Some couples marry for love and vow to stay together “until death us do part”.
And then there are the showbiz people who marry for... a while.
Actress Patsy Kensit, 54, is to wed a fifth time after getting engaged to Patric Cassidy, 58. He follows Dan Donovan (1988-1991), Jim Kerr (1992-1996), Liam Gallagher (1997-2000) and Jeremy Healy (2009-2010). Here, we reveal some other famous multi-weds.
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 9 times
“A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.”
Burhan Belge (1935-1941)
Conrad Hilton Sr (1942-1947)
George Sanders (1949-1954)
Herbert Hutner (1962-1966)
Joshua S Cosden Jr (1966-1967)
Jack Ryan (1975-1976)
Michael O’Hara (1976-1983)
Felipe de Alba (1983; annulled)
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (1986–2016)
Micky Rooney, 8 times
“Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted the whole day.”
Ava Gardner (1942-1943)
Betty Jane Phillips (1944-1949)
Martha Vickers (1949-1951)
Elaine Devry (1952-1958)
Barbara Ann Thomason (1958-1966)
Marge Lane (1966-1967)
Carolyn Hockett (1969-1975)
Jan Chamberlin (1978-2014)
Sean Bean, 5 times
“I’ve obviously experienced more marriages than most people. I suppose there is that romantic in me, otherwise I wouldn’t keep doing it. But I don’t regret anything. I’d live it all again.”
Debra James (1981-1988)
Melanie Hill (1990-1997)
Abigail Cruttenden (1997-2000)
Georgina Sutcliffe (2008-2010)
Ashley Moore (2017-present)
Dame Joan Collins, 5 times
“All of a sudden I found myself with the reputation of being a swinger and a home-wrecker. Beverly Hills wives were supposed to live in fear in case I cast my green orbs in the direction of their men.”
She also said: “Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.”
Maxwell Reed (1952-1956)
Anthony Newley, right (1963-1971)
Ron Kass (1972-1983)
Peter Holm (1985-1987)
Percy Gibson (2000-present)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, 8 times
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in
her life to be thankful for a good one.”
Conrad Hilton Jr (1950–1951)
Michael Wilding (1952–1957)
Mike Todd (1957–1958)
Eddie Fisher (1959–1964)
Richard Burton (1964- 1974)
Richard Burton (1975–1976)
John Warner (1976–1982)
Larry Fortensky (1991–1996)
Richard Pryor, 7 times
“Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.”
Patricia Price (1960-1966)
Shelley R Bonus (1968-1969)
Deborah McGuire (1977-1978)
Jennifer Lee (1981-1982)
Flynn Belaine (1986-1987)
Flynn Belaine (1990-1991)
Jennifer Lee (2001-2005)
Billy Bob Thornton, 6 times
“I’ve been married five times, and people think that’s some bizarre thing, yet I’ve got buddies who refuse to get married and have sex with 15 people a week.”
Melissa Lee Gatlin (1978-1980)
Toni Lawrence (1986-1988)
Cynda Williams (1990-1992)
Pietra Dawn Cherniak (1993-1997)
Angelina Jolie (2000-2003)
Connie Angland (2014-present)
Gary Oldman, 5 times
“Look, relationships are very, very hard. They just are. One of them was for 10 minutes. I don’t think it meant very much to either of us.”
Lesley Manville (1987-1990)
Uma Thurman (1990-1992)
Donya Fiorentino (1997-2001)
Alexandra Edenborough (2008-2015)
Gisele Schmidt (2017-present)
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