Spouses of Elizabeth Taylor

1. Elizabeth Taylor

Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked ...

Spouse - Level 1 Larry Fortensky (6 October 1991 - 31 October 1996) (divorced) John Warner (4 December 1976 - 7 November 1982) (divorced) Richard Burton (10 October 1975 - 1 August 1976) (remarried) (divorced) Richard Burton (15 March 1964 - 26 June 1974) (divorced) 1 child Eddie Fisher (12 May 1959 - 6 March 1964) (divorced) Michael Todd (2 February 1957 - 22 March 1958) (his death) 1 child Michael Wilding (21 February 1952 - 30 January 1957) (divorced) 2 children [link=nm1260744[/link] (6 May 1950 - 1 February 1951) (divorced)

2. Conrad Hilton Jr.

Conrad Hilton Jr. was born on July 6, 1926 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was married to Patricia McClintock and Elizabeth Taylor. He died on February 5, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Spouse - Level 2 Patricia McClintock (26 November 1958 - 1965) (divorced) 2 children Elizabeth Taylor (6 May 1950 - 1 February 1951) (divorced)

3. Michael Wilding

Actor | The Law and the Lady

Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England on July 23, 1912, Wilding became a commercial artist after leaving school. He gained employment in the art department of a film studio in London in 1933, and he was soon approached by producers to become a movie star-in-training due to his dashing good looks. ...

Spouse - Level 2 Margaret Leighton (10 July 1964 - 13 January 1976) (her death) Susan Neill (12 February 1958 - 23 July 1962) (divorced) Elizabeth Taylor (21 February 1952 - 30 January 1957) (divorced) 2 children Kay Young (1937 - 18 December 1951) (divorced)

4. Mike Todd

Producer | Around the World in Eighty Days

Film producer Michael Todd was one of the major contributors to technical innovation in the film industry in the 1950s. Having worked with Fred Waller and Cinerama, he got tired of the three-panel format, left the company and tried to find the process for making "Cinerama coming from one hole". He ...

Spouse - Level 2 Elizabeth Taylor (2 February 1957 - 22 March 1958) (his death) 1 child Joan Blondell (4 July 1947 - 8 June 1950) (divorced) Bertha Freshman (14 February 1927 - 3 August 1946) (her death) 1 child

5. Eddie Fisher

Soundtrack | Carol

In 1953 Eddie Fisher was given his own fifteen-minute TV show called Coke Time (1953), sponsored by the Coca-Cola company. This show proved to be so popular that Coke then offered Eddie a $1 million contract to be their national spokesperson. A deal of that magnitude was almost unheard of at this ...

Spouse - Level 2 Betty Lin (14 July 1993 - 15 April 2001) (her death) Terry Richard (29 October 1975 - April 1976) (divorced) Connie Stevens (9 February 1967 - 1969) (divorced) 2 children Elizabeth Taylor (12 May 1959 - 6 March 1964) (divorced) Debbie Reynolds (18 September 1955 - May 1959) (divorced) 2 children

6. Richard Burton

Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Probably best-remembered for his turbulent personal life with Elizabeth Taylor (whom he married twice), Richard Burton was nonetheless also regarded as an often brilliant British actor of the post-WWII period.

Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in 1925 into a Welsh (Cymraeg)-speaking family in ...

Spouse - Level 2 Sally Hay (3 July 1983 - 5 August 1984) (his death) Susan Hunt (21 August 1976 - 1982) (divorced) Elizabeth Taylor (10 October 1975 - 1 August 1976) (remarried/redivorced) Elizabeth Taylor (15 March 1964 - 26 June 1974) (divorced) 1 child Sybil Williams (5 February 1949 - 5 December 1963) (divorced) 2 children

7. John Warner

Marijuana

John Warner was a government official who had served as Undersecretary and then Secretary of the U.S. Navy during the Nixon Administration, 1972-1974, before he was appointed in 1974 to head up the federal government's American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His marriage to Elizabeth Taylor...

Spouse - Level 2 Jean Vander Myde (14 December 2003 - present) Elizabeth Taylor (4 December 1976 - 7 November 1982) (divorced) Catherine Conover Mellon (7 August 1957 - August 1973) (divorced) 3 children

8. Larry Fortensky

Self | E! True Hollywood Story

Larry Fortensky was born on January 17, 1952 in Stockton, California, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Taylor, Karin McNeal and Priscilla Torres. He died on July 7, 2016 in Fontana, California, USA.

