Vintage Celebrity Weddings That Will Transport You Through Time

This may be one of the oldest dresses on our list, as it was over half a century ago since Priscilla married Elvis Presley. It's only befitting that the King of Rock 'n Roll took his partner all the way to Las Vegas and got married on May 1, 1967.

They held their ceremony at the Aladdin Hotel, which is where they recited their vows. As it turns out, Priscilla designed her own dress! Now isn't that impressive?!

Weddings in the early 1920s were lightyears away from their modern counterparts, and this picture from 1921 is a great example of the huge differences.

Silent film actors Natalie Talmadge and Buster Keaton tied the knot with a beautiful wedding. Talmadge carried a bouquet of roses with long ribbon streams, a popular style of bouquet at the time.

Top model Cindy Crawford married fellow model Rande Gerber in a trendy (at the time) beach wedding on May 29th, 1998. At their ceremony in the Bahamas, the laid-back wedding vibe was set with Rande in a white shirt and black pants and with Cindy in a lacey slip dress.

Apparently, after the ceremony, the two slipped into their swimming suits and went for a swim.

On June 28, 1919, Elizabeth Virginia “Bess” Wallace married Harry Truman, who eventually would become president of the United States. As Bess grew into a young woman, she found interest in fashion and particularly enjoyed trendy hats.

Harry and Bess met prior to him leaving for World War I and proposed in 1911. Unfortunately, she said no. He decided that he wanted to be able to provide a comfortable living for her before proposing again. At their wedding, Bess wore a beautiful brimmed hat.

Elizabeth Anne “Betty” Bloomer married Gerald R. Ford in Grand Rapids, MI, in 1948 at the Grace Episcopal Church. Although most brides choose to wear white on their wedding day, Elizabeth did not. She looked absolutely beautiful in a shiny dress with a pair of pumps to match. Prior to her marriage to Gerald, she was married to a man named Willian G. Warren, but due to his personal struggles, they divorced in 1947.

The two of them delayed their marriage initially because he was running for the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the New York Times, “Jerry was running for Congress and wasn’t sure how voters might feel about his marrying a divorced ex-dancer.”

When it comes to classics, it's difficult to beat the wedding dress Grace Kelly donned when she married Monaco's Prince back in 1956. Helen Rose designed the high-necked, long-sleeve gown. The bodice is made of delicate Brussels lace, adorned with thousands of hand-sewn pearls, while the silk taffeta skirt boasted a lengthy, elegant train.

A round veil completed what is regarded as one of the best celebrity wedding gowns ever, inspiring countless brides, including Kate Middleton.

In 1937 King Edward abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, an American who had been divorced twice. This decision resulted in the shortest reign in British history.

We sincerely hope that it was the right decision because that's a pretty big sacrifice.

The first of their two marriages, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, wed in 1964. Taylor wore a bright yellow dress with a beautiful floral headdress.

They were divorced in 1974 but fortunately rekindled things in 1975 and eventually remarried each other.

1957 was the year that marked the beginning of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood's controversial relationship. The two got married in Arizona on December 28.

They were divorced by 1962. Fast forward ten years later, they were remarried and continued with their often fiery relationship until Wood's mysterious passing.

Norma Jean Baker, AKA Marylin Monroe, got married for the first time at just 16 years old to her 21-year-old neighbor James Dougherty on June 19, 1942.

Their marriage lasted four years. Norma Jean was discovered by modeling and acting agencies and could only sign the contract as an unmarried woman. And so it ended.

One of the lasting Hollywood marriages out there took place in the year 1988 when Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson tied the knot.

Fun fact: Hanks converted to Wilson's Greek Orthodox faith in order to marry her! The two are still just as strong over three decades later.

In 1950 the Hollywood royal had her first of eight marriages. The 18-year-old Elizabeth Taylor married the 23-year-old Conrad "Nicky" Hilton on May 6. The wedding took place at the Bel-Air Country Club.

The event was hailed as the social event of the year. Taylor wore a gown designed by Helen Rose. Rose was famous for creating the actress's wardrobe in the 1950 film "Father of the Bride," as well as for designing Grace Kelly's wedding gown.

