Celebrity Marriage: The Ones that Last a Lifetime

In most of the media these days, the majority of publicity seems to be focused on what celebrities are doing wrong. It is an endless barrage of who is sleeping with whom, who is cheating on their spouse, and who is getting divorced. Celebrity marriages seem to only last from a number of months to a few measly years. While I know that scandal sells, it is sad that no one seems to be publicizing the good celebrity marriages. I was amazed to find that some celebrities have been married for over 65 years.

While doing research on many of my favorite celebrities, I was pleased to find a large number have maintained long happy marriages. It proves that you can have a high profile entertainment career and a long happy marriage. While there are literally thousands of celebrities who have been married for many years, I have chosen to only highlight some of my favorite here.

Bob Hope deserved much credit and applause; he married the singer Dolores Reade in 1934 and adopted four children, Linda, Anthony, Laura and Kelley. They were married until his death in July 2003. That is an amazing feat nowadays to be married for more than 69 years, and they deserved a great deal of respect. They sure could have taught a thing or two about marriage to many of today's celebrities.

Paul Newman is another celebrity who deserves a lot of credit; he has been married to Joanne Woodward since January 29, 1958. They have three daughters, Elinor, Melissa, and Claire. Newman and Woodward have been now been married for over 50 years. When asked why he never committed adultery by Empire magazine, he famously replied "Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?"

Mel Brooks met his love Anne Bancroft in 1961, on rehearsal for the Perry Como Variety Show; they married three years later on August 5th, 1964. They had one son Maximillian in 1972. They were married for over 40 years until Anne's death from uterine cancer on June 6, 2005.

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, they may not be married but these two have been together for over 25 years.

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