The Celebrity Wedding Everyone Was Talking About The Year You Were Born
In one of the most high-profile weddings of the 20th century, Jacqueline Onassis and former President John F. Kennedy were married on September 12, 1953 in St. Mary's Church. They were married until Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Breakfast at Tiffany's actress Audrey Hepburn wed actor Mel Ferrer in a secret wedding on September 25, 1954 in Switzerland. They had one son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, and divorced in 1968 after more than a decade of marriage.
Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a widely publicized two-day event that took place on April 18 aboard the SS Constitution, with a civil ceremony taking place the day after. The royal couple had three children and remained married until Kelly's death in 1982.
Elizabeth Taylor married her second husband, Mike Todd, after divorcing Michael Wilding. The couple got married in Mexico and had one daughter together, but in 1958, Todd was tragically killed in a plane crash.
Hollywood siren and the mother of Isabella Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman married her third husband, Lars Schmidt in 1958. The couple stayed together for nearly two decades before divorcing in 1975.
Elizabeth Taylor was still coping with the death of her third husband, Mike Todd, when she found herself in the arms of actor Eddie Fisher, who was married at the time to her longtime friend Debbie Reynolds. Taylor and Fisher married in 1959 and divorced in 1964.
Actor Marlon Brando wed Movita Castaneda in 1960 after they met in the 1950s. They starred in Mutiny on the Bounty together and had two children, Miko Castaneda Brando and Rebecca Brando. They parted ways in 1962.
Martha Stewart married then-Yale Law student Andrew Stewart in 1961. Martha wore a dress that she designed herself with her mother. They had one daughter together named Alexis, but the couple eventually separated in 1987.
Beatles legend John Lennon met Cynthia Powell in art school in 1957. Powell got pregnant and they married in 1962, but Powell had to pretend that she wasn't married to her own husband in order to keep up his image for the band. Powell filed for divorce in 1966, with Lennon leaving Powell for Yoko Ono.
Elliott Gould was the leading man in a musical and was singing opposite actresses for a new play when Barbra Streisand walked in. Gould was immediately smitten and the pair got married in 1963. They had a son named Jason, but their marriage dissolved in 1971.
Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times and two of them were to Richard Burton. The two met on the set of the 1963 film Cleopatra, and they divorced their previous spouses to marry each other. They split in 1974 and remarried in 1975, only to divorce again a year later.
Larry King, one of the founders of World Team Tennis, met Billie Jean in 1963 and they married in 1965 in Long Beach, California. Billie confessed to having a "lesbian affair" in 1981 but Larry apparently didn't mind his wife being unfaithful. They ended up divorcing in 1987.
Actress Mia Farrow married Frank Sinatra when she was 21 and he was 50 in Las Vegas in 1966. Two years later, Sinatra handed her divorce papers when she was on the set of Rosemary's Baby
Priscilla Wagner first met Elvis Presley in 1959 when she was 14 years old. The two stayed in contact and eventually dated, getting married on May 1, 1967 in Las Vegas. The couple had one child together, Lisa Marie, and eventually divorced in 1972 because Priscilla had fallen in love with her karate instructor.
June Carter and Johnny Cash often performed country duets together. In 1968, Cash proposed to Carter during a live performance at the London Ice House in Ontario. The wedding took place on March 1, 1968 and they stayed married until her death in May 2003.
John Lennon met Yoko Ono in 1966, when he was still married to his first wife Cynthia. After his divorce was finalized, Lennon and Ono married in 1969 in a 10-minute ceremony at the British Consulate office. They have one child together, Sean Lennon, and remained married until Lennon's death in 1973.
David Bowie met Angelina Barnett in 1969 when Barnett was 19. They were married on March 20, 1970 and had one son together, Duncan. Angie was responsible for helping Bowie conceptualize his outfits and image during his "Ziggy Stardust" phase. They divorced in 1980 after nine years of marriage.
Rock's glamour couple, Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger married Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias in 1971 when she was already four months pregnant. They were married in a Roman Catholic ceremony and word got out about the wedding, leading over 100 photographers and reporters to swarm the scene. They had one child together named Jade, and Bianca filed for divorce in 1978, reportedly because Jagger had been unfaithful.
Birgitte Eva Henriksen married Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester on 8 July 1972 at St. Andrew's Church in Northamptonshire. Birgitte wore a dress designed by Norman Hartnell. Six weeks after their wedding, Prince Richard's older brother was killed, making him heir apparent. The couple have three children together: Alexander, Davina, and Rose.
Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett wed Lee Majors in 1973 and they were married for nine years before separating in 1982. After almost two decades of silence, the pair reconnected shortly before Fawcett's death in 2009.
