Stars who enjoyed multiple marriages as Patsy Kensit prepares for fifth wedding

20 February 2023 , 23:20

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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.”

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Burhan 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)

Zsa Zsa Gabor with her husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt photographed at home on June 6, 1990 in Bel Air, California (Getty Images)

Michael O’Hara (1976-1983)

Felipe de Alba (1983; annulled)

Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (1986–2016)

Micky Rooney, 8 times

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“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)

Actor Mickey Rooney and his first wife American actress Ava Gardner in 1942 (Getty Images)

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.”

Joan Collins with her second husband Anthony Newley (Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Sean Bean, pictured with his fourth wife Georgina Sutcliffe, has been married five times (the daily mirror)

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)

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at their first wedding in 1964 (Getty Images)

Patsy Kensit is set to marry for a fifth time (Instagram)

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.”