Spouse - Level 2 Elizabeth Taylor (6 October 1991 - 31 October 1996) (divorced)

9. Kay Young

Actress | In Which We Serve

Kay Young was born on August 31, 1915 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for In Which We Serve (1942), Woman to Woman (1947) and Hitchhike to Hell (1941). She was married to Douglass Montgomery and Michael Wilding. She died on February 24, 1994 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA.

Spouse - Level 3 Douglass Montgomery (12 March 1952 - 23 July 1966) (his death) Michael Wilding (1937 - 18 December 1951) (divorced)

10. Susan Neill

Actress | Kill Her Gently

Susan Neill is known for Kill Her Gently (1957) and 1132 Pleasant Street (2000). She was previously married to Michael Wilding.

Spouse - Level 3 Michael Wilding (12 February 1958 - 23 July 1962) (divorced)

11. Margaret Leighton

Actress | The Go-Between

Tall, reedy, thin-browed, light-haired British award-winning theatre actress Margaret Leighton was born in Worchestershire, England, on February 26, 1922, the daughter of a businessman. Expressing an early desire to act, she quit school at age 15 and auditioned and joined Sir Barry Jackson's ...

Spouse - Level 3 Michael Wilding (1964 - 13 January 1976) (her death) Laurence Harvey (1957 - 1961) (divorced) Max Reinhardt (1947 - 1955) (divorced)

12. Joan Blondell

Actress | Grease

With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan Blondell was usually cast as the wisecracking working girl who was the lead's best friend.

Joan was born Rose Blondell in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of Katie and Eddie Blondell, who were vaudeville performers. Her father was a Polish ...

Spouse - Level 3 Michael Todd (4 July 1947 - 8 June 1950) (divorced) Dick Powell (19 September 1936 - 14 July 1944) (divorced) 1 child George Barnes (4 January 1933 - 4 September 1936) (divorced) 1 child

13. Debbie Reynolds

Actress | Singin' in the Rain

Debbie Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Maxine N. (Harmon) and Raymond Francis Reynolds, a carpenter for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Her film career began at MGM after she won a beauty contest at age 16 impersonating Betty Hutton. Reynolds wasn't a ...

Spouse - Level 3 Richard Hamlett (25 May 1984 - May 1996) (divorced) Harry Karl (25 November 1960 - 1973) (divorced) Eddie Fisher (26 September 1955 - May 1959) (divorced) 2 children

14. Connie Stevens

Actress | Hawaiian Eye

Lovely, indefatigable Connie Stevens added sparkle to a number of films and TV shows in the late 50s and 60s Hollywood. Brooklyn born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia is of Italian/Sicilian and Irish descent, the daughter of Eleanor McGinley and Teddy Stevens (born Peter Ingolia). She was subsequently ...

Spouse - Level 3 Eddie Fisher (9 February 1967 - 12 June 1969) (divorced) 2 children James Stacy (12 October 1963 - 2 November 1966) (divorced)

15. Sybil Williams

Self | The Steve Lawrence Show

Sybil Williams was born on March 27, 1929 in Tylorstown, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for The Steve Lawrence Show (1965), The David Susskind Show (1958) and The Young Set (1965). She was married to Jordan Christopher and Richard Burton. She died on March 7, 2013 in Manhattan...

Spouse - Level 3 Jordan Christopher (1965 - 1996) (his death) 1 child Richard Burton (5 February 1949 - 5 December 1963) (divorced) 2 children

16. Susan Hunt

Actress | Twenty-Nine

Susan Hunt is known for Twenty-Nine (1969), The Superstars (1973) and Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese (1978). She was previously married to Richard Burton and James Hunt.

Spouse - Level 3 Richard Burton (21 August 1976 - 1982) (divorced) James Hunt (1975 - 1976)

17. Sally Burton

Producer | Great West End Theatres

Sally Burton is known for Great West End Theatres (2012), Kilroy (1986) and Wagner (1983). She was previously married to Richard Burton.

Spouse - Level 3 Richard Burton (3 July 1983 - 5 August 1984) (his death)

18. Laurence Harvey

Actor | The Manchurian Candidate

Laurence Harvey was a British movie star who helped usher in the 1960s with his indelible portrait of a ruthless social climber, and became one of the decade's cultural icons for his appearances in socially themed motion pictures.

Harvey was born Zvi Mosheh Skikne on October 1, 1928 in Joniskis, ...

