Longest Celebrity Marriages: Actors and Celebrities Married Over 50 Years
by jonesie12345 | created - 28 Dec 2021 | updated - 4 days ago | Public1. Susan Lucci
Actress | All My Children
Susan Lucci was born on December 23, 1946, in Scarsdale, New York, to Jeanette (Granquist) and Victor Lucci, a building contractor. She is of Italian (father) and Swedish, German, and French (mother) descent. Susan grew up in Garden City. Since she can remember, she wanted to be a performer, and ...
She and her husband, Helmut Huber, were married for 52 YEARS, until Huber's death (married September 13, 1969)
Is an actress best known for starring as Erica Kane on the TV soap opera, "All My Children," a role she played for 41 years
Lucci is currently 77 years old
Huber died in 2022 at age 84
2. Jimmy Carter
Actor | The American President
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to...
He and his wife, Rosalynn, were married for 77 YEARS (married July 7, 1946)
He was 22 years old when they got married; she was 18
They were married longer than any presidential couple in U.S. history
Was the 39th President of the U.S., and has lived longer than any president in U.S. history
Carter is currently 99 years old
Rosalynn died in 2023 at age 96
3. Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter was born on August 18, 1927 in Plains, Georgia, USA. She is known for Americans (1978), The American Sportsman (1965) and PBS NewsHour (1975). She was married to Jimmy Carter. She died on November 19, 2023 in Plains, Georgia, USA.
4. Norman Lloyd
Actor | Dead Poets Society
Norman Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Sadie (Horowitz), a housewife and singer, and Max Perlmutter, a furniture store manager. His family was Jewish (from Hungary and Russia). He began his acting career in the theater, first "treading the boards" at Eva Le Gallienne...
He and his wife, actress Peggy Craven, were married for 75 YEARS, until her death (married June 29, 1936)
Craven died in 2011 at age 98
Lloyd died in 2021 at age 106
5. Art Linkletter
Actor | Champagne for Caesar
Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air, California...
He and his wife, Lois, were married for 74 YEARS, until his death (married November 25, 1935)
Was a radio and television interviewer who was the host of "House Party," which ran on radio and TV for 25 years, and "People Are Funny, "which aired on radio and TV for 19 years
Linkletter died in 2010 at age 97
Lois died in 2011 at age 95
6. George Bush
Self | 41
The 41st President of the United States of America, George Herbert Walker Bush (known colloquially as "Bush 41" to distinguish him from his son, George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the U.S., who is known as "Bush 43"), was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts, a suburb south of Boston. ...
He and his wife, Barbara were married for 73 YEARS, until her death (married January 6, 1945)
Bush was the 41st President of the U.S.
They are the parents of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the U.S.
Barbara died in 2018 at age 92
Bush died in 2018, 7 months after Barbara, at age 94
7. Barbara Bush
Self | Convention '92
Barbara Bush was born on June 8, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to George Bush. She died on April 17, 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA.
8. Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
Elizabeth was born in London, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and she was educated privately at home. Her father ascended the throne on the abdication of his ...
She and her husband, Prince Philip, were married for 73 YEARS, until his death (married November 20, 1947)
They had the longest marriage in British royal history
Both of them were great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria; they were third cousins
Prince Philip died in 2021 at age 99
Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022 at age 96
9. Prince Philip
Prince Phillip was born on 10 June 1921 as a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His family was deposed and he lived in France and finally went to boarding school in Gordonstoun in Scotland. Eventually he sent his boys there. When he was 18 he met 13 year old Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth, his third ...
10. William Daniels
Actor | St. Elsewhere
William Daniels is an American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was born in 1927, to bricklayer David Daniels and his wife Irene.
Daniels was a member of the singing Daniels family in Brooklyn. He made his television debut in 1943 at the age of 16, as part of a variety act. That same year,...
He and his wife, actress Bonnie Bartlett, have been married for 72 YEARS (married June 30, 1951)
Daniels is currently 97 years old
Bartlett is currently 94 years old
11. Bonnie Bartlett
Actress | St. Elsewhere
Bonnie Bartlett grew up in Moline, Illinois. Her father E.E. was a failed Shakespearean actor who became an insurance salesman. Her mother Carrie was a homemaker. At an early age, Bonnie became determined to fulfill her father's failed acting career. She went to Northwestern University to study ...
12. Karl Malden
Actor | A Streetcar Named Desire
Born to a Czech mother and a Serbian father in Chicago as Mladen Sekulovich, on March 22, 1912, Karl Malden did not speak English until he was in kindergarten. After graduating from high school in the nearby steel town of Gary, Indiana, Malden worked in the industry for three years until 1934, when...
He and his wife, Mona, were married for 70 YEARS, until his death (married December 18, 1938)
Malden died in 2009 at age 97
Mona died in 2019 at age 102
13. Nehemiah Persoff
Actor | An American Tail
Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929.
Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life.
He joined ...
