Here Are the Hollywood Stars Who Have Been Divorced Far Too Many Times

Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson’s last divorce was her fourth. Or maybe fifth. No one knows. She divorced Mötley Crüe drummer and all-around bad boy Tommy Lee in 1998. Then, she divorced Kid Rock after a year-long marriage. Then, she married and divorced Rick Salomon two or three times.

In 2020, Anderson married Hollywood producer Jon Peters. 12 days later, Pammy announced she and Peters had separated. On Christmas Eve, 2020, Anderson married her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst. Less than a month later, she announced that they had split up!

Fargo star Billy Bob Thornton has been married six times and divorced five times. He wed his first wife, Melissa Lee Gatlin, in 1978 — and over the next two decades, he also married and divorced Toni Lawrence, Cynda Williams, and Pietra Thornton.

Billy Bob punched above his weight (and age) when he married Angelina Jolie in 2000 — all whilst he was engaged to actress Laura Dern. During an interview with Talk magazine, Dern claimed that “while I was away, my boyfriend got married, and I’ve never heard from him again.” Just a few years later, though, Angie and Billy Bob split up. Thornton married his sixth wife, Connie Angland, in 2014.

J.Lo has been married four times and divorced three. Her first short-lived marriage was to Cuban actor and producer Ojani Noa in 1997. She then married dancer Cris Judd for two years, divorcing in 2003. She planned to marry Ben Affleck around 2002, but when things didn’t work out, she got hitched to Latin salsa singer and fellow serial divorcee Marc Anthony in 2004.

10 years and two kids later, they divorced in 2014. Then, in a Hollywood twist everyone hoped they’d see, 20 years after they first got engaged, Jennifer and Ben Affleck officially said “I do” in July 2022.

Englishman Gary Oldman is one of the most versatile actors out there — and he’s played the role of husband five times. He left his first wife, English actress Lesley Manville, ​​three months after their son was born. Bad Gary! Next on his impressive resume was Uma Thurman, which lasted for two years before he became engaged to Isabella Rossellini.

Gary’s third ex-wife was Linda Fiorentino’s model sister, Donya. His fourth ex-wife was musician Alexandra Edenborough. In 2017, Gary married photographer Gisele Schmidt. So far, they’re still together… for now.

The most famous Kardashian sister divorced music producer Damon Thomas in 2004. Then, in 2011, she tied the knot to NBA player Kris Humphries in a glitzy wedding, which most people now believe was a publicity stunt. Kim famously filed for divorce just 72 days later.

Next, Kim married rapper Kanye West in 2014, and they had four kids named North, South, East, and West. No, not really — their kids are North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm. In 2022, they finally split in a reported $2.1 billion divorce.

For Tom Cruise, marriage is an impossible mission. He divorced his first wife, actress Mimi Rogers, in 1990 after falling for Nicole Kidman while shooting Days of Thunder. Tom and Nicole divorced in 2001.

After declaring his love for Katie Holmes by jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey’s sofa, Tom married Katie in 2006 before she divorced him six years later. Actress Nazanin Boniadi nearly became wife number four after winning an “audition” to date Cruise before an alleged arranged marriage. Allegedly.

Actress and former Miss Hungary Zsa Zsa Gabor once said, “I am a perfect housekeeper: every time I divorce, I keep the house.” Her nine, yes… nine husbands included Turkish political writer Burhan Asaf Belge, hotelier Conrad Hilton, actor George Sanders, banker Herbert Hutner, Jr., and Barbie doll creator Jack Ryan.

She had her marriage to Felipe de Alba annulled after one day and presumably said, “I want to be alone!” But then, she married Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt in 1986, and the two were together until Zsa Zsa passed away in 2016, aged 99!

Great Scott! Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd has been married five times and divorced four times. He first married Catherine Boyd when he was 21 in 1959. Over the following decades, he wed Kay Tornborg, Carol Ann Vanek, and Jane Walker Wood.

Lloyd tried to go back to 1955 in his DeLorian to erase his marital history, but that didn’t work. So, he married Lisa Loiacono in 2017. He was 79, and she was 46. Marrying someone 32 years your junior is the next best way to make up for lost time.

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire, Jerry Lee Lewis was married seven times! His most notable marriage was to his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown, who said he badly mistreated her. His fourth wife, Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate, drowned in a swimming pool.

Lewis’ fifth marriage to Shawn Stevens lasted 77 days before she, too, passed away in mysterious circumstances. His years of wedlock to Kerrie McCarver lasted from 1984 to 2004. His sixth marriage was to Judith Brown in 2012, and they divorced in 2014. Jerry passed away in 2022, aged 87.

Brazilian-born actress and model Jennifer O’Neill’s marital history is more colorful than the Rio de Janeiro Mardi Gras carnival! She’s been married nine times to eight different men! Aged 17, she wed Dean Rossiter in 1965. Hubby No. 2 was Joseph Koster. Husbands three, four, and five were Nick De Boia, Jeff Barry, and John Lederer.

Richard Alan Brown was husband number six and eight, with Neil L. Bonin sandwiched in between. Finally, lucky number nine worked like a charm. She married Mervin Disney Louque, Jr. in 1996, and they remain happily married to this day.

Harrison Ford has played three of cinema’s most iconic characters — Indiana Jones, Han Solo, and Blade Runner’s Rick Deckard. He’s also been married three times but not to Marion Ravenwood, replicant Rachael, and Princess Leia. Ford divorced his first wife of 15 years, Mary Marquardt, in 1979.

Wife number two was screenwriter Melissa Mathison between 1983 and 2004. Then, Harrison married Ally McBeal. Yes, he and actress Calista Flockhart — who’s 22 years his junior — have been happily married since 2010.