Spouse - Level 4 Paulene Stone (31 December 1972 - 25 November 1973) (his death) 1 child Joan Perry (17 October 1968 - 14 February 1972) (divorced) Margaret Leighton (8 August 1957 - 26 January 1961) (divorced)

19. George Barnes

Cinematographer | Rebecca

Veteran cinematographer George S. Barnes had a well-earned reputation for reliability and a knack for combining artistry with economic efficiency. As a result, he was seldom out of work.

Having started as a still photographer for Thomas H. Ince in 1918, Barnes quickly rose through the ranks to ...

Spouse - Level 4 Margaret Atkinson (9 June 1947 - 30 May 1953) (his death) Elizabeth (Betty) Wood (13 September 1936 - 11 May 1938) (divorced) 1 child Joan Blondell (4 January 1933 - 4 September 1936) (divorced) Melba Kruger (? - ?) (divorced) 2 children

20. Dick Powell

Actor | Murder, My Sweet

Few actors ever managed a complete image transition as thoroughly as did Dick Powell: in his case, from the boyish, wavy-haired crooner in musicals to rugged crime fighters in film noirs. Powell grew up in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three brothers (one of them, Howard, ended up as ...

Spouse - Level 4 June Allyson (19 August 1945 - 2 January 1963) (his death) 2 children Joan Blondell (19 September 1936 - 14 July 1944) (divorced) 1 child Maude Maund (1925 - 1927) (divorced)

21. Harry Karl

Self | The 37th Annual Academy Awards

Harry Karl was born on March 9, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Debbie Reynolds, Joan Perry, Marie McDonald and Ruth Elizabeth Lamb. He died on August 7, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Spouse - Level 4 Debbie Reynolds (25 November 1960 - 1973) (divorced) Joan Perry (1 September 1959 - 6 November 1959) (divorced) Marie McDonald (14 June 1955 - 16 April 1958) (divorced) 1 child Marie McDonald (19 September 1947 - 23 November 1954) (divorced) 2 children Ruth Lamb (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child

22. James Stacy

Actor | Cagney & Lacey

Born Maurice William Elias in Los Angeles, James Stacy is the son of a Lebanese immigrant father and an American-born mother of Irish-Scottish descent. As a teen, Stacy first aspired to play professional football but settled on a career in the movies after a friend coaxed him into taking some ...

Spouse - Level 4 Kim Darby (20 March 1968 - 26 June 1969) (divorced) 1 child Connie Stevens (12 October 1963 - 2 November 1966) (divorced)

23. Jordan Christopher

Actor | Brainstorm

Jordan Christopher was born on October 23, 1940 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Brainstorm (1983), Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969) and That's Life! (1986). He was married to Sybil Williams. He died on January 21, 1996 in New York City, New York, USA.

Spouse - Level 4 Sybil Williams (1965 - 1996) (his death) 1 child

24. Joan Perry

Actress | The Devil Is Driving

Born in Florida, Joan went to New York where she worked as a model. In 1935 she went to Hollywood where she was signed at Columbia Pictures. While at Columbia, Joan appeared in a number of films and worked with leading men such as Ralph Bellamy, Melvyn Douglas and Lew Ayres. She also caught the eye...

Spouse - Level 5 Laurence Harvey (17 October 1968 - 14 February 1972) (divorced) Harry Karl (1 September 1959 - 6 November 1959) (divorced) Harry Cohn (31 July 1941 - 27 February 1958) (his death) 4 children

25. Paulene Stone

Actress | ITV Playhouse

Paulene Stone was born on May 10, 1941 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for ITV Playhouse (1967), I Am a Bounty Hunter: Domino Harvey's Life (2006) and Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (2002). She was previously married to Mark Burns, Peter Morton, Laurence...

Spouse - Level 5 Laurence Harvey (31 December 1972 - 25 November 1973) (his death) 1 child Tony Norris (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child Peter Morton (? - ?) (divorced) Mark Burns (? - 8 May 2007) (his death)

26. June Allyson

Actress | Executive Suite

American leading lady whose sweet smile and sunny disposition made her the prototypical girl-next-door of American movies of the 1940s. Raised in semi-poverty in Bronx neighborhoods by her divorced mother, Allyson (nee Ella Geisman) was injured in a fall at age eight and spent four years confined ...