He and his wife, Thia, were married for 69 YEARS, until her death (married August 22, 1951)
Thia died in 2021 at age 102
Persoff died in 2022 at age 102 years
14. Pete Seeger
Soundtrack | Just Cause
Sixteen-year-old Pete Seeger enrolled at the Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut and then decided to become a hermit. His life since then has been one social cause after another, buoyed by an almost indefatigable career as a self-described "sing-along leader."
During the 1930s he attended Harvard, ...
He and his wife, Toshi, were married for 69 YEARS, until her death (married July 20, 1943)
Toshi died 11 days before their 70th wedding anniversary
Seeger was a folk singer and songwriter best known for the songs "If I Had A Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," and "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
Toshi died in 2013 at age 91
Seeger died in 2014 at age 94
15. Monty Hall
Producer | Let's Make a Deal
Monty Hall was born Maurice Halperin on August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1945. He's the father of Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, television writer/director Sharon Hall, and Emmy Award winner ...
He and his wife, Marilyn, were married for 69 YEARS, until her death (married September 28, 1947)
Hall was best known as the original host of the long-running game show "Let's Make a Deal!"
Marilyn died in 2017 at age 90
Hall died 4 months later at age 96
16. Stan Lee
Producer | Doctor Strange
Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.
Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, ...
He and his wife, actress Joan Lee, were married for 69 YEARS, until her death (married December 5, 1947)
Joan died in 2017 at age 95
Lee died in 2018 at age 95
17. Joan Lee
Actress | X-Men: Apocalypse
Joan Lee was born on February 5, 1922 in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. She was an actress, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994) and Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994). She was married to Stan Lee and Sanford Dorf Weiss. She died on July 6,...
18. Bob Hope
Actor | The Ghost Breakers
Comedian Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England, the fifth of seven sons of Avis (Townes), light opera singer, and William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. His maternal grandmother was Welsh. Hope moved to Bristol before emigrating with his parents...
He and his wife, actress Dolores Hope, were married for 69 YEARS, until his death (married February 19, 1934)
Hope died in 2003 at age 100
Dolores died in 2011 at age 102
19. Dolores Hope
Actress | Soup for Nuts
Dolores Hope was born on May 27, 1909 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Soup for Nuts (1934), There Were Times, Dear (1985) and The Christophers (1952). She was married to Bob Hope. She died on September 19, 2011 in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, ...
20. Jimmy Lydon
Actor | Vigilante Force
Born to a large Irish Catholic family (the fifth of nine children) and raised in New York City, Lydon overcame a birth defect and alcoholic father to begin a Broadway career in 1937, acting opposite Van Heflin, Sidney Lumet and Uta Hagen in separate productions. After a number of films with ...
He and his wife, Betty Lou, were married for 69 YEARS, until her death (married in 1952)
Betty Lou died in 2022, age 94
Lydon died 2 months later at age 98
21. Chuck Berry
Soundtrack | Men in Black
Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll ...
He and his wife, Themetta, were married for 68 YEARS, until his death (married October 28, 1948)
Berry died in 2017 at age 90
Themetta is currently 97 years old (rumored to be deceased, but not confirmed)
22. Pat Robertson
Self | The 700 Club
Pat Robertson was born on March 22, 1930 in Lexington, Virginia, USA. He is known for The 700 Club (1966), First Landing (2007) and The Temple of Phenomenal Things (1997). He was married to Dede Robertson. He died on June 8, 2023 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
He and his wife Dede were married for 68 YEARS, until her death (married August 27, 1954)
Was an evangelical minister and political commentator best known for hosting the TV show "The 700 Club" for 55 years; also founded the Christian Coalition and Regent University
Dede died in 2022 at age 94
Robertson died in 2023 at age 93
23. Katherine Jackson
Actress | All 4da Green
Katherine Jackson was born on May 4, 1930 in Clayton, Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for All 4da Green (2022), Tito Jackson: Love One Another (2021) and Janet Jackson. (2022). She was previously married to Joe Jackson.
She and her husband, Joe, were married for 68 YEARS, until his death (married November 5, 1949)
Is the matriarch of the Jackson family, the most famous of whom are Michael, Janet, Jermaine, and LaToya
Joe died in 2018 at age 89
Katherine is currently 94 years old
24. Joe Jackson
Producer | The Jacksons
Joseph Walter Jackson was born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas, to Crystal Lee (King) and Samuel Jackson, a schoolteacher. Raised during the Depression in Oakland, California, Jackson learned the importance of work at an early age. In the 1950s, he formed and played guitar with his band with his brother...
25. Alan Alda
Actor | M*A*S*H
Alan Alda (born under the name Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter from New York City. His father was the Italian-American actor Robert Alda. Alda's best known role was playing chief surgeon Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the ...
