Some couples marry for love and vow to stay together “until death us do part”.
And then there are the showbiz people who marry for... a while.
Actress Patsy Kensit, 54, is to wed a fifth time after getting engaged to Patric Cassidy, 58. He follows Dan Donovan (1988-1991), Jim Kerr (1992-1996), Liam Gallagher (1997-2000) and Jeremy Healy (2009-2010). Here, we reveal some other famous multi-weds.
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 9 times
“A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.”
Patsy Kensit rushed to hospital with pneumonia as she thanks the NHSBurhan Belge (1935-1941)
Conrad Hilton Sr (1942-1947)
George Sanders (1949-1954)
Herbert Hutner (1962-1966)
Joshua S Cosden Jr (1966-1967)
Jack Ryan (1975-1976)
Michael O’Hara (1976-1983)
Felipe de Alba (1983; annulled)
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (1986–2016)
Micky Rooney, 8 times
EastEnders' Danielle Harold looks worlds away from soap in raunchy swimsuit pics“Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted the whole day.”
Ava Gardner (1942-1943)
Betty Jane Phillips (1944-1949)
Martha Vickers (1949-1951)
Elaine Devry (1952-1958)
Barbara Ann Thomason (1958-1966)
Marge Lane (1966-1967)
Carolyn Hockett (1969-1975)
Jan Chamberlin (1978-2014)
Sean Bean, 5 times
“I’ve obviously experienced more marriages than most people. I suppose there is that romantic in me, otherwise I wouldn’t keep doing it. But I don’t regret anything. I’d live it all again.”
Debra James (1981-1988)
Melanie Hill (1990-1997)
Abigail Cruttenden (1997-2000)
Georgina Sutcliffe (2008-2010)
Ashley Moore (2017-present)
Dame Joan Collins, 5 times
“All of a sudden I found myself with the reputation of being a swinger and a home-wrecker. Beverly Hills wives were supposed to live in fear in case I cast my green orbs in the direction of their men.”
She also said: “Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.”
Maxwell Reed (1952-1956)
Anthony Newley, right (1963-1971)
Ron Kass (1972-1983)
Peter Holm (1985-1987)
Percy Gibson (2000-present)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, 8 times
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in
her life to be thankful for a good one.”
Conrad Hilton Jr (1950–1951)
Michael Wilding (1952–1957)
Mike Todd (1957–1958)
Eddie Fisher (1959–1964)
Richard Burton (1964- 1974)
Richard Burton (1975–1976)
John Warner (1976–1982)
Larry Fortensky (1991–1996)
Richard Pryor, 7 times
“Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.”
Patricia Price (1960-1966)
Shelley R Bonus (1968-1969)
Deborah McGuire (1977-1978)
Jennifer Lee (1981-1982)
Flynn Belaine (1986-1987)
Flynn Belaine (1990-1991)
Jennifer Lee (2001-2005)
Billy Bob Thornton, 6 times
“I’ve been married five times, and people think that’s some bizarre thing, yet I’ve got buddies who refuse to get married and have sex with 15 people a week.”
Melissa Lee Gatlin (1978-1980)
Toni Lawrence (1986-1988)
Cynda Williams (1990-1992)
Pietra Dawn Cherniak (1993-1997)
Angelina Jolie (2000-2003)
Connie Angland (2014-present)
Gary Oldman, 5 times
“Look, relationships are very, very hard. They just are. One of them was for 10 minutes. I don’t think it meant very much to either of us.”
Lesley Manville (1987-1990)
Uma Thurman (1990-1992)
Donya Fiorentino (1997-2001)
Alexandra Edenborough (2008-2015)
Gisele Schmidt (2017-present)