Spouse - Level 5 David Ashrow (30 October 1976 - 8 July 2006) (her death) Alfred Glenn Maxwell (1 April 1966 - 17 March 1970) (divorced) Alfred Glenn Maxwell (13 October 1963 - 20 April 1965) (divorced) Dick Powell (19 August 1945 - 2 January 1963) (his death) 2 children

27. Marie McDonald

Actress | A Scream in the Dark

Kentucky-born Marie McDonald, born Cora Marie Frye in 1923, was a leggy, voluptuous blonde starlet who pursued her career with a vengeance but found little reward in the end. Her mother was a former Ziegfeld girl and her grandmother an operatic singer. Her father, on the other hand, was not so ...

Spouse - Level 5 Donald F. Taylor (1 November 1963 - 21 October 1965) (her death) Edward F. Callahan (6 August 1962 - 5 September 1963) (annulled) Louis Bass (23 May 1959 - 8 April 1960) (divorced) Harry Karl (14 June 1955 - 16 April 1958) (divorced) 1 child Harry Karl (19 September 1947 - 23 November 1954) (divorced) 2 children Victor M. Orsatti (10 January 1943 - 16 May 1947) (divorced) Richard Allord (24 September 1940 - 23 September 1941) (annulled)

28. Joan Perry

Actress | The Devil Is Driving

Born in Florida, Joan went to New York where she worked as a model. In 1935 she went to Hollywood where she was signed at Columbia Pictures. While at Columbia, Joan appeared in a number of films and worked with leading men such as Ralph Bellamy, Melvyn Douglas and Lew Ayres. She also caught the eye...

Spouse - Level 5 Laurence Harvey (17 October 1968 - 14 February 1972) (divorced) Harry Karl (1 September 1959 - 6 November 1959) (divorced) Harry Cohn (31 July 1941 - 27 February 1958) (his death) 4 children

29. Kim Darby

Actress | True Grit

The child of professional dancers, Kim Darby began her career studying dance with her father, as well as Nico Charisse. At fourteen, she was granted special admission to Tony Barr's acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot. He wrote later that it was her remarkable openness, ...

Spouse - Level 5 James Westmoreland (6 February 1970 - May 1970) (divorced) James Stacy (20 March 1968 - 26 June 1969) (divorced) 1 child William Tennant (? - ?) (divorced) ? (? - ?) (divorced)

30. Harry Cohn

It Happened One Night

He was crude, uneducated, foul and, even on his best behavior, abrasive. No major studio executive of the so-called "Golden Age" was more loathed (although at times the dictatorial Samuel Goldwyn and the hard-nosed Jack L. Warner came close) than Harry Cohn.

Born in the middle of 5 children to ...

Spouse - Level 6 Joan Perry (31 July 1941 - 27 February 1958) (his death) 4 children Rose Barker Cromwell (18 September 1923 - 28 July 1941) (divorced)

31. Mark Burns

Actor | Stardust

Mark Burns was born on March 30, 1936 in Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Stardust (2007), House of the Living Dead (1974) and Count Dracula (1977). He was married to Jane How and Paulene Stone. He died on May 8, 2007 in London, England, UK.

Spouse - Level 6 Jane How (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child Paulene Stone (? - 8 May 2007) (his death)

32. Peter Morton

Producer | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Peter Morton is known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Eddie the Eagle (2015) and Snatch (2000). He was previously married to Tarlton Morton and Paulene Stone.

Spouse - Level 6 Tarlton Morton (1990 - 1997) (divorced) 2 children Paulene Stone (? - ?) (divorced)

33. David Ashrow

Actor | Airwolf

David Ashrow was born on December 8, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Airwolf (1984), Misfits of Science (1985) and Simon & Simon (1981). He was married to June Allyson. He died on April 23, 2007 in Ojai, California, USA.

Spouse - Level 6 June Allyson (30 October 1976 - 8 July 2006) (her death)

34. Richard Allord

Spouse - Level 6 Marie McDonald (1940 - ?) (divorced)

35. Victor M. Orsatti

Producer | The Texan

Victor M. Orsatti was born on November 25, 1905 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Victor M. was a producer, known for The Texan (1958), Flight to Hong Kong (1956) and Apache Territory (1958). Victor M. was married to Arla Turner, Dolores Donlon, Marie McDonald and June Lang. Victor M. died on June 9...

Spouse - Level 6 Arla Turner (6 March 1973 - 9 June 1984) (his death) Dolores Donlon (3 September 1949 - 25 February 1960) (divorced) Marie McDonald (10 January 1943 - 16 May 1947) (divorced) June Lang (29 May 1937 - 1 August 1938) (divorced)

36. Donald F. Taylor

Producer | Promises..... Promises!

