We tend to think of celebrity marriages as being short and tempestuous. Certainly, there are many stresses in the lives of those in show business, long separations while one or another is on location, constant examination by the media, and often a prima dona attitude in both partners. Yet sometimes it works and the resulting marriages can become famous purely because they last.

In seeking to introduce more modern romances into this blog, I have done some research and surprised myself with the number of successful celebrity marriages there are. Here is a short list of those I found in half an hour this morning:

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
Walter Cronkite and Betsy Maxwell
Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman
Johnny Cash and June Carter
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell
Bob Hope and Dolores Reade
Frankie Avalon and Kay Diebel
Kirk and Anne Douglas

In time, we might get around to looking at some of these marriages for the blog. But, in the meantime, let’s enjoy the fact that there are instances of great celebrity romances.

Clive