# Ex-Spouses/Ex-Lovers Who Appeared Together Professionally **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462 "2006-01-18T03:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/1 "2006-01-18T03:02:27Z")
Okay… Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor did an incredibly successful Broadway, London and tourring production of _Private Lives_ (playing a feuding formerly married couple) after the divorce. Jack White tours with his ex-wife Meg. Kirk Douglas and his ex-wife Diana (Michael’s mother) have been divorced for more than 50 years but played man/wife in their son’s [It Runs in the Family](http://imdb.com/title/tt0311110/) and had previously worked together in [The Indian Fighter](http://imdb.com/title/tt0048204/). Bette Midler and her former longtime live-in-love [Peter Riegert](http://imdb.com/name/nm0726200/) appeared together in _Gypsy_ 15 years or so after their relationship ended. And of course the most famous duo would be Sonny & Cher, who had that surreal even for Hollywood moment where they sang _I Got You Babe_ as Cher was heavy laden with Greg Allman’s baby. Are there any others? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/2 "2006-01-18T04:35:17Z")
Not quite the same, but I think Diane Ladd has directed her ex-husband Bruce Dern. I think her quote when she asked him to appear in her film was, “Bruce you were a lousy husband, but you’re a great actor.” Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/3 "2006-01-18T04:41:34Z")
Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan did about a season of _Alias_ before he left the show in the wake of their break up. I think Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow where broken up when _Bounce_ came out, but not sure if they were dating during production. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/4 "2006-01-18T04:51:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan did about a season of Alias before he left the show in the wake of their break up. And he returned for an episode this season, playing a very tender scene with her being several months pregnant with little Violet. I’m no Fleetwood Mac expert but weren’t there various couplings and uncouplings within that group? What about ABBA? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/5 "2006-01-18T05:02:10Z")
Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush of _One Tree Hill_ married, then divorced a few months later … right as their characters were slated to get together. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blonde\_Bomber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@The\_Blonde\_Bomber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blonde_Bomber)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/6 "2006-01-18T05:07:05Z")
I think Bill and Hillary Clinton fall in here somewhere. 😃 Sorry. Couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/7 "2006-01-18T05:09:16Z")
The Fleetwood Mac Dating Tree SN=Stevie Nicks MF=Mick Fleetwood’ CM=Christine Perfect McVie LB=Lindsay Buckingham JM=John McVie SN\<-\>LB Lindsay and Stevie entered FM together. They broke up after the White Album('75) but before Rumours('77). SN\<-\>MF This one happened during the 1980’s, if I recall correctly this was MF cheating on Sara Fleetwood with SN. Of course, MF acquired Sara Fleetwood when she was married to a label executive. CM\<-\>JM This marriage broke up before Rumours. To my knowledge, Mick snogged neither Lindsay nor John, and the women didn’t hook up either. And LB didn’t date CM. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/8 "2006-01-18T05:12:10Z")
George Hamilton (why is he famous again?) and his ex-wife Alana Stewart (who was famous because she was once married to George as far as I can tell) had a daytime talk show years after they divorced. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-spouses-ex-lovers-who-appeared-together-professionally/340462/9 "2006-01-18T09:29:53Z")
John Cleese and Connie Booth co-wrote and both featured in _Fawlty Towers_ during the breakdown of their marriage and eventual divorce.