# Character who has been married the most times **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116 "2009-04-06T10:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrpayday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mrpayday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrpayday)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/1 "2009-04-06T10:56:50Z")
Which character in a TV show has been married the most times? I’m guessing a soap character who’s been around for 20 years or more and has married virtually everyone else on the show. Anyway, Alexis from _Dynasty_ was married 4 times according to wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/2 "2009-04-06T11:17:18Z")
Gotta be some long-lived character like Lazarus Long or something. Over 2200 years he’s been married a godawful number of times. ---
**Author:** ![Duhkecco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Duhkecco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duhkecco)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/3 "2009-04-06T11:37:22Z")
Perhaps Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery. > **[Erica Kane | Marriages and relationships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Kane#Marriages_and_relationships)** > > The character has been married to multiple men, some more than once. Seven of her marriages to six different men have been valid, while four of her other marriages are invalid. Generally, the number of times Erica has been married is named as ten, though the total of her valid and invalid marriages, plus her 1991 vow renewal with Adam Chandler, would come up to eleven. Along with the marriages, the character is also given a number of other love interests. The motivation behind the multiple ro As ... ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/4 "2009-04-06T11:45:56Z")
Selma Bouvier has been married five times. Her failed marriages include Robert “Sideshow Bob” Terwilliger, Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure, Disco Stu, and Abraham Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/5 "2009-04-06T12:28:06Z")
Setting soaps, comedy and SF aside… Detective John Munch (currently on L&O: SVU) has been married four times to date. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/6 "2009-04-06T12:38:44Z")
Day sof our Lives’s Samantha Brady was born in October 1984. She has since been married five times, had two marriages interrupted at the altar, and given birth to four children (including a set of twins). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/7 "2009-04-06T16:47:04Z")
[Asa Buchanan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Buchanan) from “One Life to Live”: > [@](#): > > Asa is one of the most married male characters in daytime television, having been married 14 times to 10 different women (although three marriages were invalid).[16] > > 1. Olympia Buchanan (Unknown-1981, dissolved by her death) > 2. Pamela Oliver Stuart (1976, invalid) [ > 3. Samantha Vernon (June 24, 1981, invalid) > 4. Delila Ralston (February 7, 1983-1983, divorced) > 5. Becky Lee Abbott (July 11, 1983-1983, divorced) > 6. Pamela Oliver Stuart (January 20, 1986-1987, divorced) > 7. Renee Divine (November 30, 1988-1992, divorced) > 8. Blair Cramer (June 16, 1992-1992, divorced) > 9. Alex Olanov (November 1994, invalid) > 10. Alex Olanov (March 29, 1996-1996, divorced) > 11. Renee Divine (May 18, 1999-2001, divorced) > 12. Gabrielle Medina (May 2001-February 2002, divorced) > 13. Gretel Rae Cummings (August 2002-February 2003, divorced) > 14. Renee Divine (February 14, 2004-August 16, 2007, dissolved by his death) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-who-has-been-married-the-most-times/492116/8 "2009-04-06T19:11:47Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Selma Bouvier has been married five times. Her failed marriages include Robert “Sideshow Bob” Terwilliger, Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure, Disco Stu, and Abraham Simpson. Six- she married Sideshow Bob twice.