Annette Funicello, a famous singer, and actress at the time wed her agent, Jack Gilardi, on January 9, 1965.

Their marriage lasted from 1965 until 1981. They had three kids: Gina, Jack Jr., and Jason. She later married Glen D. Holt, an equestrian trainer/breeder from California.

Finalizing her divorce from Paul Mansfield just days before, actress Jayne Mansfield wed Mr. Universe at the time, Mickey Hargitay, on January 13, 1958.

The muscle man proposed to her with a 10-carat diamond ring just a few months before the big day.

George H.W. Bush and Barbara Pierce met as teenagers in 1941. In a documentary titled 41, he recalls how they first met at a Christmas dance: “Here she was in this red and green dress. I said, ‘Who is this good-looking girl, that beautiful girl over there?’ [...] So then a guy named Wozencraft introduced us. And the rest is history.”

A few years later, the two married in 1945 at First Presbyterian Church in Rye, N.Y. George’s mother gifted her own veil to Barbara for her ceremony.

Celine Dion and her late husband, Rene Angelil, had been together for most of Celine's life. The two held a massive wedding outside Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica back in 1994.

Celine wore a beautiful headpiece embellished with 2,000 Austrian crystals, along with a striking 20-foot train designed by Mirella and Steve Gentile.

In 1989 Barack Obama met his future wife, Michelle Robinson, while working in Chicago at Sidley Austin law firm. At first, Michelle was against dating a colleague because she knew that could make for a messy work environment if things didn’t work out. However, he eventually convinced her to go on a date.

The two were married three years later at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. It was as sweet as can be when Michelle’s brother walked her down the aisle, and the couple danced to “You and I” by Stevie Wonder followed.

Rolling Stones frontman and rock legend Mick Jagger married Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías (what a mouthful!) in 1971 in what might have been the coolest wedding in history.

The beautiful bride rocked up in a Yves St. Laurent jacket. You seriously couldn't get cooler than that.

This list features some iconic marriages that have not really stood the test of time. When Ronald Reagan married Nancy Davis, it was a little different. These two tied the knot at the Little Brown Church of the Valley in LA on March 4, 1952.

Their marriage ended up lasting 52 years until Reagan's death in the year 2004. We wonder what their secret was.

Here we see figure skater Dorothy Hamill and singer Dean Paul Martin at their 1982 wedding. Hamill is donning a quintessential early 80s dress with a long veil and opulent lace.

It was Martin's second marriage and Hamill's first, but it only lasted two years, after which she married twice more.

George Bush and Laura Lane Welch met at a backyard barbecue in July and got engaged just three months later. The two married on November 5, 1977, at her childhood church in Midland, Texas. The new couple took pictures with the future president’s parents, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.

Though she could have opted for a lavish gown, Laura chose to walk down the aisle in a very simple tan dress she bought off the rack.

The wedding of the decade, no doubt. Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles tied the knot. This wedding created a media buzz that was never seen in history. The historic day took place on July 29, 1981.

It has been reported that about 750 million people watched the televised event. Soon brides all over the world wanted a wedding that looked just as magical as that.

In 1955 this Christian Dior wedding dress made its way down the aisle in the very stylish wedding of actress Olivia Havilland with her second husband, Pierre Galante. The man was the executive editor of a leading French fashion magazine so you could expect nothing less than impeccable style at their wedding.

The actress also donned an iconic gown while filming the romantic comedy "The Ambassador's Daughter" roughly around the same time. The long-sleeved and high-necked dress looked simply breathtaking. The film was out the following year.

In a marriage made in fashion design heaven, designer Lauren Bush married David Lauren, the son of designer Ralph Lauren. The dress design expectations were, of course, very high, and the results were not disappointing.

Lauren’s dress was designed by none other than Ralph Lauren and featured both old-world extravagance and modern elegance. The material was hand-embroidered with Swarovski crystals, beads, and pearls. And, not surprisingly, David wore a Ralph Lauren suit, certainly making this one of the most fashion-forward weddings!

Actress Carole Landis married her Air Force captain Thomas Wallace on January 23, 1943. The couple joyfully danced the Jitterbug to big band music, as was the style back then.

She celebrated quite a few times since, as she got married another three times. (Wallace was her second husband.)

