Famous Weddings
Barbara Bush & George H. W. Bush
Jan 6 Future 41st US President George H. W. Bush (20) weds Barbara Pierce (19) at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York
Gloria Swanson
Jan 29 Actress Gloria Swanson (45) weds William N. Davey
Adolf Hitler
Apr 29 Adolf Hitler (56) marries Eva Braun (33) in the Führerbunker, Berlin
Roy Campanella
Apr 30 MLB catcher Roy Campanella (23) weds Ruthe Willis
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall
May 21 American actor Humphrey Bogart (44) weds (his fourth time) American actress Lauren Bacall (20) at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio; until his death in 1957
Akira Kurosawa
May 21 Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa (35) weds Japanese actress Yōko Yaguchi (23), until her death in 1985
Jim Thorpe
Jun 2 Athlete Jim Thorpe (57) weds Patricia Askew
- Jun 13 "Three Smart Girls" actress Deanna Durbin (23) weds film writer, producer and actor Felix Jackson at The Little Church Of The West in Las Vegas
Judy Garland
Jun 15 American singer and actress Judy Garland (23) weds American director Vincente Minnelli (42); divorce in 1951
Groucho Marx
Jul 21 Master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era Groucho Marx (54) weds Kay Marvis
Louis B. Mayer
Aug 19 American actor Dick Powell (40) weds his third wife, American actress June Allyson (27), until his death in 1963; MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer reluctantly gave the bride away
Kurt Vonnegut
Sep 1 Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (23) weds childhood sweetheart Jane Marie Cox
- Sep 7 "Star Trek" actor DeForest Kelley (25) weds Carolyn Dowling (25)
Shirley Temple
Sep 19 Actress Shirley Temple (17) weds actor John Agar (24) in an Episcopal ceremony at Wilshire Methodist Church
Malcolm Forbes
Sep 21 Publisher Malcolm Forbes (26) weds Roberta Remsen Laidlaw
Angela Lansbury
Sep 27 American actor Richard Cromwell (35) weds British actress Angela Lansbury (19) in Independence, California; divorce in 1946
Janet Leigh
Oct 5 American actress Janet Leigh (18) weds American sailor Stanley Reames at Morris Chapel in Stockton, California; divorce in 1949
Ava Gardner
Oct 17 American actress Ava Gardner (22) weds American bandleader Artie Shaw (35) in Hollywood; divorce in 1946
Eva Perón & Juan Perón
Oct 22 Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón (50) weds actress Eva Duarte (26) at a civil ceremony in Junin
Jackson Pollock
Oct 25 Painter Jackson Pollock (33) weds painter Lee Krasner (27)
Bette Davis
Nov 30 Actress Bette Davis (37) weds artist William Grant Sherry
Eddie Albert
Dec 5 Actor Eddie Albert (39) weds actress Margo (28)
Mary Astor
Dec 24 Actress Mary Astor (39) weds Thomas Gordon Wheelock
Famous Divorces
Ernest Hemingway
Dec 21 American "For Whom The Bell Tolls" novelist Ernest Hemingway (46) and American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (36) divorce after 5 years of marriage.
John Wayne
Dec 25 Actor John Wayne (38) divorces Josephine Saenz (37) after 12 years of marriage