He and his wife, Arlene, have been married for 67 YEARS (married March 15, 1957)
He was 21 years old when they got married; she was 24
Alda is currently 88 years old
Arlene is currently 91 years old
26. Iris Apfel
Self | Iris
Iris Apfel was born on August 29, 1921 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Carl Apfel. She died on March 1, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
She and her husband Carl, were married for 67 YEARS, until his death (married February 22, 1948)
Was a fashion designer, interior designer, and style icon
Apfel died in 2015 at age 100
Iris died in 2024 at age 102
27. Slim Whitman
Soundtrack | Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Slim Whitman was born on January 20, 1923 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was married to Geraldine "Jerry" Christ. He died on June 19, 2013 in Orange Park, Florida, USA.
He and his wife, Alma, were married for 67 YEARS, until her death (married June 28, 1941)
Alma died in 2009 at age 84
Whitman died in 2013 at age 90
28. Eli Wallach
Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
One of Hollywood's finest character / "Method" actors, Eli Wallach was in demand for over 60 years (first film/TV role was 1949) on stage and screen, and has worked alongside the world's biggest stars, including Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, Peter O'Toole,...
He and his wife, actress Anne Jackson, were married for 66 YEARS, until his death (married March 5, 1948)
Wallach died in 2014 at age 98
Jackson died in 2016 at age 90
29. Anne Jackson
Actress | The Shining
Anne Jackson was born on September 3, 1925 in Millvale, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for The Shining (1980), Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) and CBS Playhouse (1967). She was married to Eli Wallach. She died on April 12, 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
30. Pat Boone
Soundtrack | Journey to the Center of the Earth
Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage talent show on radio and ...
He and his wife, Shirley, were married for 65 YEARS, until her death (married November 7, 1953)
They were both 19 years old when they got married
Their daughter is singer Debby Boone
Shirley died in 2019 at age 84
Boone is currently 89 years old
31. Shirley Boone
Actress | Captain Nice
Shirley Boone was born on April 24, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and assistant director, known for Captain Nice (1967), Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) and The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969). She was married to Pat Boone. She died on January 11, 2019 in Beverly Hills, ...
32. Eva Marie Saint
Actress | On the Waterfront
Actress and producer Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924 on Newark, New Jersey. She is known for starring in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Her film career also includes ...
She and TV producer Jeffrey Hayden were married for 65 YEARS, until his death (married October 28, 1951)
Hayden died in 2016 at age 90
Saint is currently 99 years old
33. Kirk Douglas
Actor | The Final Countdown
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...
He and his wife, actress Anne Douglas, were married for 65 YEARS, until his death (married May 29, 1954)
This was Kirk's second marriage
Kirk was the father of actor Michael Douglas
Douglas died in 2020 at age 103
Anne died in 2021 at age 102
34. Anne Douglas
Producer | Scalawag
Anne Douglas was born on April 23, 1919 in Hanover, Germany. She was a producer and actress, known for Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973), Deep River (2009) and Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget (2009). She was married to Kirk Douglas and Albert Buydens. She died on April 29, 2021 in Beverly Hills, ...
35. Walter Cronkite
Actor | Liberty's Kids
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Walter Leland Cronkite, a doctor. Throughout his early career, Cronkite worked with newspapers. During World War II, he served as a news reporter. In 1950, Cronkite became a journalist. He ...
He and his wife, Betsy, were married for 64 YEARS (married March 30, 1940)
Betsy died 15 days before their 65th wedding anniversary
Cronkite was a TV news broadcaster known as "the most trusted man in America"
Betsy died in 2005 at age 89
Cronkite died in 2009 at age 92
36. Danny Aiello
Actor | Do the Right Thing
Danny Aiello was an American actor of Italian descent, and enjoyed a lengthy career in film. He was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione in the comedy-drama film "Do the Right Thing" (1989).
Aiello was born in Manhattan, New York ...
He and his wife, Sandy, were married for 64 YEARS (married January 8, 1955)
He died 4 weeks before their 65th wedding anniversary
Aiello died in 2019 at age 86
Sandy (current age unavailable)
37. Carl Reiner
Writer | The Dick Van Dyke Show
Carl Reiner is a legend of American comedy, who achieved great success as a comic actor, a director, producer and recording artist. He won nine Emmy Awards, three as an actor, four as a writer and two as a producer. He also won a Grammy Award for his album "The 2,000 Year Old Man", based on his ...
He and his wife, actress Estelle Reiner, were married for 64 YEARS, until her death (married December 24, 1943)
He was 21 years old when they got married; she was 29
Their son is actor, director, and producer Rob Reiner
Estelle died in 2008 at age 94
Reiner died in 2020 at age 98
38. Estelle Reiner
Actress | When Harry Met Sally...
Estelle Reiner grew up in the Bronx, New York. She sang on radio as a teenager. She revived her career in the 1960's and was a well respected jazz singer having appeared in Los Angleles at Cinegrill, Vine Street Bar and Grill, and at Luna Park in Hollywood, California.
At the time of her death, she ...
39. Charlton Heston
Actor | Ben-Hur
With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...
He and his wife, actress Lydia Clarke, were married for 64 YEARS, until his death (married March 17, 1944)
Heston died in 2008 at age 84
Clarke died in 2018 at age 95
40. Lydia Clarke
Actress | The Atomic City
Lydia Clarke came to Chicago in 1941, at the age of 18, and graduated from Northwestern University in 1945. She worked in summer stock at the Belfry Theater in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and with the University Players at Northwestern. After graduating, she had four years of professional experience ...