For his 1979 wedding to Alana Hamilton, Stewart donned a sweet white suit.

His bride showed up wearing a very stylish off-the-shoulder dress and a baby's-breath crown.

Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ for short, met Claudia Alta, “Lady Bird” Taylor, through a mutual friend. Lady Bird later confessed that she felt drawn to LBJ “like a moth drawn to a flame.” Wildly enough, he proposed to her on the first date, and she accepted about two weeks later.

The two married in San Antonio, Texas, on November 17, 1934. A honeymoon to Mexico came after the wedding.

In 1993 wedding gowns were getting sleeker, and the frills and poofs started to fade away, as we see in the blushing bride in this picture.

Marla Maples's dress is an example of the new trend that began to dominate the 90s. Due to a pre-signed agreement, the model/actress was forbidden from disclosing details about the marriage after the couple decided to call it quits.

Eleanor Roosevelt, who is the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt’s brother, married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was the president’s fifth cousin in 1905.

Their initial meeting was back when Eleanor was 14, and he was 18. After losing touch for a few years, they reconnected when they ran into one another at a horse show in Madison Square Garden. F.D.R. finally proposed to Eleanor when she was 19 and he 22.

The famous tennis player Eileen Bennet wed her horse-racing hubby Marcys Mash on September 28, in the year of 1936.

She switched out her tennis headband for a beautiful headpiece and long veil when she walked down the aisle.

President Woodrow Wilson met Edith Bolling Galt a year after his wife passed away. She was also a widow. The two married on December 18, 1915, in Washington, D.C. It was thought by many that Wilson would not be elected for a second term due to his quick courtship with Edith.

However, he was inaugurated for the second time in March 1917. Edith proved to be an invaluable advisor to her husband during his second term, which included the beginning of WWI.

In her free time, Lou Henry enjoyed camping and collecting rocks and minerals. She met future President Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, where she graduated with a B.A. in Geology. Lou was also the only First Lady who was fluent in Chinese!

In February of 1899, Lou and Herbert tied the knot at her parents’ home in Monterey, California. Despite being Quakers, they were married to a Roman Catholic priest. Interestingly, Lou chose to wear a dark-colored gown.

Not quite as buzzed about as Diana's and Charles' special day, but the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, still had quite a big day and included high-profile guests such as other royals and even Elton John!

The wedding that took place on July 23, 1986, was still pretty memorable. Interestingly, it was Princess Diana, Andrew's sister-in-law, who helped facilitate this royal match.

It was the year 1920, the year that the iconic jazz age couple, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre, got married. The ceremony consisted of 8 guests and took place at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on April 3rd.

As you can imagine, even though it was small, there probably hasn't been a more magical ceremony like that since.

Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan and Richard Nixon fell in love after meeting at an audition for a community play.

The two married on June 21, 1940, in Riverside, California, and following that, they honeymooned in Mexico. The photo above is a picture from Nixon’s wedding shower.

Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were fairly young when they married on July 7, 1946. At the time, she was only 18, and he was 21. The wedding was located in their hometown, Plains, Georgia.

It doesn’t come as a surprise that Jimmy wore his Navy uniform. Rosalynn chose a knee-length dress and paired it with a set of gloves, a hat, and a corsage.

While certainly not as media-worthy or influential as Queen Elizabeth's or Princess Diana's big day, the 1973 wedding between Princess Anne and Mark Phillips still drew a fair amount of attention.

Her turtleneck gown and draping sleeves had a distinct '70s look. She definitely looked beautiful!

In September 1953, John F. Kennedy married Jackie Bouvier in a dream wedding that took place in Rhode Island.

The media swarmed that event. Jackie's lace dress was supposedly made from 50 yards of material, and her look was complete with a veil that originally belonged to her grandmother.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s marriage was one for the ages. The two met when Newman was still married to his first wife. However, once he laid eyes on Woodward, he couldn't think of anyone else.

Reports are that Woodward initially had zero interest in him, but he was persistent. The two got married in Vegas in January 1958.

Alice Lee Roosevelt was the oldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. She was known to be quite the wild child. It was in 1906 when she married a Republican Congressman named Nicholas Longworth in the White House.

