So Jeanette MacDonald was happily married to an actor named Gene Raymond, although they never had any kids. He is totally lost to the sands of time for me, but seems to show up in the bios of other actors. For instance, he has twenty mentions in Victoria Wilson's monumental if partial Stanwyck bio, co-starring with her at least once and introducing her to her publicist Helen Ferguson, who was also his and Jeanette's publicist.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 November 2023 19:49 (six months ago) link
He was in Zoo in Budapest, which is still only a title to me. Morbius gave it 6/10.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 November 2023 20:00 (six months ago) link
Raymond was in Red Dust as they guy whose wife Clark Gable chases, the wife being Mary Astor.
― Josefa, Monday, 20 November 2023 21:04 (six months ago) link
The male lead in Flying Down to Rio. Upstaged by Fred and Ginger, obviously.
― It is a disgusting... (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 November 2023 21:15 (six months ago) link
I remember being really shocked when I found out Vigo Mortenson was married to Exene Cervenka.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 20 November 2023 21:26 (six months ago) link
I won an advanced-level trivia game with that…Q. Name a movie with two of Exene’s husbands in it.A. The 1997 remake of Vanishing Point
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 20 November 2023 22:31 (six months ago) link
Ooh v good! She and Vigo have a son! I'm sure this one is one here somewhere but I don't want to search - I love that Gary Oldman and Uma Thurman were briefly married.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 20 November 2023 23:29 (six months ago) link
Albert Finney and Anouk Aimée.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 November 2023 17:53 (six months ago) link
She was also married to Nico Papatakis for a few years before that and had a child with him.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 November 2023 17:56 (six months ago) link
Donna Reed and make-up artist William J. Tuttle.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:08 (six months ago) link
Zsa Zsa Gabor and George Sanders. Can you imagine?
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 20:57 (six months ago) link
Linda Darnell was married to some award-winning cinematographer I never heard of before, Peverell Marley.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 21:00 (six months ago) link
This thread does not seem to mention that George Sanders was also married to Magda Gabor. Although it is mentioned on this other thread by amateurist: Who was George Sanders?
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 November 2023 01:43 (six months ago) link
Speaking of these last two mentions, the second wife of the German-born director of Hangover Square, John Brahm, was German-then-American actress Dolly Haas who, a few years after divorcing Brahm married caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and a few years later gave birth to, you guessed it, Nina.
― Blecch’s POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 December 2023 21:30 (six months ago) link
Robert Wolders, mentioned upthread, played a handsome ski instructor on an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show #onethreadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYaPvU8q9A4Bonus points for Lisa Gerritsen.
― Blecch’s POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 December 2023 21:47 (six months ago) link
Was watching an Italian James Bond knockoff from the ‘60s in which French actor Jacques Bergerac (Gigi) played essentially the Dr. Evil character.
Didn’t know Bergerac was once married to Ginger Rogers. Not just that, but she “discovered” him and brought him to MGM.
Also didn’t know that Bergerac was subsequently married to Dorothy Malone.
― Josefa, Friday, 9 February 2024 19:59 (four months ago) link
Wow
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 February 2024 20:05 (four months ago) link
not quite the thread topic, but i was unprepared to learn that greta scacchi was married to both tim finn and vincent d'onofrio
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 February 2024 02:24 (three months ago) link
She's in this video for Tim Finn's Carve You In Marble:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_oOZz--Xfg
I love this song.
― nate woolls, Monday, 19 February 2024 20:39 (three months ago) link
Evelyn Keyes was married to someone I never heard of, then Charles Vidor, then John Huston, then later Artie Shaw, although being married to Artie Shaw, similar to being married Mickey Rooney, should probably not count.
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, June 30, 2019 8:46 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
i was coming here with this one (just watched here comes mr. jordan the other night). to be fair, she was married to artie shaw for almost 30 years, his longest marriage by a significant amount
― na (NA), Monday, 19 February 2024 21:07 (three months ago) link
also charles vidor is a different person than king vidor (something i did not realize initially)
― na (NA), Monday, 19 February 2024 21:08 (three months ago) link
King Charles... Vidor
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Monday, 19 February 2024 21:25 (three months ago) link
Denholm Elliott and Virginia McKenna.
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Friday, 8 March 2024 21:14 (three months ago) link
Not quite old timey and never married but... Patti Lupone and Kevin Kline.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 23:36 (three months ago) link
Even less old times and definitely married: Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 10 March 2024 05:10 (three months ago) link
*timey
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 10 March 2024 05:11 (three months ago) link
Technically doesn’t quite work but: Walter Matthau’s wife Carol, who was supposedly the inspiration for Holly Golightly as well as Glenn Close’s portrayal of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, had previously been married to William Saroyan.
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 02:18 (two months ago) link
She's in Mikey and Nicky. Her memoir, Among the Porcupines, is a great read and talks about the making of the film.
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 02:28 (two months ago) link
i learned last week that james mason was belinda carlisle's father-in-law
― na (NA), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:31 (two months ago) link
Feel like I just read or heard something about him coaching another, younger actor or actress, telling them to close their eyes right before the camera started rolling, both as a way to concentrate and to dilate the pupils
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:26 (two months ago) link
Two actors: Betty Garrett and Larry Parks
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 March 2024 09:27 (two months ago) link
Beata Tyszkiewicz and Andrzej Wajda
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 April 2024 03:04 (two months ago) link
Barbara Rhoades and Bernie Orenstein!
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:13 (one month ago) link
😼
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:31 (one month ago) link
OMG THOSE TWO???
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 4 May 2024 05:13 (one month ago) link
Are you making a joke because it got double posted for whatever reason and you don’t even know who they are?
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 May 2024 06:17 (one month ago) link
Okay I did put an exclamation point it’s true.
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 May 2024 11:19 (one month ago) link