41. Ricardo Montalban
Actor | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Legendary actor Ricardo Montalban was the epitome of Latin elegance, charm and grace on film and television and in the late 1940s and early 1950s reinvigorated the Rudolph Valentino / Ramon Novarro "Latin Lover" style in Hollywood without achieving top screen stardom. Moreover, unlike most minority...
He and his wife, actress Georgiana Young, sister of actress Loretta Young, were married for 63 YEARS, until her death (married October 26, 1944)
Georgiana died in 2007 at age 83
Montalban died in 2009 at age 88
42. Georgiana Young
Actress | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Georgiana Young was born on September 10, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), This Is Your Life (1970) and The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1988). She was married to Ricardo Montalban. She died on November 13, ...
43. Conrad Bain
Actor | Maude
Usually sized up as an erudite gent, advice-spouting father or uptight, pompous neighbor, the acting talents of Conrad Bain were best utilized on stage and on TV. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, on February 4, 1923, Conrad Stafford Bain was a twin son (the other was named Bonar) born to Stafford ...
He and his wife, Monica, were married for 63 YEARS, until her death (married September 4, 1945)
Monica died in 2009 at age 85
Bain died in 2013 at age 89
44. Peter Lupus
Actor | Mission: Impossible
Peter Lupus was born on June 17, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) and Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965). He has been married to Sharon M. Hildebrand since November 27, 1960. They have ...
He and his wife, Sharon Hildebrand, have been married for 63 YEARS (married November 27, 1960)
Lupus is currently 91 years old
Sharon (current age unavailable)
45. Irving Berlin
Soundtrack | Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin was born Israel Isidor Baline on May 11, 1888 in Mogilev, Belarus, Russian Empire. Towering composer, songwriter, ("God Bless America", "Always", "Blue Skies", "White Christmas") author and publisher, he came to the United States at age 5 and was educated in New York's public schools....
He and his wife, Eilin, were married for 62 YEARS, until her death (married January 4, 1926)
His first wife died of typhoid fever 5 months after their wedding
Berlin wrote over 1500 songs, and is considered one of the greatest composers and lyricists in history
Eilin died in 1988 at age 85
Berlin died in 1989 at age 101
46. Richard Benjamin
Actor | Westworld
Although his actress wife Paula Prentiss became a star by the early 1960s, it took Richard Benjamin almost fifteen years to establish his screen persona, but the wait was rewarding. After extensive work in theatre as actor and director, and his participation in the cult TV series He & She (1967)...
He and his wife, actress Paula Prentiss, have been married for 62 YEARS (married October 26, 1961)
Benjamin is currently 85 years old
Prentiss is currently 86 years old
47. Paula Prentiss
Actress | Where the Boys Are
Discovered by a talent scout at Northwestern University in 1958, Paula Prentiss was signed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and teamed with Jim Hutton in a string of comedies. She rapidly became one of the best American comediennes of the 1960s. Her funny voice inflections, free acting style and brunette ...
48. Martin Sheen
Actor | The Departed
Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish ...
He and his wife, Janet, have been married for 62 YEARS (married December 23, 1961)
He was 21 years old when they got married; Janet was 17
They are the parents of actors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
Sheen is currently 83 years old
Janet is currently 79 years old
49. Francis Ford Coppola
Producer | Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...
He and his wife, Eleanor, have been married for 61 YEARS (married February 2, 1963)
They are the parents of director Sofia Coppola
Is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, movie producer, and director best known for "The Godfather" film franchise, and the films "Apocalypse Now," "The Conversation," and "The Cotton Club," among others
Coppola is currently 85 years old
Eleanor is currently 88 years old
50. Tom Brokaw
Self | NBC Nightly News
Tom Brokaw was born on February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970), Dateline NBC (1992) and Toots (2006). He has been married to Meredith Lynn Auld since August 17, 1962. They have four children.
He and his wife, Meredith Lynn Auld, have been married for 61 YEARS (married August 17, 1962)
Brokaw is currently 84 years old
Auld is currently 84 years old
51. Dick Van Patten
Actor | Spaceballs
Dick Van Patten began acting as a child. He made his first of 27 Broadway appearances at age seven in "Tapestry in Grey." After, he appeared in numerous films, including Freaky Friday (1976), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Spaceballs (1987). His television credits include his best-known role...
He and his wife, actress Pat Poole, were married for 61 YEARS, until his death (married April 25, 1954)
They were the parents of actor Vincent Van Patten
Van Patten died in 2015 at age 86
Poole is currently 92 years old
52. Neil Sedaka
Soundtrack | Deadpool
Neil Sedaka was born on March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Deadpool (2016), Transsiberian (2008) and Better Off Dead (1985). He has been married to Leba Strassberg since September 11, 1962. They have two children.
He and his wife, Leba, have been married for 61 YEARS (married September 11, 1962)
Sedaka is currently 85 years old
Leba is currently 82 years old
53. Brenda Lee
Soundtrack | Joy Ride
Brenda Lee was born on December 11, 1944 in Lithonia, Georgia, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Joy Ride (2001), Dick Tracy (1990) and Reindeer Games (2000). She has been married to Charles Ronald 'Ronnie' Shacklett since April 24, 1963. They have two children.
She and her husband, Ronnie Shacklett, have been married for 61 YEARS (married April 24, 1963)
She was only 18 years old when they got married; he was also 18
Lee is a singer who has sold more than 100 million records worldwide
Lee is currently 79 years old
Shacklett is 79 years old
54. Bob Newhart
Actor | Elf
Bob Newhart is an American actor and stand-up comedian. His comedic style involves deadpan delivery of dialogue, a slight stammer when talking, and comedic monologues. He has cited earlier comedians George Gobel (1919-1991), Ray Goulding (1922-1990), and Bob Elliott (1923-2016) as his main ...
He and his wife, Virginia, were married for 60 YEARS (married January 12, 1963)
Virginia died in 2023 at age 82
Newhart is currently 94 years old
55. Jerry Stiller
Actor | The Heartbreak Kid
As the short, straight-man counterpart of the stellar husband-and-wife comedy team "Stiller & Meara", Jerry Stiller and wife Anne Meara were on top of the comedy game in the 1960s, a steady and hilarious presence on television variety, notably The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), on which they appeared 36 ...
He and wife, actress Anne Meara, were married for 60 YEARS, until her death (married September 14, 1954)
Their son is actor-director Ben Stiller
Meara died in 2015 at age 85
Stiller died in 2020 at age 92
56. Anne Meara
Actress | Heavyweights
The incredibly gifted comedienne-actress Anne Meara is known for her comedic efforts alongside husband-comedian, Jerry Stiller; together, they were 'Stiller and Meara'; they were original members of the improvisational company, the Compass Players, which later evolved as the Second City Theater. ...
57. Cyd Charisse
Actress | Silk Stockings
Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea on March 8, 1922, in Amarillo, Texas. Born to be a dancer, she spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons and joined the Ballet Russe at age 13. In 1939, she married Nico Charisse, her former dance teacher. In 1943, she appeared in her first film, ...
She and her husband, actor and singer Tony Martin, were married for 60 YEARS, until her death (married May 15, 1948)
Charisse died in 2008 at age 86
Martin died in 2012 at age 98
58. Tony Martin
Soundtrack | The Big Store
Born Alvin Morris, the son of immigrants from Poland, Tony Martin received a soprano saxophone on his tenth birthday. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and soprano pop singer. When in high school, he then formed his first band called "The Red Peppers", eventually joining...
59. Don Francisco
Actor | The 33
Don Francisco was born on December 28, 1940 in Talca, Maule, Chile. He is an actor and producer, known for The 33 (2015), Quiero ser estrella (1997) and Ayúdeme usted compadre (1968). He has been married to Temmy Muchnick since 1963. They have three children.
He and his wife, Teresa, have been married for 60 YEARS (married in 1963)
He is best known for hosting the TV variety show "Sábado Gigante," which ran for 50 years; also the TV show "Don Francisco Presenta" and the Chilean version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?," as well as several other variety shows
Francisco is currently 83 years old
Teresa (current age unavailable)
60. Ted Koppel
Producer | Koppel on Discovery
Ted Koppel was born on February 8, 1940 in Lancashire, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Koppel on Discovery (2006), ABC News Nightline (1980) and CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979). He has been married to Grace Anne Koppel since May 17, 1963. They have four children.
He and his wife, Grace Anne, have been married for 60 YEARS (married May 17, 1963)
Brokaw is currently 84 years old
Grace Anne is currently age 84
61. Bill Cosby
Actor | The Cosby Show
Bill Cosby is one of the world's most well-known entertainers and comedians. William Henry Cosby, Jr. was born on July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Anna Pearl (Hite), a maid and William Henry Cosby, Sr., a U.S. Navy sailor. After 10th grade, Cosby joined the Navy and completed high ...
He and his wife, Camille, have been married for 60 YEARS (married January 25, 1964)
Cosby is currently 86 years old
Camille is currently 80 years old
62. Tom Jones
Soundtrack | This Is Tom Jones
Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, South Wales, to a traditional coal-mining family, the son of Freda (Jones) and Thomas Woodward. His father was of English descent and his mother was of Welsh and English ancestry. He began singing at an early age in church and in the school ...
He and his wife, Melinda, were married for 59 YEARS, until her death (married March 2, 1957)
He was 16 years old when they got married; she was 15
Melinda died in 2016 at age 75
Jones is currently 83 years old
63. George Benson
Soundtrack | Michael
George Benson was born on March 22, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Michael (1996), Hit and Run (2012) and All That Jazz (1979). He has been married to Johnnie Lee since 1962. They have six children.
