Weddings in Film & TV
David Attenborough
Feb 17 Natural history broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel
Wedding of Interest
Mar 24 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) weds Roberto Rossellini
Sidney Poitier
Apr 29 American actor Sidney Poitier (23) weds model Juanita Hardy; divorce in 1965
Elizabeth Taylor
May 6 Elizabeth Taylor (18) marries for the 1st time to hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (23)
Jayne Mansfield
May 6 American student, and aspiring actress, Vera Jayne (Palmer) Peers (later known as Jayne Mansfield) (17) weds American student Paul Mansfield (20), in Fort Worth, Texas; divorce in 1958
Jack Lemmon
May 7 Actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds tv actress Cynthia Stone (24)
Bette Davis
Jul 28 Actress Bette Davis (42) weds actor Gary Merrill (34) in Mexico
Dorothy Parker
Aug 17 Short story writer Dorothy Parker (57) weds screenwriter Alan Campbell (46)
Shirley Temple
Dec 16 American child actress Shirley Temple (22) weds 2nd husband US naval officer Charles Alden Black (31), at his parents' home, Del Monte, California
Henry Fonda
Dec 27 American actor Henry Fonda (45) weds socialite and third wife Susan Blanchard (22) in New York City; divorce in 1956
John Steinbeck
Dec 28 Author John Steinbeck (48) weds actress Elaine Anderson (36)
Divorces in Film & TV
Ingrid Bergman
Mar 1 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) divorces dentist Petter Aron Lindström after 12 years of marriage
Bette Davis
Jul 5 Actress Bette Davis (42) divorces artist William Grant Sherry after more than 4 years of marriage