Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1941

Jan 11 Comedian Stan Laurel and actress Virginia Ruth Rogers remarry for the 2nd time

Feb 4 American dancer and actress Vera-Ellen (19) weds fellow American dancer Robert Hightower; divorce in 1946

Feb 22 Future CIA Director William J. Casey (27) weds Sophia Kurz

Mar 21 American Actress Hattie McDaniel (45) weds real estate salesman James Lloyd Crawford; divorced 1945

Apr 17 American actress Doris Day (19) weds trombonist Albert Jorden

May 4 Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley (23) weds Ethel Arnold

Jun 1 Actress Gene Tierney (20) weds fashion designer Oleg Cassini (28)

Jun 5 NBA coach Red Auerbach (23) weds Dorothy Lewis

Jul 12 Actor William Holden (23) weds actress Brenda Marshall (25) in Las Vegas

Jul 27 American singer and actress Judy Garland (19) weds British-American musician David Rose (31); divorce in 1944

Aug 10 Actor Jackie Coogan (26) weds actress Flower Parry in Gardnerville, Nevada

Aug 25 Jazz musician Billie Holiday (26) weds trombonist Jimmy Monroe; divorced 1947

Oct 13 NFL halfback Red Grange (38) weds flight attendant Margaret Hazelberg

Nov 5 Writer and veterinary surgeon James Herriot (25) weds Joan Catherine Danbury

Dec 4 Entertainer Milton Berle (33) marries actress Joyce Matthews (21) for the first time (divorced 1947, remarried 1949)

Dec 26 Jazz musician Ella Fitzgerald (24) weds convicted drug dealer Benny Kornegay; annulled 1943

Dec 29 Actress Maureen O'Hara (21) marries second husband director Will Price (28) (divorced 1953)