar Bethune Ward, 1 day short of 65 years, married from November 9, 1935 until his death on November 8, 2000.
• Carl Reiner and Estelle Reiner, nearly 65 years, from December 24, 1943 to her death on October 25, 2008.
• Charlton Heston and Lydia Clarke, 64 years, from March 17, 1944 to his death on April 5, 2008.
• James Cagney and Frances Vernon, 64 years.
• Ricardo Montalbán and Georgiana Young, 63 years from 1944 to her death in 2007.
• Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. 64 years, married since March 5, 1948.
• Robert Young and Betty Henderson, 61 years from 1933 to 1994.
• Fred Zinnemann and Renee Bartlett, 61 years from 1936 to 1997.
• Jack Paar and Miriam Wagner, a little over 60 years. He had been married and divorced to an Irene twice before marrying Miriam.
• Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse, 60 years. Although it was a second marriage for both.
• Jonathan Winters and Eileen Schauder, 60 years from 1948 to her death on January 11, 2009.
• Eva Marie Saint and Jeffrey Hayden, as the article says they married in 1951.
• Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Simpson Bridges, nearly 60 years from 1938 to his death in 1998.
• Henny Youngman and Sadie Cohen Youngman, 58 years to her death in 1987.
• Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens, 58 years since May 29, 1954. It was a second marriage for him.
• Ray Bolger and Gwendolyn Bolger, from 1929 to his death in 1987.
• Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, from 1948 to 2005. Second-marriage for her.
• Patrick McGoohan and Joan Drummond, 57 years from 1951 to 2009.
• Robert Mitchum and Dorothy Spence, 57 years, from 1940 to his death in 1997.
• Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara have been married since 1954.
• Mel Blanc and Estelle Rosenbaum were married from 1933 to 1989.
• Bud Abbott and Betty Smith were married for 55 years from 1918 to 1974.
• Danny Thomas and Rose Marie Cassaniti Thomas, from 1936 to his death in 1991.
• Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville were married from 1926 to 1980. Although British, Hitchcock became a naturalized citizen and died in Los Angeles.
• Anita Page and Lieutenant Herschel A. House were married from 1937 to 1991. She had a brief earlier marriage to Nacio Herb Brown that was annulled due to his divorce not being final.
• James Garner and Lois Clarke have been married over 54 years, since August 17, 1956.
• Arthur Penn and Peggy Maurer were married from 1955 or 1956 to his death in 2010.
• Angela Lansbury and Peter Shaw were married from 1949 to his death in 2003.
• Walter Brennan and Ruth Wells were married from 1920 to 1974.
• Frank Capra and Lucille "Lu" Capra were married from 1932 to 1984. It was his second marriage as he had been married to Helen Howell in the 1920s.
• Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, married from 1942 to 1994. It was a second marriage for both.
• Roy E. Disney was married to Patricia Ann Dailey from 1955 to 2007, but the marriage ended in a "collaborative divorce."
• Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, 51 years from 1949 to her death in 2000.
• Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, 51 years from 1947 to 1998.
• Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 1958 to his death in 2008. It was a second marriage for him.
• William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett, married 51 years as of June 2012.