# On screen couples who are (or were) real couples too. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872 "2015-11-18T07:27:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/1 "2015-11-18T07:27:09Z")
A few days ago I was surprised to find out that David Giuntoli and Bitsie Tulloch, Nick and Juliette from Grimm, are a real life couple. Today I find out that Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas, Snow White and Prince Charming from Once Upon a Time are married. Of course just about everybody knows that Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco dated a while in real life while playing love interests in The Big Bang Theory. And finally, in the movie [Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_%28film%29) the two leads briefly had a romantic relationship. What other examples of TV and movies are there? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/2 "2015-11-18T07:32:13Z")
I take it you already know about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz ? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/3 "2015-11-18T07:34:28Z")
Bogie and Bacall ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/4 "2015-11-18T07:35:30Z")
Taylor and Burton ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/5 "2015-11-18T07:38:23Z")
Ozzie and Harriet ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/6 "2015-11-18T08:00:34Z")
Newman & Woodward. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/7 "2015-11-18T08:06:21Z")
Wood and Wagner. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/8 "2015-11-18T08:11:37Z")
Linda Kaye and Mike Minor (“Betty Jo” and “Steve” on _ **Petticoat Junction** _). ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/9 "2015-11-18T08:12:38Z")
In Buffy the Vampire slayer, Willow and Wesley were a real life couple, but in the series they were just friends. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/10 "2015-11-18T08:24:39Z")
William Shatner and his first wife (“Gloria Rand”) appeared on Canadian TV together back in the '50s. How many times, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/11 "2015-11-18T08:38:31Z")
From the movie The Fly, Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. Interestingly in a lot of photos Geena Davis’ husband looks like some midget version of Jeff Goldblum. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/12 "2015-11-18T09:15:52Z")
On the series _House, M.D._, two of the leads, Jesse Spencer and Jennifer Morris were engaged at the same time their characters, Dr. Chase and Dr. Cameron, were in a relationship. Spencer and Morris broke off their engagement. Their characters got married, then divorced. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/13 "2015-11-18T09:16:43Z")
Pitt and Jolie. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/14 "2015-11-18T09:24:48Z")
On _Psych_, Maggie Lawson and James Roday were a real-life couple throughout shooting the series, they hooked up sometime during the first season, though kept it quiet. After the series ended they split up. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/15 "2015-11-18T09:32:25Z")
Hepburn and Tracy. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/16 "2015-11-18T10:38:07Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Hepburn and Tracy. Interestingly enough, Spencer Tracy was married to his wife until his own death. The woman he really loved for 26 years was Katharine Hepburn, but neither he nor Louise (Spencer’s wife, from whom he was estranged) tried to obtain a divorce, and Katharine Hepburn never pushed for one. Apparently they were rather comfortable with that particular arrangement. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/17 "2015-11-18T12:12:17Z")
George and Gracie Roy and Dale damn! I’m old ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/18 "2015-11-18T12:12:48Z")
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, in _Dream House_. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/19 "2015-11-18T12:43:30Z")
Michael C Hall and Jennifer Carpenter (who played his sister) from _Dexter_ ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872/20 "2015-11-18T12:48:43Z")
Benjamin McKenzie and Morena Baccarin on Gotham. She’s pregnant with McKenzie’s baby and in the middle of divorcing her husband. Their on-screen relationship makes me uncomfortable because of the real-world story, which is a shame because they’re a cute couple. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-screen-couples-who-are-or-were-real-couples-too/737872.md?page=2)