# Longest lasting first marriages of celebrities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978 "2009-01-12T21:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/61 "2014-07-05T15:10:06Z")
Wow! I started a zombie thread! So it only seems appropriate to mention that Stephen & Tabitha King married on January 7, 1971, having a 44 year marriage that has survived parenthood, extremely poverty, sudden fame and extreme wealth, and Stephen’s alcohol & drug addiction and near fatal accident. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/62 "2014-07-05T15:52:15Z")
Annie- the Kings have been married 43 years. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/63 "2014-07-05T16:10:45Z")
Not sure I seen Don Rickles mentioned yet, if so, I apologize, just did a quick scan. Don married late at age 39. Not sure if it was her first or not. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/64 "2014-07-06T22:22:11Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Karl Malden has been married 70 years and is still going. This is just behind Norman Lloyd and Peggy Lloyd and the Linkletters. Malden died shortly after this post in 2009, having been married for 70 years and 7 months. Art Linkletter died in 2010, and was married for 74 years, 6 months. Norman and Peggy Lloyd hold the record, at 75 years and 2 months, set on her death in 2011. Norman Lloyd, best known as Dr. Auschlander on _St. Elsewhere_, is still alive, and will turn 100 on November 8, 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/65 "2014-07-07T03:04:58Z")
\*\*Alice Cooper \*\*has been married to his wife Sheryl since 1976, making 38 years. (They did have a brief breakup from late 1983- mid 1984–not sure that counts, since she left him due to his drug addiction and I don’t think either of them had another relationship during this time). ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/66 "2014-07-07T03:16:37Z")
**Infovore** , you always beat me. \< shakes fist \> And you are absolutely correct. As an aside, have you seen _Super Duper Alice Cooper_ yet? I’m dying to check it out, but I’ve got to wait until I can afford a used copy off of Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/67 "2014-07-07T03:58:21Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > **Infovore** , you always beat me. \< shakes fist \> And you are absolutely correct. > > As an aside, have you seen _Super Duper Alice Cooper_ yet? I’m dying to check it out, but I’ve got to wait until I can afford a used copy off of Amazon. As it happens, we just watched it last night! It’s great. Doesn’t go quite as far as I’d hoped (it ends in the mid '80s for the most part) but it’s well done and got some fascinating stories about his early years. I think you’ll love it! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/68 "2014-07-07T14:19:24Z")
Awesome! Thanks for giving me the lowdown. I’ll put it on my wish list. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/69 "2014-07-08T00:31:19Z")
Michael, former King of Romania has been married to his wife since 1948 (A Greek Orthodox ceremony, the Roman Catholic wouldn’t grant a disposition until 1966. Michael is also one of three surviving heads of state from World War II ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/70 "2015-01-04T14:56:35Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > . . . Norman Lloyd, best known as Dr. Auschlander on _St. Elsewhere_, is still alive, and will turn 100 on November 8, 2014. Still going. . . And Mike Connors and his (non-actress) wife celebrated their 65th anniverary last year. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/71 "2015-01-05T19:17:25Z")
Thanks, **Earl** , for posting this. It led me to find [this article in Variety](http://variety.com/2014/film/features/norman-lloyd-at-100-hollywoods-living-memory-1201345747/)about Lloyd on his 100th birthday. He’s still working, and will appear in Judd Apatow’s next movie, _Trainwreck_, coming out next summer, in which he will play, by his own admission, “a lecherous old man.” I have to find the documentary about him that was made a few years ago, _Who is Norman Lloyd?_ ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/72 "2015-01-05T20:01:23Z")
Not the longest, but Susan Lucci and her husband have been married 45 years. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/73 "2015-02-12T18:39:50Z")
[William Daniels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniels) and Bonnie Bartlett have been married 64 years this year. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/74 "2015-03-03T04:03:39Z")
[Paul Harvey and ‘Angel’](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey) were maried for 68 years. ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/75 "2015-03-05T05:43:41Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > George Burns and Gracie Allen (38 years) In his autobiography, he admitted he cheated on her once. She found out, was heart-broken, and stopped speaking to him but wouldn’t tell him why. He knew, and felt awful. To apologize, he bought her a ridiculously expensive sterling silver centerpiece she had wanted. She forgave him and they never spoke of his infidelity. Years later, George overheard Gracie in the kitchen speaking to Bob Hope’s wife. “I wish George would cheat on me again; I need a new centerpiece.” (I may have some details wrong, but the above is the gist of it. I read it years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/76 "2015-08-31T20:37:22Z")
From Lawrence Welk: LW and Fern: 61 years. Myron Floren and Berdyne: 60 years. Norma and Randy Zimmer: 64 years. ---
**Author:** ![the\_artful\_salad\_dodger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@the\_artful\_salad\_dodger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_artful_salad_dodger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/77 "2015-08-31T22:19:32Z")
Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. 1945-2014 (his death) ---
**Author:** ![smokey78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/78 "2015-08-31T23:05:33Z")
(woops someone already mentioned George Burns’ affair ) The saddest union was of Spencer Tracy and his wife (together over 40 yrs) but only because his wife was Catholic and refused a divorce. That didn’t stop him from being with Katherine and living with her too. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/79 "2015-09-01T00:24:06Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > How about celebrities who were both famous before they were married, and it was both of their first marriages? Seems like those never last. HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, already mentioned twice, were both famous celebrities from birth, having been born as a princess and prince. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978/80 "2016-03-31T19:08:27Z")
93-year-old William Schallert was been married since 1949 (at least 66 years). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-first-marriages-of-celebrities/480978.md?page=5)