Nicholas was 14 years older, and Alice wasn’t quite ready to settle down. Because of this, she ended up having an affair with a Senator. Nicholas was also known to be something like a playboy which resulted in the two having a very up-and-down marriage.

In 1941 one of the most lavish weddings took place in the world of social elites on December 28 when heiress and future fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt wed movie producer Pat DiCicco.

The wedding took place in Beverly Hills and featured a beautiful cake and gorgeous decorations. That was the first of her four marriages.

Alfred Hitchcock was "hitched" by December 1926 to the lovely Alma Reville. Given the fact that the man is considered to be one of the greatest directors in history, you'd think that his wedding must have been a major production.

In reality, it was a rather simple affair followed by a quaint honeymoon in Paris.

While Mariah Carey has had a few relationships since tying the knot with Tommy Mottola back in 1993, we still wanted to take a look back at the notable dress she wore.

Her Vera Wang dress was inspired by Princess Diana's classic wedding gown, giving Mariah a billowing skirt, off-the-shoulder puff sleeves, and a 27-foot-long train. If that wasn't enough, the singer also wore a 10-foot veil and bedazzled tiara to complete her over-the-top look.

Helen Louise Herron “Nellie” Taft and would be president William Howard Taft married on June 19, 1886. The wedding ceremony took place at Nellie’s parent’s home in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her dress was a short-sleeved gown with her hair styled into a beautiful updo with a decorative accent.

While on their honeymoon, the two visited New York City and Sea Bright, New Jersey. Following that, they traveled to Europe for a total of three months.

The 1950s It Couple, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh walked down the aisle in 1951. This was a wedding where Jerry Lewis was the best man so you can imagine the star power in the room.

While it was iconic, it was a relatively intimate wedding with a small layered cake and a few floral centerpieces.

Geneva "Mamie" Doud, who was only 19 at the time, married Dwight Eisenhower on July 1st, 1916. At the time of their marriage, Dwight was 25 and a lieutenant in the Army.

The two wed at Mamie’s parents’ home in Denver, Colorado. Following the wedding, the two enjoyed their honeymoon at a resort nearby.

American businesswoman, philanthropist, and daughter of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson had her wedding in 1966. Her marriage to the Air National Guardsman, Pat Nugent, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., was attended by many important people and state officials.

There were 700 guests, and the bridesmaids wore bright pink matching outfits with full-length veils. (Pink, too, of course.)

Julie Andrews met Tony Walton when she was 12 years old, not knowing the part he will play in her future. At the time, she was involved in a Humpty Dumpty Christmas pantomime, playing the role of an egg. Among her front-row viewers was Walton, who couldn't take his eyes off her.

They met again on the train on their way back home and became friends. Two days later, Walton showed up at her door, and the two developed a close connection. They tied the knot in 1959.

The beloved French cabaret singer Edith Piaf married fellow singer Jacques Pills on September 20, 1952. Graceful and elegant as always, Piaf wore a simple white dress with a long-sleeved white bolero that was tied in the front.

The happy singer and her new husband celebrated with some champagne and a relatively small but gorgeous wedding cake. They got married at Saint Vincent de Paul Church in New York City, and the famous German actress Marlene Dietrich was the maid of honor.

A wedding in true British regal style, Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon and the Duke of York tied the knot in Westminster Abbey on April 26th, 1923. Lady Elizabeth went on to become the Queen Mother of England, and her husband, King George VI. 

The future queen wore a gown that was proper for the time — a laced white dress with a long train. The Duke of York wore the customary royal uniform. The wedding was an opulent ceremony, but the BBC was denied its request for coverage of the event.

The famous western actor of Hollywood’s Golden Age, John Wayne, dominated the silver screen during the 50s and 60s. After seven years of dating, this cowboy married Josephine Saenz, the daughter of the Consul of Panama in Los Angeles.

Since John was a presbyterian and Josephine catholic, her family wasn’t happy about the union and only allowed it after Wayne had become a big movie star. They got married in the house of actress Loretta Young, and Josephine wore a beautiful white dress paired with a bouquet of flowers and ribbons.

