Famous Weddings
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Jan 11 Comedian Stan Laurel and actress Virginia Ruth Rogers remarry for the 2nd time
Stan Laurel
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Feb 4 Actress Vera-Ellen (19) weds fellow dancer Robert Hightower
Vera-Ellen
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Feb 22 Future CIA Director William J. Casey (27) weds Sophia Kurz
William J. Casey
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Mar 21 Actress Hattie McDaniel (45) weds real estate salesman James Lloyd Crawford
Hattie McDaniel
- Apr 19 Youngest Mitford sister Deborah Mitford marries Andrew Cavendish, son of the Duke of Devonshire in London
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May 4 Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley (23) weds Ethel Arnold
Tom Bradley
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Jun 1 Actress Gene Tierney (20) weds fashion designer Oleg Cassini (28)
Gene Tierney
- Jun 3 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
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Jun 5 NBA coach Red Auerbach (23) weds Dorothy Lewis
Red Auerbach
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Jul 12 Actor William Holden (23) weds actress Brenda Marshall (25) in Las Vegas
William Holden
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Aug 10 Actor Jackie Coogan (26) weds actress Flower Parry in Gardnerville, Nevada
Jackie Coogan
- Aug 12 "I Love Lucy" actress Vivan Vance (32) weds actor Philip Ober (39)
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Aug 25 Jazz musician Billie Holiday (26) weds trombonist Jimmy Monroe
Billie Holiday
- Sep 11 Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
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Oct 13 NFL halfback Red Grange (38) weds flight attendant Margaret Hazelberg
Red Grange
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Nov 5 Writer and veterinary surgeon James Herriot (25) weds Joan Catherine Danbury
James Herriot
- Dec 6 King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
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Dec 26 Jazz musician Ella Fitzgerald (24) weds convicted drug dealer Benny Kornegay
Ella Fitzgerald
- Dec 30 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach