Famous Weddings
T. S. Eliot
Jan 10 Poet T. S. Eliot (68) marries his 2nd wife editor Esmé Valerie Fletcher (30)
Howard Hughes
Jan 12 Aviator Howard Hughes marries 2nd wife actress Jean Peters
Gary Player
Jan 19 Golfer Gary Player (21) weds Bobby Verwey's sister Vivienne Verwey
Elizabeth Taylor
Feb 2 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (24) marries for the 3rd time to American film producer Mike Todd (47), until his death in 1958
Richard Harris
Feb 9 Actor-singer Richard Harris (26) weds socialite Elizabeth Rees (20); divorce in 1969
Billie Holiday
Mar 28 Jazz musician Billie Holiday (41) weds mob enforcer Louis McKay
Chuck Noll
May 25 NFL coach Chuck Noll (25) weds first wife Marianne Noll
- Jul 28 "Wuthering Heights" actress Merle Oberon (46) weds Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai; divorce in 1975
Sonny Liston
Sep 3 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston (27) weds Geraldine Clark in St. Louis, Missouri
Jean Chretien
Sep 10 Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien (23) weds Aline Chaine (21) in Canada
Patsy Cline
Sep 15 Country music legend Patsy Cline (25) weds linotype operator Charles Dick (23) in Winchester, England
Sophia Loren
Sep 17 Italian actress Sophia Loren (22) weds legally married Italian film producer Carlo Ponti (56), by proxy in Juarez, Mexico; annulled in 1962; remarry in 1966
Marlon Brando
Oct 14 American "On The Waterfront" actor Marlon Brando (33) weds British actress Anna Kashfi (23); divorce in 1959
- Oct 24 Singer Bing Cosby marries second wife actress Kathryn Grant
Yuri Gagarin
Nov 7 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (23) weds Valentina Ivanovna Goryacheva
June Carter Cash
Nov 11 Country singer June Carter (28) weds former football player Edwin Nix
Jerry Lee Lewis
Dec 12 American piano playing singer Jerry Lee Lewis (21) weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown (13) while still married to his 2nd wife Jane Mitcham; legalize marriage in 1958; divorce in 1970
Robert Wagner & Natalie Wood
Dec 28 "Rebel Without A Cause" actress Natalie Wood (19) weds American actor Robert Wagner (27) at Scottsdale United Methodist Church in Scottsdale, Arizona; divorce in 1962;, and remarry in 1972
- Dec 29 American singing duo Steve Lawrence (22) and Eydie Gormé (29) wed at the home of casino owner Beldon Katleman in Las Vegas, Nevada, until her death in 2013
Famous Divorces
Elizabeth Taylor
Jan 31 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 2nd divorce from English actor Michael Wilding, after almost 5 years of marriage
Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
Jul 5 American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (41) and movie star Ava Gardner (32) divorce after 6 years of marriage
David Lean
Jul 15 British film director David Lean (49) divorces British actress and producer Ann Todd (48) in London, England- third time for each; after just over 8 years of marriage
Ingrid Bergman & Roberto Rossellini
Nov 7 Actress Ingrid Bergman (42) divorces Roberto Rossellini after 7 years of marriage
