Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1975

Famous Weddings

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Jan 21 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (57) weds toy inventor Jack Ryan (48) (div. 1976)

Johnny Bench

Feb 21 Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench (27) weds Vickie Chesser in Cincinnati, Ohio

Mar 8 5th Earl of Lichfield Patrick Anson (35) weds Lady Leonora Grosvenor (26), daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster at Chester Cathedral in England

Peter Agre

Mar 29 Molecular biologist Peter Agre (26) weds Mary Macgill

Jane Curtin

Apr 2 Actress Jane Curtin (27) weds television producer Patrick Lynch

Sean Connery

May 6 Actor Sean Connery (44) weds Micheline Roquebrune in Casablanca

Jun 7 Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard (21) weds Cheryl Alley (21) at Magnolia Park United Methodist Church in Burbank, California
Jun 28 Princess Christina of Norway (28) weds Cuban refugee and welfare worker Jorge Gulliamero (29) twice - civilly in Baarn, followed by a religious ceremony at Cathedral of Saint Martin in Utrecht, Netherlands; divorce in 1996

Cher & Gregg Allman

Jun 30 American singer and actress Cher (28), weds American blues-rcoker Gregg Allman (27), 4 days after her divorce from Sonny Bono is finalized; divorce 1979

David Gilmour

Jul 7 Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour (29) weds American model and artist Virginia "Ginger" Hasenbein (26); divorce in 1990

William Peter Blatty

Jul 20 "The Exorcist" writer William Peter Blatty (47) weds tennis player Linda Tuero (24) in Las Vegas

Aug 5 American "Aerosmith" guitarist Joe Perry (25) weds Elissa Jerret; divorce in 1982

Aug 23 English "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" actress Maggie Smith (40) weds English playwright Beverley Cross (44) at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England (her second marriage, his third), until his death in 1998

Roone Arledge

Sep 1 Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge (44) weds Ann Fowler; divorce in 1985

Danielle Steel

Sep 13 Novelist Danielle Steel (28) weds Danny Zugelder in the prison canteen

Dudley Moore & Tuesday Weld

Sep 20 British comic actor Dudley Moore (40) weds American actress Tuesday Weld (31); divorce in 1980

Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor

Oct 10 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (43) 6th marriage and remarriage to Welsh actor Richard Burton (49) - 1-1/2 years after their first divorce; redivorce in 1976

Hillary & Bill Clinton

Oct 11 Future US President Bill Clinton (29) weds future US Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (28) in a Methodist ceremony in their living room in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Maurice Gibb

Oct 17 Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely

Lionel Richie

Oct 18 American pop singer Lionel Richie (26) weds college sweetheart Brenda Harvey; divorce in 1993

Larry Bird

Nov 8 NBA legend Larry Bird (18) weds highschool sweetheart Janet Condra

Bob Dole

Dec 6 US Senator Bob Dole (52) weds former senator Elizabeth Hanford (39)

Buzz Aldrin

Dec 19 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (45) weds Beverly Zile

Martin Scorsese

Dec 30 Director Martin Scorsese (33) weds teacher and author Julia Cameron (27) in Libertyville, Illinois

Famous Divorces

Tammy Wynette

Mar 21 American country singer Tammy Wynette (33) divorces American country singer-songwriter George Jones (43), after 6 years of marriage

Cher & Sonny Bono

Jun 26 American singer and actress Cher (28) divorces American singer-songwriter Sonny Bono (40), after 10 years of marriage

Jul 10 American singer and actress Cher (28) files for divorce from musician Gregg Allman (27), 10 days after their marriage - they reconcile, but separate in 1977 and divorce in 1979