Famous Weddings
Stanley Kubrick
Jan 15 Film director Stanley Kubrick (26) weds theatrical designer Ruth Sobotka (29)
Charles Manson
Jan 17 American murderer Charles Manson (20) weds American waitress Rosalie Jean Willis (17); divorce in 1958
Brendan Behan
Feb 16 Irish poet and playwright Brendan Behan (32) weds Irish illustrator Beatrice Salkeld (29) at Donnybrook Church in Dublin, Ireland, until his death in 1964
J. D. Salinger
Feb 17 Novelist J. D. Salinger (36) weds Claire Douglas
- Mar 17 Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
Ray Charles
Apr 5 American musician Ray Charles (24) weds Della Beatrice Howard
- Jun 26 Trinidadian-American actor Geoffrey Holder (24) weds American actress, and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade (24) in New York City, until his death in 2014
Desmond Tutu
Jul 2 Desmond Tutu marries Leah Nomalizo Shinxani
Pat Summerall
Jul 2 NFL placekicker Pat Summerall (25) weds Kathy Jacobs
Clark Gable
Jul 11 "Gone With The Wind" actor Clark Gable (54) weds former fashion model and actress Kay Williams Spreckles (38)
Diego Rivera
Jul 29 Mexican artist Diego Rivera (68) marries 4th wife art dealer Emma Hurtado
Bela Lugosi
Aug 25 Hungarian–American "Dracula" actor Bela Lugosi (72) weds fifth and final wife Hope Lininger (36), until his death in 1956
- Aug 29 American "Untamed Youth" actress Mamie Van Doren (24) weds American trumpeter and actor Ray Anthony (33); divorce 1961
Debbie Reynolds
Sep 18 American actress-singer Debbie Reynolds (23) weds American singer Eddie Fisher (27); divorce in 1959
Che Guevara
Sep 18 Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (27) weds Peruvian economist Hilda Gadea (34) in Mexico
- Oct 2 American "The Honeymooners" actress Joyce Randolph (30) weds American publisher Richard Charles, until his death in 1997
Rock Hudson
Nov 9 Actor Rock Hudson marries Phyllis Gates (divorced 1958)
William Shockley
Nov 23 Physicist William Shockley (45) weds psychiatric nurse Emmy Lanning
Thurgood Marshall
Dec 17 Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (47) weds Cecilia Suyat
Gregory Peck
Dec 31 Actor Gregory Peck (39) weds philanthropist Veronique Passani (23)
Famous Divorces
Elizabeth Montgomery
Aug 9 Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (22) divorces socialite Frederick Gallatin Cammann after more than a year of marriage
Gregory Peck
Dec 30 Actor Gregory Peck (39) divorces real estate broker Greta Kukkonen (44) after 13 years of marriage