Weddings in Film & TV
Gene Hackman
Jan 1 American actor Gene Hackman (25) weds Fay Maltese; divorce in 1986
Vera Miles
Apr 14 Actress Vera Miles (25) weds actor Gordon Scott (29); divorce in 1954
Wedding of Interest
Apr 18 US film actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a civil ceremony in Monaco
- Apr 19 American actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (in Church)
Anita Ekberg
May 22 Swedish actress Anita Ekberg (24) weds actor and singer Anthony Steel (36) in Florence, Italy; divorce in 1959
Sonja Henie
Jun 6 Three-time Olympic Champion figure skater Sonja Henie (44) weds Norwegian shipping magnate and art patron Niels Onstad (47)
Ted Cassidy
Jun 14 Actor Ted Cassidy (23) weds Margaret Helen
Wedding of Interest
Jun 29 Actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (30) weds for the 3rd time, this time marrying playwright Arthur Miller (40) at White Plains Court House in White Plains, New York
- Aug 5 Actress-singer Shirley Jones (22) weds film and stage actor-singer Jack Cassidy (29)
William Shatner
Aug 12 Canadian "Star Trek" actor William Shatner (25) weds Gloria Rand; divorce in 1969
Christopher Plummer
Aug 19 Actor Christopher Plummer (26) weds actress Tammy Grimes (22) at Cherokee Castle in Sedalia, Colorado
Archie Moore
Aug 21 Boxing champ Archie Moore (42) weds model Joan Hardy in Ensenada, Mexico
- Aug 27 Socialite Gloria Vanderbilt (32) weds "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (32)
Harold Pinter
Sep 14 British playwright (Nobel prize for literature 2005) Harold Pinter (26) marries 1st wife actress Vivien Merchant (27)
Elizabeth Montgomery
Dec 28 Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (23) weds actor Gig Young (43)