Beloved American actress, dancer, and singer Ginger Rogers lit up the big screen during the 30s and 40s. She and Fred Astaire were the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, but they were only a couple on the screen. In real life, Ginger married her second husband, Lew Ayres, in 1934, after the two of them met a year earlier on the set of "Don’t Bet on Love."

Ginger wore a gorgeous lace dress and a classy wide-brimmed veil hat. The wedding cake had a similar-looking doll figure of her on the top. Sadly, the couple separated less than two years later.

The famous Swedish star of "Casablanca," Ingrid Bergman, married Dr. Petter Lindstrom on July 10th, 1937. Lindstrom was a dentist that later became a neurosurgeon, and Bergman was at the height of her film career. Bergman wore a beautiful headdress, and the couple held the flower bouquet together.

The marriage lasted thirteen years, until 1950 when Bergman had an affair with director Roberto Rossellini, whom she later married and had three children with.

A young Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip in 1957 at a grand ceremony in Westminster Abbey. The church was decorated with white roses and camellias, and the Queen selected three different types of British orchids for her bouquet.

She wore a beautiful gown with flowers sewn on the neckline and the famous Queen Mary Fringe Tiara, which was later seen on other royal brides like Princess Anne and Princess Beatrice. Prince Phillip wore the traditional uniform. The Queen went on to reign the UK for an astonishing 70 years.

The heartthrob of Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, Clark Gable was nicknamed “The King of Hollywood,” with a career that lasted nearly 40 years. Gable married his fourth wife, English model, actress, and socialite Lady Sylvia Ashley in 1949.

The couple tied the knot at their California ranch in a beautiful ceremony where Lady Ashley wore an elegant black suit. The marriage lasted three years, and in 1955, Gable went on to marry actress Kay Williams.

English actor Cary Grant was Hollywood’s elegant leading man from the 30s to the 60s, and everyone was crazy about him. But one of the lucky ladies that caught him was his second wife, the heiress to the Woolworth fortune, Barbara Hutton. They married in 1942 in California, and Hutton wore an elaborate headdress and ornate bouquet. We can see the newlyweds standing beside Hutton’s childhood companion, Miss Touquet.

Grant met socialite Hutton during WWII when they were both selling war bonds. Due to their social and economic situation, they were called “Cash and Cary” after getting married.

Nobody could sing like "Ol' Blue Eyes" legend Frank Sinatra, who was one of the most popular entertainers from the 1940s to the 1960s. His second wife was Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner, a popular actress during the 40s and 50s.

They got married in Pennsylvania in 1951 when Gardner’s career was at its peak, and Sinatra's was slowing down. She wore a gorgeous dress and a pearl necklace. The couple separated three years later and finally got divorced in 1957. Gardner never remarried.

One of the loveliest faces in Hollywood history, Audrey Hepburn was a leading celebrity during the 50s and 60s. She met theater actor Mel Ferrer in 1953 at a party to celebrate the British premiere of Hepburn’s film "Roman Holiday."

A year later, in 1954, the couple got married in Switzerland, with Hepburn wearing a dreamy dress designed by Balmain and a rose tiara. Ferrer was 12 years her senior and had four children already, but the two were madly in love. They had a son together and a 14-year marriage until ultimately getting a divorce in 1968.

True to their unconventional rockstar lifestyle, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married in a registry office in Gibraltar. Yoko Ono wore a white, sixties-era minidress and tennis shoes with high socks. To top off the look, she donned huge round sunglasses and a sunhat.

The couple got married on March 21st, 1969 in Gibraltar, with the famous Rock of Gibraltar behind them. They stayed married for eleven years until Lennon’s death in 1980.

The younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, was 30 years old when she married the First Earl of Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones.

In true royal fashion, the princess wore a crown with a veil and a classy wedding dress with her traditional bouquet of flowers. The couple wed in 1960, stayed together for 18 years and had two children. She and Jones had remained close friends after their separation. Princess Margaret passed away in 2002.

Brigitte Bardot was considered by many to be the most beautiful actress to ever grace the screen. When she was barely 18 years old, the French bombshell got married to famous French screenwriter and director Roger Vadim. The wedding was in Paris in December of 1952, and Bardot’s parents were less than thrilled.

