In For the Long Haul: Lasting Celebrity Marriages

Some Celebrity Couples make news by rushing in and out of marriage. Some vows last just weeks, or days or even hours. Yet there are Celebrity Couples who have weathered the challenges and appear to be "in for the long haul". Short marriages may be the norm in Hollywood, but here are some couples who have managed to make their union last.

Comedy team Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara set the bar for long lasting Hollywood marriages. They were wed in 1954. Kurt Douglas and wife Anne were also married in 1954. The couple renewed their wedding vows on May 23, 2004 marking their 50th year.

Bill Cosby and his wife Camille were married in 1964. The couple has five children.

Actor, director Ron Howard and wife Cheryl were high school sweethearts. They wed in 1975.

Samuel L. Jackson, a Morehouse man, and actress La Tanya Richardson, a student at Spelman College, met in college and have been married since 1980.  

(Did you know that Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King's funeral?)

Actor Dustin Hoffman and wife Lisa also married in 1980. 

 

Married in 1982, Danny De Vito and Rhea Perlman have shared 31 years as man and wife. The couple stumbled with a five month separation, but remained together.

 

Ozzie Osbourne and wife Sharon have been married since 1982. Sharon denies recent rumors of divorce. "Am I happy", she asks. "No" is her answer, but "divorce is definitely out".

 

Denzel Washington met his wife Paulette on the set of the made for TV movie "Wilma". The couple wed in 1983 and has been married for 29 years, weathering rumors of divorce from time to time.

Most recent rumors involve Denzel in an affair with actress Sanaa Latham. The actor flatly denied rumors that his marriage is on the rocks.

 

Actor Dan Aykroyd and fellow actor Donna Dixon also married in 1983 and have remained happily married since taking their vows.

 

Although not married, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have maintained their relationship since 1983 and have one child together.

 

 

Actress, director and author Jamie Lee Curtis and  Christopher Guest took their wedding vows 28 years ago. Her husband's American and British dual citizenship allows Jamie Lee the title Baroness Haden-Guest.

Guest is a screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor and comedian.




Jamie Lee is the daughter of screen legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.





A number of Hollywood's A-list stars have been wed for more than 20 years:

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (25)
Michael j. Fox and Tracy Tracy Pollen (25)

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick (24)

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (22)

John Travolta and Kelly Preston (21)

Annette Benning and Warren Beatty (21)

Iman and David Bowie (21)

Bono and Ali Hewson (20)

 



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