Famous Weddings & Divorces in August 1962

Famous Weddings

Marlon Brando

Aug 10 American actor Marlon Brando (38) weds third wife, French-Tahitian actress Tarita Teriipaia (20); divorce in 1972

Jack Lemmon

Aug 17 Actor Jack Lemmon (37) weds actress and model Felicia Farr (29) in Paris, France

John Lennon

Aug 23 British "Beatles" musician John Lennon (21) weds British art school girlfriend Cynthia Powell (22); divorce in 1968

Colin Powell

Aug 25 Future US Army General and Secretary of State Colin Powell (25) weds American audiologist Alma Johnson (24) at the First Congregational Church in Birmingham, Alabama, until his death in 2021