It turns out that they started dating when Vadim was 20 years old when Brigitte was only 14, and so when he proposed, her father pulled a gun at him. Brigitte immediately stuck her head in the oven and threatened to kill herself if she couldn’t marry him. Talk about drama!

In March of 1969, the ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Linda Louise tied the knot in London, England. Linda was a photographer and musician and the keyboardist of the band Wings, which also featured Paul.

The young couple shares a passionate kiss covered in petals to seal the ceremony, accompanied by their daughter Heather. Linda and Paul had four children and remained together until Linda passed away in 1998.

Orson Welles is the director, screenwriter, and actor behind "Citizen Kane," "A Touch of Evil," and some of cinema’s greatest masterpieces. He is considered to be one of the greatest American filmmakers of all time, and he married one of the greatest actresses of all time, Rita Hayworth. The press called her “The Love Goddess” due to her glamourous idol status throughout the 40s and 50s.

Above, Welles and Rita smile for the camera after getting married at Santa Monica’s marriage license bureau on September 7th, 1943. They divorced four years later.

Bill Robinson, known by his artist name “Bojangles,” was an American tap dancer, singer, and actor who was the highest-paid and most famous black entertainer in the U.S. throughout the 20th century.

Robinson married dancer and choreographer Elaine Plaines in 1944, and the two were married until Robinson’s death in 1949. Above, the newlyweds pose comically about to share a loving kiss.

It doesn’t get more classic Hollywood than Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. On May 21st, 1945, cinema’s favorite couple tied the knot at the 1200-acre Malabar Farm in Ohio. The property belonged to their friend, novelist Louis Bromfield. Bogart was 44 years old, and Bacall was only 19. Below, the newlyweds smile lovingly at each other while Bacall wears a big orchid bridal bouquet.

The two met on the set of the famous 1944 film, "To Have and Have Not," and went on to act in dozens of classic films after that. They stayed together until Bogart passed away in 1957.

Famous screen actress Bette Davis and artist and masseur William Grant Sherry look at each other lovingly as they cut their wedding cake at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. Davis wore a stylish blue suit and a wide-brimmed hat.

Grant was Davis’s third husband, whom she wed on November 20th, 1945, and had a daughter with. The couple divorced five years later, in 1950, and Davis went on to remarry her fourth husband that same year.

The singing star of "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "The Wizard of Oz," Judy Garland became one of America’s most beloved actresses. She met director Vincente Minnelli on the set of "Meet Me in St. Louis," which he was directing, and the couple got married shortly after in 1945. Garland had just turned 23, and Vincente was 19 years her senior.

The newlywed couple is seen above while Minnelli romantically kisses his new bride's forehead. They were married at Garland’s mother’s home in Hollywood. They had a daughter Liza Minnelli and finally divorced in 1951.

Beloved Hollywood child actress Shirley Temple was America’s most famous from 1934 to 1938. Below we see a very young 17-year-old Shirley marrying John Agar, a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force that was given special leave for his wedding, considering it was 1945 and the middle of the war.

The golden-curled icon wore a beautiful sky-blue dress and a tiara, and the bright red lipstick topped it off beautifully. The wedding took place at Temple’s family home. In 1950, they divorced, and Shirley remarried.

Even though she was born in the U.S., dancer, actress, and singer Josephine Baker adopted France as her home, and her career was mostly in Europe. She became the first black woman to star in a major film back in 1927.

Baker married French conductor and violinist Jo Bouillon in 1947, at the Milandes Castle in France, in a white feathered hat and a sheath dress. Bouillon was Baker’s fourth husband, and the two stayed together for 14 years, during which they adopted 12 children.

The star of "I Love Lucy," beloved comedienne and actress Lucille Ball, was one of the most adored celebrities in Hollywood during the 50s and 60s. Lucille met Cuban actor and bandleader Desi Arnaz at the beginning of 1940 on a movie set. By the end of the year, Lucille and Desi had eloped and gotten married in Connecticut.

The couple separated for a short time in 1944 and then got back together. Thus, they decided to have a big wedding ceremony in 1949 in California. Above, the couple shares a passionate kiss right after tying the knot.

