# Real life acting couples who met while portraying real life famous couples

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**Created:** [July 11, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-acting-couples-who-met-while-portraying-real-life-famous-couples/456129 "2008-07-11T14:03:46Z")\
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**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 11, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-acting-couples-who-met-while-portraying-real-life-famous-couples/456129/1 "2008-07-11T14:03:46Z")

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Married acting couple Alex Karras and [Susan Clark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Clark) met while filming the movie _Babe_. They poirtrayed real life married sports couple Babe Didrikson and George Zaharras.

Any others?

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**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:** [July 11, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-acting-couples-who-met-while-portraying-real-life-famous-couples/456129/2 "2008-07-11T14:26:50Z")

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Linda Kaye Henning (daughter of Paul Henning) met and married Mike Minor (son of producer Don Fedderson) during the filming of “Petticoat Junction.”

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-acting-couples-who-met-while-portraying-real-life-famous-couples/456129/3 "2008-07-11T14:57:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]  
Linda Kaye Henning (daughter of Paul Henning) met and married Mike Minor (son of producer Don Fedderson) during the filming of “Petticoat Junction.”  
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And what real-life famous couple did they portray? 😕

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**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:** [July 11, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-acting-couples-who-met-while-portraying-real-life-famous-couples/456129/4 "2008-07-11T15:11:07Z")

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OK. Nevermind.

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**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-acting-couples-who-met-while-portraying-real-life-famous-couples/456129/5 "2008-07-11T17:06:07Z")

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Malcolm MacDowell and Mary Steenburgen met and married (for a while) playing HG Wells and Amy Robbins in _Time After Time_