He and his wife, Johnnie Lee, have been married for 59 YEARS (married in 1965)
Benson is currently 81 years old
Johnnie Lee (age unavailable)
64. Lloyd Bridges
Actor | Hot Shots! Part Deux
The star of many land and underwater adventures, Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who owned a movie theater and also worked in the hotel business. He grew up in various Northern California ...
He and his wife, Dorothy, were married for 59 YEARS, until his death (married in 1938)
They were the parents of actors Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges
Bridges died in 1998 at age 85
Dorothy died in 2009 at age 93
65. Bruno Sammartino
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (WWWF Heavyweight Championship during his second reign) for more than 11 ...
He and his wife, Carol, were married for 59 YEARS, until his death (married in 1959)
Was one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, and the longest-reigning champion in WWE history
Sammartino died in 2018 at age 82
Carol (age unavailable; possibly deceased)
66. Leslie Uggams
Actress | Deadpool
Leslie Uggams was born on May 25, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and American Fiction (2023). She has been married to Grahame Pratt since October 16, 1965. They have two children.
She and her husband, actor Grahame Pratt, have been married for 58 YEARS (married October 16, 1965)
Uggams is currently 81 years old
Pratt is currently 87 years old
67. Gene Barry
Actor | The War of the Worlds
With effortless class and elegant charm Gene Barry took '50s and '60s TV by storm, after a rather lackluster start on the musical stage and in films. Born Eugene Klass in New York City on June 14, 1919, to Martin (an amateur violinist), and Eva (an amateur singer), he showed a gift at an early age ...
He and his wife, Betty, were married for 58 YEARS, until her death (married October 22, 1944)
Betty died in 2003 at age 79
Barry died in 2009 at age 90
68. James Gregory
Actor | The Manchurian Candidate
New York-born James Gregory gave up a career as a stockbroker for one as an actor, and began on the Broadway stage. He made his film debut in 1948. Gregory specialized in playing loud, brash, tough cops or businessmen. One of his better roles was as the detective out to get Capone in Al Capone (...
He and his wife, actress Ann Miltner, were married for 58 years, until his death (married in 1944)
Gregory died in 2002 at age 90
Miltner died in 2005 at age 88
69. Larry Hagman
Actor | Dallas
The son of a legendary actress (Mary Martin) and a district attorney, Larry Martin Hagman was born on September 21, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas. After his parents' divorce, he moved to Los Angeles, California to live with his grandmother. When he was 12, his grandmother died and he moved back to his ...
He and his wife, Maj, were married for 58 YEARS (married December 18, 1954)
He died 3 weeks before their 59th wedding anniversary
Was an actor best known for the TV shows "Dallas" and "I Dream of Jeannie"
Hagman died in 2012 at age 81
Maj died in 2016 at age 88
70. Martin Milner
Actor | Sweet Smell of Success
Martin Sam Milner was born December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Jerre Martin, originally from Oregon, was a dancer with the Paramount Theater circuit. His father, Sam Gordon Milner, a Polish Jewish immigrant, was a film distributor. The Milners moved to Seattle when Martin was a baby...
He and his wife, actress Judith Bess Jones, were married for 58 YEARS (married February 23, 1957)
Milner died in 2015 at age 83
Judith is currently 89 years old
71. Tom Laughlin
Actor | Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin was born on August 10, 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Billy Jack (1971), The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) and The Born Losers (1967). He was married to Delores Taylor. He died on December 12, 2013 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
He and his wife, actress Delores Taylor, were married for 58 YEARS, until his death (married October 15, 1954)
Laughlin died in 2013 at age 82
Taylor died in 2018 at age 85
72. Delores Taylor
Actress | Billy Jack
Delores Taylor was born on September 27, 1932 in Winner, South Dakota, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Billy Jack (1971), Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) and The Trial of Billy Jack (1974). She was married to Tom Laughlin. She died on March 23, 2018 in Woodland Hills, Los ...
73. James Garner
Actor | The Notebook
Amiable and handsome James Garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming anti-hero/con-man persona he first developed in Maverick, the offbeat western TV series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s.
James Garner was born James Scott ...
He and his wife, Lois, were married for 57 YEARS (married August 17, 1956)
They got married only two weeks after they met
He died 4 weeks before their 58th wedding anniversary
Garner died in 2014 at age 86
Lois died in 2021 at age 98
74. Ossie Davis
Actor | Do the Right Thing
Ossie Davis was born on December 18, 1917 in Cogdell, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Do the Right Thing (1989), Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). He was married to Ruby Dee. He died on February 4, 2005 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
He and award-winning actress Ruby Dee were married for 57 YEARS, until his death (married December 9, 1948)
At age 83 Dee became the second oldest Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie "American Gangster"
Davis died in 2005 at age 87
Dee died in 2014 at age 91
75. Ruby Dee
Actress | American Gangster
Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961).
She also starred in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Cat People (1982), ...
76. Michael Palin
Writer | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Michael Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python.
After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over ...
