# Onscreen couples who "hooked up" in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665 "2006-10-08T00:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/1 "2006-10-08T00:41:31Z")
In one of my ongoing crusades to kill time the other night, I started mentally compiling a list of onscreen movie and TV couples who actually ended up in a relationship in real life; I was wondering if anyone could help me fill in the gaps. So far, I can think of: Hepburn and Tracy Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly and Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe. (Cites available on request, naturally.) Who else am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/2 "2006-10-08T00:42:59Z")
Taylor and Burton ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/3 "2006-10-08T00:46:31Z")
Brangelina Jennifer Aniston/Vince Vaughn ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/4 "2006-10-08T00:54:53Z")
Chistopher Knightand Andrienne whatserface Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee Bogie and Bacall Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/5 "2006-10-08T01:04:43Z")
Do you mean couples that got into a relationship _after_ the movie came out, during production, or were a couple before the movie came out? If it’s the latter: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger (Marrying Man, The Getaway) Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw (The Getaway) Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis (The Fly, Earth Girls Are Easy) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/6 "2006-10-08T01:12:30Z")
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard (No Man of Her Own, 1932) Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall (The Constant Husband, 1955) Richard Ney and Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver, 1942) Gary Merrill and Bette Davis (All About Eve, 1950) Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford (Dancing Lady, Today We Live, 1933; Sadie McKee, 1934) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/7 "2006-10-08T01:19:50Z")
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/8 "2006-10-08T01:46:37Z")
David Birney and Meredith Baxter (Birney) Sam Elliot and Katharine Ross Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/9 "2006-10-08T03:49:19Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] Do you mean couples that got into a relationship _after_ the movie came out, during production, or were a couple before the movie came out? If it’s the latter: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger (Marrying Man, The Getaway) Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw (The Getaway) Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis (The Fly, Earth Girls Are Easy) [/QUOTE] Also, Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson (Much Ado About Nothing). ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/10 "2006-10-08T04:04:06Z")
Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/11 "2006-10-08T04:54:51Z")
Tom Cruise and Mimi Rodgers Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz (briefly, after the divorce) I’m sure there’s more, those are off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/12 "2006-10-08T10:34:11Z")
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. (The Notebook) Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody. (The O.C.) Milo Ventimiglia and Alexis Bledel. (Gilmore Girls) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/13 "2006-10-08T12:45:53Z")
Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen met while filming _Time After Time_. They got married but later divorced. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/14 "2006-10-08T13:02:42Z")
I can’t believe you are missing the handsome guy and the woman with the lips. I can’t believe I’m spacing names like this…and yet I’m somehow proud of myself… Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/15 "2006-10-08T21:13:46Z")
Torville and Dean (TV / ice dance). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/16 "2006-10-08T21:43:25Z")
Supposedly: the actors who played Boone and Shannon on **Lost** , and possibly the actors playing Kate and Charlie as well. Rumors, but possible. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/17 "2006-10-08T21:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] I can’t believe you are missing the handsome guy and the woman with the lips. I can’t believe I’m spacing names like this…and yet I’m somehow proud of myself… Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. [/QUOTE] **want2know** mentioned them with Brangelina, their tabloid nickname. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/18 "2006-10-08T21:49:25Z")
:smack: Forget that second pair. They’re not an onscreen couple…yet. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/19 "2006-10-08T23:17:20Z")
[quote] **Eve** : Richard Ney and Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver, 1942) There is a little bit of an ick factor: He played her son in _Mrs. Miniver_. ---
**Author:** ![Zetetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/74df32/32.png) [@Zetetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665/20 "2006-10-08T23:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Torville and Dean (TV / ice dance). [/QUOTE] I dont think they ever were, or are now, romantically involved. Jayne Torvill married to Phil Christensen, 1990 Chrisopher Dean married to Jill Trenary, 1994 [Link to (unofficial) fansite](http://users.aol.com/tanddfanp/pstats.htm) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onscreen-couples-who-hooked-up-in-real-life/375665.md?page=2)