Famous 50s actor Jimmy Stewart was a known bachelor of Hollywood, and he managed to stay that way for many years despite many proposals. However, in 1949, he finally got married to model, actress, and socialite Gloria Hatrick McLean.

The couple got married at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. Above we see the newlyweds leave the church, McLean in a beautiful white satin gown and flower headdress. There was a crowd of more than 600 fans waiting outside.

The famous star of "Basic Instinct," "Fatal Attraction," and 1987’s "Wall Street," Michael Douglas, has been Hollywood royalty for decades. But years before he married the stunning Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas tied the knot with film producer Diandra Luker in 1977. She was 19, he was 32, and they were both working on a set.

Above we see the young, glowing couple smiling for the camera. Diandra wore a classic white dress with a bell skirt and paired it with a chic silver clutch bag.

The English star of "Murder, She Wrote," Angela Lansbury, had a stellar acting career for over 80 years. Back in 1946, shortly after Lansbury had separated from her first husband, she met actor Peter Shaw at a party in a mutual friend’s house.

The two fell in love almost instantly, dated for a year, moved in together, and finally tied the knot on August 12th, 1949. They got married in London, and Angela wore a beautiful white doeskin and satin gown designed by Calve. She paired it with an impressive flower headdress. The two were together until Shaw’s passing in 2003.

Beloved American actress Debbie Reynolds started acting in 1948 and didn’t stop for the next seven decades, starring in some of Hollywood’s most classic films. Debbie was a young 23-year-old when she married famous 50s singer Eddie Fisher. The two got married in 1955, after a year of dating, at a mutual friend’s house in New York.

The couple met while entertaining U.S. troops in Korea during the Korean War. They had a happy marriage and two kids, including actress Carrie Fisher, until things went downhill. In what became one of Hollywood’s biggest scandals, Fisher left Reynolds in 1959 to marry Elizabeth Taylor, who was Reynolds’ best friend at the time.

Hollywood actress Joan Crawford started her extremely successful acting career in 1924, and she continued for a whopping five decades. As is common among actors, Crawford had been married three times to fellow actors until 1955, when she went in a completely different direction and tied the knot with business mogul Alfred N. Steele.

The couple eloped to Las Vegas and are seen above happily cutting their wedding cake while Crawford looks at her new husband lovingly. Steele was the CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Company for ten years until his death in 1959.

The Fonda patriarch, Henry Fonda, was one of the most famous actors from 1928 through 1982, with a career of more than 50 years. He starred in some of classic Hollywood’s most famous films, such as "Once Upon a Time in the West," "12 Angry Men," "The Grapes of Wrath," and countless more.

As for his love life, Henry Fonda was married five times. His second wife, shown above, was Canadian American socialite Frances Brokaw, with whom he had famous actors Peter and Jane Fonda. The smiling, happy couple got married in New York in 1936 and were together until France’s death in 1950.

Before she was an actress and singer, the beautiful Vanessa Williams became known for being the first black woman to win the Miss America title back in 1984. Shortly after winning, some lewd photos of her became public, and the scandal was such that she was ultimately forced to give up her title of Miss America.

During the scandal, a public relations professional called Ramon Hervey II was hired to mitigate the situation. He and Vanessa ended up falling for each other and got married three years later, in 1987. They had three kids and a marriage that lasted ten years.

One of the most famous and handsome actors in Hollywood history, Marlon Brando, was one of a kind. Acting in some of cinema’s most classic and memorable films, Brando had a career that spanned 60 years. Below we see the young heartthrob getting married to Indian-British actress Anna Kashfi in 1957.

The young, elegant couple got married in a quiet ceremony at Brando’s aunt’s house in California. Unfortunately, they had a tumultuous marriage that lasted only two years, finally getting a divorce in 1959 after having a son together.

Famous diva Diana Ross made a name for herself with "The Supremes" and then went off to have a very successful solo career. After separating from her first husband, Ross met Norwegian businessman and shipowner Arne Naess while vacationing in the Bahamas.

The couple got married in Switzerland’s oldest church, and Diana wore a beautiful silk and lace gown with a gorgeous flower headdress. The wedding was a big ceremony that included music from 45 choir boys. The couple had two sons and ultimately divorced in 2000.