He and his wife, Helen Gibbins, were married for 57 YEARS (married April 16, 1966)
Gibbins died in 2023 at age 80
Palin is currently 81 years old
77. Dolly Parton
Soundtrack | The Porter Wagoner Show
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at ...
She and her husband, Carl Dean, have been married for 57 YEARS (married May 30, 1966)
She was 20 years old when they got married; he was 23
Parton is currently 78 years old
Dean is currently 81 years old
78. Vince McMahon
Producer | WWE Monday Night RAW
Vince McMahon, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of WWE, Inc. (WWE), is a third-generation promoter who has made WWE into the global phenomenon it is today.
As a pioneer in the television syndication business, a recognized television personality throughout the world, a visionary ...
He and his wife, Linda, former head of the Small Business Administration, have been married for 57 YEARS (married August 26, 1966)
He was 21 when they got married; she was 17
Vince is the billionaire owner of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
McMahon is currently 78 years old
Linda is currently 74 years old
79. Ron Rifkin
Actor | Alias
Ron Rifkin was born on October 31, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Alias (2001), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Dragonfly (2002). He has been married to Iva Rifkin since August 28, 1966.
He and his wife, actress Iva, have been married for 57 YEARS (married August 28, 1966)
Rifkin is currently 84 years old
Iva (current age unavailable)
80. Eric Braeden
Actor | The Young and the Restless
Eric Braeden is a German actor in America who began his career playing Nazis and eventually became a star of daytime soap operas. Born Hans Gudegast in Kiel, Germany, during the Second World War, he was a superb athlete who excelled in track-and-field events. As a teenager, he immigrated to the ...
He and his wife, Dale, have been married for 57 years (married October 8, 1966)
Braeden is currently 83 years old
Dale is currently 83 years old
81. John Kay
Soundtrack | Star Trek: First Contact
John Kay was born on April 12, 1944 in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Russia]. He is a producer, known for Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and The Limey (1999). He has been married to Jutta Maue since February 24, 1967. They have one child.
He and his wife, Jutta Maue, have been married for 57 YEARS (married February 24, 1967)
Kay was guitarist and singer for the band Steppenwolf
Kay is currently 80 years old
Jutta Maue is currently 80 years old
82. Engelbert Humperdinck
Soundtrack | Game Night
Engelbert Humperdinck was born on May 2, 1936 in Madras, Madras Presidency, British India [now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]. He is a music artist and actor, known for Game Night (2018), You Were Never Really Here (2017) and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996). He was previously married to ...
He and his wife, actress Patricia Healey, were married for 56 YEARS, until her death (married April 18, 1964)
Healey died in 2021 at age 85
Humperdinck is currenty 88 years old
83. Patricia Healey
Actress | The White Bus
Patricia Healey was born in 1936 in the UK. She was an actress, known for The White Bus (1967), Wuthering Heights (1978) and R3 (1964). She was married to Engelbert Humperdinck. She died on February 4, 2021.
84. Gene Rayburn
Self | Match Game 73
Gene Rayburn was born on December 22, 1917, in Christopher, Illinois. After his father died at a very young age, his mother moved to Chicago and married Milan Rubessa, and Gene adopted his stepfather's name. As Gene Rubessa, he acted in high school plays and hoped to follow an acting career. He ...
He and his wife, Helen, were married for 56 YEARS, until her death (married in 1940)
Helen died in 1996 at age 81
Rayburn died in 1999 at age 81
85. Daniel Inouye
Actor | The Next Karate Kid
Daniel Inouye served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he was President pro tempore of the United States Senate (third in the presidential line of succession) from 2010 until his death, making him the highest-ranking ...
He and his wife, Maggie, were married for 56 YEARS, until her death (married June 12, 1949)
Was the first U.S. representative from the state of Hawaii; later became a U.S. senator, an office he held for 49 tears, until his death
Maggie died in 2006 at age 81
Inouye died in 2012 at age 88
86. Rene Auberjonois
Actor | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
René Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940 in New York City, to Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline (Murat), who was born in Paris, and Fernand Auberjonois, who was Swiss-born. René was born into an already artistic family, which included his grandfather, a well-known Swiss ...
He and his wife, theater producer Judith Mihalyi, were married for 56 YEARS, until his death (married October 19, 1963)
Auberjonois died in 2019 at age 79
Mihalyi is currently 79 years old
87. Sargent Shriver
Self | Jack: The Last Kennedy Film
One of America's greatest unsung leaders. Sargent Shriver was not only George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential election, but also served at one time as the Ambassador to France (1968-1970). In addition, he was the first to head up the Peace Corps, served as the first director of the...
He and his wife Eunice Kennedy were married for 56 YEARS, until her death (married May 23, 1953)
Eunice was the sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. She and Shriver were the parents of journalist Maria Shriver, who is the mother of actor Patrick Schwarzenegger
Eunice died in 2009 at age 88
Shriver died in 2011 at age 95
88. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Producer | Mary, Mother of Jesus
Eunice Kennedy Shriver was born on July 10, 1921 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. She was a producer, known for Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), Westside Special Olympics (WSO) Games (1976) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She was married to Sargent Shriver. She died on August 11, 2009 in Cape Cod, ...