Socialite Peggy Lipton married musician and producer Quincy Jones in 1974. The couple had two daughters together, Rashida and Kidada Jones, before parting ways in 1990.
The former president and first lady met at the library at Yale Law School. "I noticed that he kept looking over at me," Hillary said. "I said 'If you're going to keep looking at me, and I'm going to keep looking back, we might as well be introduced. I'm Hillary Rodham," she said. They were married in Arkansas on October 11, 1975 and have one daughter together, Chelsea.
Elizabeth Taylor married her sixth husband John Warner on December 4, 1976. Warner was a Republican politician from Virginia and Taylor helped him during his campaign. The two eventually divorced in November 1982.
Meryl Streep's marriage to Don Gummer has withstood the test of time, lasting just as long as her own career. The couple married in September 1978 after Streep's former partner, John Cazales died from bone cancer. Streep and Gummer have been married for almost four decades and have four children together.
Eric Clapton married his best friend George Harrison's ex-wife, Pattie Boyd. Clapton and Boyd tied the knot on March 27, 1979 although the marriage didn't last. Clapton's infidelity caused them to divorce on 1988.
Actor Mel Gibson met Robyn Moore when Moore was a dental nurse in the 1970s. They were married on June 7, 1980 in a Catholic ceremony in Australia. They pair went on to have seven children together but Moore filed for divorce on April 13, 2009, shortly after Gibson was arrested for drunk driving in Malibu.
Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles were married on WednesdayJuly 29, 1981 at St. Paul's Cathedral, in London. The traditional Church of England wedding was watched by over 750 million people worldwide. Diana wore a custom wedding gown and the couple opted to exclude "to obey" from the vows, causing a ruckus at the time.
Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne married Sharon Arden on July 4,1982 and had three children with her: Kelly, Jack, and Aimee. The couple briefly split in 2016 amid rumors that Ozzy had been unfaithful, but they recently patched things up and renewed their wedding vows for their 35th anniversary.
Late actress Carrie Fisher married singer Paul Simon in August 1983, only to get quickly divorced the next summer due to issues with substance abuse. The relationship between the two was turbulent, and they continued to date on-and-off after their divorce.
Singer Janet Jackson eloped with childhood friend and R&B singer James DeBarge in 1984, but the marriage was annulled in 1985. Since they parted ways, DeBarge has claimed that he and Jackson have a secret daughter together.
Madonna and actor Sean Penn wed in August 1985, on Madonna's birthday. The pair has a tumultuous marriage often followed by the press, due to Penn's violent outbursts. Madonna eventually filed for divorce in 1989.
In the closest thing to a royal wedding for Americans, Caroline Kennedy, the only daughter of the late John F. Kennedy, married Edwin Schlossberg on June 19, 1986. Kennedy wore a silk gown designed by Carolina Herrera, and the couple married in a Catholic ceremony in Cape Cod. They have three children: Rose, Tatiana, and John.
Lenny Kravitz and The Cosby Show actress Lisa Bonet eloped in Las Vegas in 1987, on Bonet's 20th birthday. They had a daughter named Zo? in 1988 before they eventually divorced in 1993.
Mike Tyson, then 22, and Robin Givens married in June 1988-just 11 months after they met. Their marriage fell apart shortly after; their divorce was finalized on Valentine's Day in 1989.
Late actress Natasha Richardson wed British producer Richard Fox in 1990. She wore a white pantsuit for the affair. The couple eventually ended their relationship in 1992, with Richardson going on to marry Liam Neeson.
In one of the most lavish celebrity weddings to date, the nuptials between Victoria Beckham and David Beckham cost $800,000 and took place at Ireland's Luttrellstown Castle on July 4, 1999. Victoria wore a Vera Wang gown, but the couple also wore matching purple outfits for the cake-cutting ceremony.
Rocker David Bowie and Iman married on April 24, 1992, with only three people in attendance. The couple wed in a civil ceremony in Switzerland. They remained married until Bowie's death in January 2016 and have one daughter together, Alexandria Jones.
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley tied the knot in a super secret ceremony in the Dominican Republic in 1994. The vows were reportedly in Spanish and only took 15 minutes. The couple first met when Presley was just seven years old, touring with her father Elvis. Jackson and Lisa Marie eventually filed for divorce in early 1996.
Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller said "I do" in March 1996. Jolie reportedly wore rubber pants and a T-shirt with Jonny's name written on it with her own blood. It's your husband. "You're about to marry him," she told the New York Times. "You can sacrifice a little to make it really special." The pair eventually divorced in February 1999.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Will Smith and Jada Pinkett married on December 31st, 1997 in a secret ceremony in Baltimore. Pinkett wore a Badgley Mischka gown and People described the ceremony as "the most lavish and secretive celebrity wedding of the year." The couple share two children together, Jaden and Willow.
Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman got married on November 14, 1998 after dating for nine months. The pair eloped at Las Vegas's Little Chapel of the Flowers, but the short-lived marriage ended when Electra filed for divorce in late March 1999.
Hollywood's one-time golden couple, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, married on July 29, 2000 in Malibu. The wedding reportedly cost $1 million, and Aniston's Friends co-stars were all in attendance. The bride wore a custom gown by Prada. The couple split in 2005.
Tom Green and Drew Barrymore began dating in March 2000 and then eloped to the South Pacific in March 2001. Green then filed for divorce from Barrymore in December 2001 after less than a year of marriage.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey tied the knot on October 26, 2002, which spawned the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. The show became a pop culture phenomenon, but the pair split in 2006.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin tied the knot in a secret ceremony in a Santa Barbara hotel on December 5, 2003. The former couple had two children together: Apple and Moses. The pair separated in March 2014 after over a decade of marriage.
Britney Spears invited backup dancer Kevin Federline on tour with her in Europe and popped the question. Their wedding took place on September 18, 2004. The pair were married for two years, and share two sons together. Spears filed for divorce in 2006.
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore married in a super secret ceremony on Sept. 24, 2005. The former couple took their vows in Beverly Hills in front of 100 guests, including Moore's former husband Bruce Willis. The pair eventually split, with Kutcher filing for divorce in 2012.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban wed in June 2006 in a candle-lit ceremony at Sydney, Australia's Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel. Kidman wore a Balenciaga gown, and guests included Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman.
Eva Longoria and Tony Parker got married at the Church of Saint Germain L'Auxerrois in Paris in July 2007. Longoria wore a couture Angel Sanchez mermaid gown, and guests included Jessica Alba and Desperate Housewives co-stars. Parker and Longoria separated in 2011.
Only 40 guests were invited to Beyonce and Jay-Z's super private wedding on April 4, 2008, inside Jay-Z's penthouse in Tribeca. Beyonce wore a strapless white gown designed by her mother, and there was no traditional bridal party.
Fergie and Josh Duhamel married in the Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, CA, on January 10, 2009. They had custom wedding bands, and guests included Mario Lopez and Kate Hudson. The couple announced their split in September 2017.
The wedding between Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady took place on February 26, 2009 in Santa Monica, and the intimate ceremony was only attended by immediate family. "We went back to the house and I barbecued aged New York strips. We had champagne, a cake, some ice cream. It was a great night," Brady told People. "I think you always have this idea that weddings need to be 200 people, and you invite everybody, and I'm all for it if people want to do that, but I think there was really something special about just having our parents there."
The secret wedding between Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr took place in June 2010, only a month after they got engaged. The couple began dating in 2007 and have one son together named Flynn. They ended their relationship in 2013.
In one of the most highly anticipated weddings this century, Kate Middleton married Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, on April 29, 2011. The wedding took place in Westminster, and the bride wore a custom Alexander McQueen gown. The ceremony was watched live by tens of millions of people around the world and was celebrated throughout the UK.
The 72-day marriage between Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian began when the former couple tied the knot in Montecito, California on August 20, 2011. The event aired as a reality special on E!. Kardashian filed for divorce on October 30, 2011.
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake wed in Puglia, Italy on October 19, 2012. Biel wore a pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown, and attendees included her former 7th Heaven co-stars.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend got married in Lake Como, Italy, back in September 2013. Teigen had three outfit changes and reportedly "cry danced" to Beyonce's "Love On Top."
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West married in a16th-century-era fortress in Florence, Italy, in May 2014. They exchanged vows in front of a flower wall as a backdrop, and there were also no E! cameras at the ceremony.
Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie married in a ceremony at the Chateau Miraval, the family's estate in France. The wedding was attended by 20 guests and involved all of their six children. Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin tied the knot at the Aman Canal Grande luxury resort in Venice in September 2014. It was an intimate ceremony of 100 guests, which included Matt Damon, Cindy Crawford, and Bill Murray.
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher got married in a top-secret wedding in June 2015. "It was a ninja effort," Kutcher told E!. "We really didn't want helicopters at our wedding and it's a legitimate concern. So I was like posting things on social media that we were in different locations to avoid [people and noise], we didn't want to be screaming our vows at each other."
Olympian Michael Phelps married 2010's Miss California USA Nicole Johnson on June 13, 2016 in an intimate five-person ceremony in their backyard in Arizona. They have one son together named Boomer.
Pippa Middleton, Kate Middleton's younger sister, married her longtime boyfriend James Matthews on May 20, 2017. The ceremony took place in Berkshire, England, and Middleton wore a custom Giles Deacon gown.
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