Donald F. Taylor was a producer, known for Promises..... Promises! (1963). Donald F. was married to Marie McDonald. Donald F. died on October 23, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Spouse - Level 6 Marie McDonald (I) (1 November 1963 - 21 October 1965) (her death)

37. Bill Tennant

Producer | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

Bill Tennant was born on May 31, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) and King of the Mountain (1981). He was married to Frances Louise Badham-Thornhill, Kim Darby, Susan Brewer...

Spouse - Level 6 Kim Darby (I) (? - ?) (divorced)

38. James Westmoreland

Actor | Don't Answer the Phone!

James Westmoreland was born on November 25, 1935 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Don't Answer the Phone! (1980), The Monroes (1966) and Bronco (1958). He was married to Kim Darby. He died on September 14, 2016 in Palm Desert, California, USA.

Spouse - Level 6 Kim Darby (6 February 1970 - March 1970) (divorced)

39. Jane How

Actress | Miss Potter

Jane How was born on December 21, 1950 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Miss Potter (2006), Cruella (2021) and A Good Woman (2004).

Spouse - Level 7 Richard Durden (21 January 1996 - present) Mark Burns (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child

40. Tarlton Morton

Tarlton Morton was previously married to Peter Morton.

Spouse - Level 7 Peter Morton (1990 - 1997) 2 children

41. June Lang

Actress | Chandu the Magician

This approachable blue-eyed blonde with a striking, open-faced beauty had a very encouraging career going for her in 30s Hollywood but extenuating circumstances hurt her chances in the long run. In less than a decade and a half June Lang was out of pictures altogether (after appearing in over 30) ...

Spouse - Level 7 Lt. William Morgan (5 January 1944 - 23 April 1954) (divorced) 1 child Johnny Roselli (1 April 1940 - 20 February 1942) (divorced) Victor M. Orsatti (29 June 1937 - 1 August 1938) (divorced)

42. Dolores Donlon

Actress | The Long Wait

Dolores Donlon was born on September 19, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Long Wait (1954), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) and Flight to Hong Kong (1956). She was married to Fernando Mendez, Robert de Pasquale and Victor M. Orsatti. She died on ...

Spouse - Level 7 Robert de Pasquale (November 1962 - ?) Victor M. Orsatti (3 September 1949 - 25 February 1960) (divorced)

43. Richard Durden

Actor | From Paris with Love

Distinguished-looking, silvery-haired thespian, born Mark Richard Durden-Smith, son of A.J. Durden-Smith, fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons. His older brother was the documentary film maker Jo Durden-Smith. Richard attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College near Hertford and studied at ...

Spouse - Level 8 Jane How (21 January 1996 - present) Maria Aitken (19 January 1968 - 1971) (divorced)

44. Johnny Roselli

Producer | Canon City

Johnny Roselli was born on July 4, 1905 in Italy. He was a producer, known for Canon City (1948). He was married to June Lang and Marajen Stevick. He died on August 9, 1976 in Dumfounding Bay, Florida, USA.

Spouse - Level 8 June Lang (1 April 1940 - 20 February 1942) (divorced)

45. Maria Aitken

Actress | A Fish Called Wanda

Maria Aitken was born on September 12, 1945 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress and writer, known for A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Fierce Creatures (1997) and Spider (2002). She has been married to Patrick McGrath since December 28, 1991. She was previously married to Nigel Davenport and Richard ...

Spouse - Level 9 Patrick McGrath (28 December 1991 - present) Nigel Davenport (May 1972 - 1981) (divorced) 1 child Richard Durden (19 January 1968 - 1971) (divorced)

46. Nigel Davenport

Actor | A Man for All Seasons

Nigel Davenport was born on May 23, 1928 in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Man for All Seasons (1966), Chariots of Fire (1981) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977). He was married to Maria Aitken and Helena Margaret White. He died on October 25, 2013 ...

Spouse - Level 10 Maria Aitken (May 1972 - 1980) (divorced) 1 child Helena Margaret White (1951 - ?) (divorced) 2 children

47. Patrick McGrath

Writer | Spider

Patrick McGrath was born on February 7, 1950 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Spider (2002), Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995) and Asylum (2005). He has been married to Maria Aitken since December 28, 1991.

Spouse - Level 10 Maria Aitken (28 December 1991 - present)