# Longest Married Hollywood Couples **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199 "2008-03-21T05:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/21 "2008-03-21T18:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, 26 years and counting. Not a record, but pretty remarkable nonetheless. [/QUOTE] Could you imagine living next door to these two? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/22 "2008-03-21T18:31:52Z")
Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss have been married since 1961. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/23 "2008-03-21T18:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=Slypork] [Jimmy Stewart](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000071/bio) and his wife Gloria were married almost 45 years until her death. [Don Rickles](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725543/bio) and his wife Barbara are married 43 years. [Ronald Reagan](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001654/bio) was married to Nancy Davis for 52 years until his death. [Charlton Heston](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000032/bio) has been married to his wife Lydia for **64** years! [/QUOTE] Darn you **Slypork** , the Heston’s are the couple I came in to mention! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/24 "2008-03-21T19:00:11Z")
I thinnk the Lloyds are the winners at 72 years this June. That’s amazing! StG ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/25 "2008-03-21T23:46:33Z")
Ann Margret and Roger Smith. Married 41 years and counting. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/26 "2008-03-22T01:50:26Z")
Jeff Bridges and Susan Geston: 31 years. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/27 "2008-03-22T02:03:00Z")
Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi will be married 33 years this June. I really hope he makes it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/28 "2008-03-22T03:00:57Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Once again we can thank SDMB favorite and perennial trivia answer, [Charles Lane.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485272/bio) Married 71 years – he outlived his wife. [/QUOTE] Man, Charles Lane was just an all-around class act, period. Everytime I hear something new about him, it increases my respect for him. Every time. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/29 "2008-03-22T12:28:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] I think Hepburn and Tracy might be next on the list. [/QUOTE] They might be, if they had actually been married. Tracy, a devout Catholic, wouldn’t divorce his wife. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/30 "2008-03-22T13:15:17Z")
But cheating on his wife was okay? :dubious: I know, I know, classic Hollywood love story and all that, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/31 "2008-03-23T04:19:38Z")
Jane Wyatt’s husband, Edgar Ward, died in 2000 right before their 65th anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/32 "2008-03-23T10:04:40Z")
So they liked slap and tickle but not variety. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199/33 "2008-03-24T12:27:58Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] So they liked slap and tickle but not variety. [/QUOTE] They’re actors. Of course they liked [Variety.](http://www.variety.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-hollywood-couples/442199.md?page=1)