# Long Married Hollywood couples. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470 "2002-12-18T02:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/1 "2002-12-18T02:29:55Z")
Angie and Billy Bob, Lisa Marie and Nicolas (and Michael), J Lo and Ben-- no wait, that hasn’t happened yet-- these didn’t make me start thinking of long lasting celebrity couples. It was Valerie and Eddie breaking up that got me thinking about the couples who last. A few supercouples jumped right into my head: Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn-- 52 years (their daughter’s name is Tandy Cronyn. I just found that out.) Ruby Dee and Ozzie Davis-- 54 years. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward-- 44 years. Which of the younger couples do you think will make it that far? Dan Ackryod and Donna Dixon-- 19 years. She doesn’t really act any more though. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell-- I don’t know how long they’ve been together, but it has been an awful long time. Kate Capshaw and Steven Speilberg-- 11 years. Who else? ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/2 "2002-12-18T02:33:45Z")
Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer - ? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/3 "2002-12-18T02:58:38Z")
Joel McCrea and Frances Dee – 57 years Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne – 55 years George Arliss and Florence Arliss – 46 years ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/4 "2002-12-18T03:02:37Z")
James and Frances (Bill) Cagney 64 years -1922 to 1986 when Cagney died. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/5 "2002-12-18T03:06:53Z")
Ronald Reagan and Nancy (Davis) Reagan – 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/6 "2002-12-18T03:45:05Z")
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell aren’t married, but have been together a long time. IMDB says since 1983. Not quite 50+ years, but couples who I bet last a good long time: Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates have been married at least 12-13 years. Michael J. Fox and Tracey Pollan, since 1988. Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick, since 1988. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/7 "2002-12-18T03:47:33Z")
But are these Hollywood _couples_? Lunt and Fountaine sure, but the Cagneys and Reagans? And the couple should have a few years under their belt. Wasn’t Crowe busy breaking up Meg and Dennis’s marraige about a year or so ago? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/8 "2002-12-18T03:49:29Z")
Yeah, **Kinsey** , that’s what I’m talking about! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/9 "2002-12-18T05:33:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **But are these Hollywood _couples_? Lunt and Fountaine** [Fontanne] \*\*sure, but the Cagneys and Reagans? \*\* [Nancy Davis](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Davis,+Nancy) acted in a dozen movies, and several television roles, in the 1950s and 1960s, before retiring. ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/10 "2002-12-18T07:32:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Biggirl > But are these Hollywood couples? \*\*Lunt and Fountaine [Fontanne] \*\*sure, but the \*\*Cagneys and Reagans? \*\* As long as you’re picking nits here,Lunt and Fontanne were hardly a Hollywood couple.Broadway was their forte. Matter of fact the only movie I saw them in together is a terribly hammy looking 30s movie,about,IIRC,an acting couple.What a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/11 "2002-12-18T08:42:10Z")
Not married, but Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon have been together for 14 years. Joel Coen and Frances McDormand - 18 years Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan - 14 years Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft - 38 years Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson - 14 years (1988 was a good year for celeb couples apparently) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver - 16 years Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman - 20 years ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/12 "2002-12-18T09:29:01Z")
Bob and Delores (she was a singer) Hope-59 yrs.and counting Jimmy and Gloria (she an actress) Stewart 49 yrs,who incidentally were neighbors of the Jack Bennys (Mary Livingston,stage name) abt.45 yrs. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/13 "2002-12-18T15:03:57Z")
Nutz, I was going to mention Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Good call, **Genseric**! Snicks ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/14 "2002-12-18T17:10:47Z")
Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara are at 48 years. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/15 "2002-12-18T17:11:13Z")
Charlton Heston has been [married](http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Heston,%20Charlton) to Lydia Clarke since March of 1944. That’s 58 years and counting. While Lydia isn’t an actress, I’m just impressed that their marriage has lasted this long. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/16 "2002-12-18T17:15:35Z")
Bob Hope has been married to Delores Reade (yeah, I know, not an actress) since 2/19/1934. God bless 'em, that’ll be 68 years in a few months. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-married-hollywood-couples/143470/17 "2002-12-18T17:25:38Z")
No one’s mentioned Ozzy and Sharon yet? They’ve been married since the early 80s. 82 or 83, I think. With all the crap she’s put up with, she is definitely a stand-by-your-man kinda woman. And from watching the series, I think she’s Ozzy’s entire life. He wouldn’t know what to do without her. I think they’ll be together 'till death do they part.