89. David McCallum
Actor | The Great Escape
Since David McCallum's father, David McCallum Sr., was first violinist for the London Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother, Dorothy Dorman, was a cellist, it's not surprising that David was originally headed for a career in music, playing oboe. He studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Music. He ...
He and his wife, former model Katherine Carpenter, were married for 56 YEARS (married September 16, 1967)
His first marriage was to actress Jill Ireland; they were married for 10 years
McCallum died in 2023 at age 90
Katherine is currently 77 years old
90. Kim Carnes
Soundtrack | Flashdance
Raspy-voiced singer/songwriter Kim Carnes was born on July 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California. Kim wanted to become a successful singer and songwriter ever since she was three. Carnes began her music career in the 60s writing songs for other artists while performing at local clubs and working as a...
She and her husband, Dave Ellingson, have been married for 56 YEARS (married November 22, 1967)
Kim is currently 78 years old
Ellingson (current age unavailable)
91. Bud Abbott
Actor | Hold That Ghost
Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. When Bud was three his family moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey, which he...
He and his wife, Betty, were married for 55 YEARS (married September 17, 1918)
Abbott died in 1974, at age 76
Betty died in 1981 at age 79
92. Steve Lawrence
Actor | The Blues Brothers
Singer, composer, actor and author, educated at Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School and a student of saxophone and piano. Between 1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US Army Band and Orchestra based in Fort Myers, Virginia. After he was discharged, he commenced ...
He and his wife, Eydie Gorme, were married for 55 YEARS, until her death (married December 29, 1957)
He was 22 when they got married; she was 29
Gorme died in 2013 at age 84
Lawrence died in 2024 at age 88
93. Eydie Gormé
Soundtrack | Nobody
Eydie Gorme was born in New York on August 16, 1928 to Sephardic Jewish parents. Her father, Nessim Gormezano, was a Turkish-born tailor who changed his last name when he arrived in the United States. She began singing straight out of high school, with various big bands. But her big break came ...
94. Ina Garten
Self | Barefoot Contessa
Ina Garten was born on February 2, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Barefoot Contessa (2002), 30 Rock (2006) and Be My Guest with Ina Garten (2022). She has been married to Jeffrey Garten since December 22, 1968.
She and her husband, economist Jeffrey Garten, have been married for 55 YEARS (married December 22, 1968)
She was 20 years old when they got married; he was 22
She is a celebrity chef and host of the cooking show "The Barefoot Contessa"
Ina is currently 76 years old
Garten is currently 77 years old
95. Christopher Walken
Actor | The Deer Hunter
Lead and supporting actor of the American stage and films, with sandy colored hair, and pale complexion. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Deer Hunter (1978), and has been seen in mostly character roles, often portraying psychologically unstable individuals, though...
He and his wife, casting director Georgianne Walken, have been married for 55 YEARS (married in January 1969)
Walken is currently 81 years old
Georgianne is currently 80 years old
96. Christopher Lee
Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it ...
He and his wife, model Birgit Krøncke, were married for 54 YEARS, until his death (married March 17, 1961)
Lee died in 2015 at age 93
Krøncke is currently 88 years old
97. Shirley Temple
Actress | The Little Colonel
Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in ...
She and her husband, Charles Black, were married for 54 YEARS, until his death (married December 16, 1950)
Her first husband was actor John Agar, who she married when she was 17 years old; he was 24
Black died in 2005 at age 86
Temple died in 2014 at age 85
98. Spiro Agnew
Self | Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip
Spiro Agnew was a Greek-American politician from Baltimore, Maryland. He served as the Governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969. He became a national celebrity for his "law and order" rhetoric in response to nationwide civil unrest. He was chosen by Richard Nixon as his running mate for the ...
He and his wife, Judy, were married for 54 YEARS, until his death (married May 27, 1942)
He was the 39th Vice-President of the U.S., under President Richard Nixon
Agnew died in 1996 at age 77
Judy died in 2012 at age 91
99. Zubin Mehta
Soundtrack | Manhattan
Zubin Mehta was born on April 29, 1936 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He is an actor, known for Manhattan (1979), Cold Pursuit (2019) and Strictly Ballroom (1992). He has been married to Nancy Kovack since July 19, 1969. He was previously married to Carmen Lasky.
He and his wife, actress Nancy Kovack, have been married for 54 YEARS (married July 19, 1969)
Mehta is currently 88 years old
Kovack is currently 89 years old
100. Nancy Kovack
Actress | Jason and the Argonauts
A native of Flint, Michigan, Nancy Kovack was a student at the University of Michigan at 15, a radio deejay at 16, a college graduate at 19 and the holder of eight beauty titles by 20. Her professional acting career began on television in New York, first as one of Jackie Gleason's "Glea Girls" and ...
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