Weddings in Film & TV
Ava Gardner
Jan 10 Actress Ava Gardner (19) weds actor Mickey Rooney (21) in Ballard, California
Marilyn Monroe
Jun 19 Actress Marilyn Monroe (16) marries first husband James Dougherty (21), a policeman
Cary Grant
Jul 8 British born actor "His Girl Friday" Cary Grant (38) weds American heiress and socialite Barbara Hutton (29)
Lana Turner
Jul 17 American movie actress Lana Turner (21) weds 2nd husband, American actor and restaurateur Steve Crane (annulled due to uncompleted divorce from prior marriage)
Janet Leigh
Aug 1 Actress Janet Leigh (14) weds childhood sweetheart John Kenneth Carlisle (18) in Reno, Nevada
- Aug 23 "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (34) weds screenwriter and playwright Robert Riskin (45)
Gregory Peck
Oct 4 Actor Gregory Peck (26) weds real estate broker Greta Kukkonen (31)
Divorces in Film & TV
Mary Astor
Dec 15 Actress Mary Astor (36) divorces film editor Manuel del Campo (29) after more than 4 years of marriage
Janet Leigh
Dec 28 Actress Janet Leigh (14) divorces childhood sweetheart John Kenneth Carlisle (18) 4 months after getting married