Geena Davis has walked down the aisle four times — and every marriage has ended in divorce. Her first husband was director Richard Emmolo between 1982 to 1983. Her second was beloved actor Jeff Goldblum from 1987 to 1990. Lucky number three was Renny Harlin in 1993.

Film director Renny cast her in the woeful pirate film Cutthroat Island, so she made him walk the plank in 1998. Between 2001 and 2017, Geena was married to surgeon Reza Jarrahy, but not even he could stitch back her career!

Musician Ben Folds has been married five times and divorced four times. First, he rocked the suburbs by marrying his high school sweetheart Anna Goodman in 1987. Then, he married Kate Rosen in 1996 and Australian Frally Hynes in ‘99.

Ben took a fourth wife, Fleur Stanbrook, in 2007, but their marriage ended in 2011. Ben said the following year, “As much as I love the idea of being married, it’s not for me.” But, he broke his word and married former Royal Ballet dancer Emma Sandall in 2020.

Larry King was most famous for presenting The Larry King Show. He interviewed thousands of stars, and he married half of them! No, seriously, Larry was only married eight times to seven different women. Why are we saying “only”? His first wife was high-school sweetheart Freda Miller in 1952.

He was married and divorced six more times, including to Playboy Bunny Alene Akins twice. In 1997, Larry married Shawn Southwick. 10 years later, he joked she was “the only wife to have lasted into the two digits.” They were together until 2019. Larry passed away in 2021, aged 87.

Drew Barrymore has had enough husbands to go around all of Charlie’s Angels. In 1994, aged 19, the wild child met 31-year-old Brit Jeremy Thomas. He owned Drew’s local Los Angeles bar, The Room, and they began dating. Six weeks later, they got married.

The marriage lasted 19 days. Drew admitted, “I realized my mistake on the day I married him.” Next up was comic actor Tom Green in 2001, but they also divorced quickly. In 2012, Drew’s third husband was Will Kopelman. They had two children before divorcing in 2017.

Mickey Rooney had more hot dinners than wives. But then he had two salads in a row, skewing the statistics in favor of wives. The lucky buck first married gorgeous actress Ava Gardner in 1942. Next up were singer Betty Jane Phillips, actresses Martha Vickers and Elaine Mahnken, and beauty queen Ann Thomason, who came to a sticky end.

So, he married Barbara’s best friend, Marge Lane. It lasted 100 days. Wife number seven was Carolyn Hocket. Then, in 1978, Mickey wed Jan Chamberlin, and they were together until he passed away in 2014.

Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England. He traveled to America to make it in Hollywood and became one of Tinseltown’s brightest stars. He first married Virginia Cherrill in 1934, followed by Barbara Hutton in 1942. Cary’s third wife was Betsy Drake in 1949 and Dyan Cannon in 1965.

In 1981, he wed his last wife, Barbara Harris, a British PR agent who was 47 years his junior. Prince Rainier of Monaco said his friend had “never been happier” than he was with Barbara. Cary passed away in 1986.

George Foreman has had two lives. The first saw him become the world heavyweight champion. He had four wives between 1971 and 1985. Then, after a near-death experience, he became a born-again Christian pastor. In 1985, he married St. Lucian ​​Mary Joan Martelly, who had a vision of George becoming a champion again.

He shocked the world to become the oldest heavyweight champ at 45. He’s been with Mary ever since. George also invented the George Foreman Grill and had 12 children… all the boys are named George! Check out his story in the 2023 biopic Big George Foreman.

Short-lived Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones star Sean Bean has been wed nearly as many times as he’s died on screen. He’s entered the holy matrimony of wedlock five times and divorced four times. He first married in 1981, aged 21, and last married in 2017.

His four ex-wives are high school sweetheart and hairdresser Debra James and actresses Melanie Hill, Abigail Cruttenden, and Georgina Sutcliffe. ​His current wife is Ashley Moore, whom he married in 2017. Thankfully, it wasn’t a Red Wedding.

Marilyn married and divorced three times, but she could have married many famous boyfriends. First, Norma Jeane Baker married sailor James Dougherty in 1942 was she was just 16 years old. It lasted four years. After becoming a pin-up and famous actress, Marilyn married ex-baseball star Joe DiMaggio, but that disaster lasted one year.

Finally, Marilyn married and divorced playwright Arthur Miller. But, Marilyn’s famous boyfriends included Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Jr., Milton Berle, Elia Kazan, and a couple of Kennedy brothers!

Ol’ Blue Eyes always did do things “My Way”. In 1939, he married his childhood sweetheart, Nancy Barbato. But to further his career, he abandoned her and their three children to marry Hollywood star Ava Gardner after Mickey Rooney was done with her. Frank and Ava were married for six years between 1951 and ‘57.

Then, Frank hooked up with Marilyn Monroe. In 1966, Sinatra married actress Mia Farrow, but they divorced after two years. Lastly, he married Barbara Marx in 1976, and they were together until his passing in 1998.

Danish model, actress, and self-confessed eccentric Brigitte Nielson has been married five times and divorced four times. After divorcing her first husband, Kasper Windingan, she had an affair with Terminator actor Arnie while shooting Red Sonja. Her most famous marriage was to Sylvester Stallone, whom she met making Rocky IV.

Brigitte also married director and photographer Sebastian Copeland and Raoul Meyer. After dating Flavor Flav, Nielson married her current husband, Mattia Dessì, in 2006. They had a daughter when she was 54!

Would you believe Flavor Flav has been married three times? Public Enemy’s eccentric hype-man — real name William Drayton Jr. — first married Karen Ross in 1991, but they divorced after six years. He then married Angie Parker in 2004, and they also divorced three years later.

His third marriage was to Elizabeth Trujillo between 2008 and 2014. In 2019, 60-year-old Flav had his youngest son Jordan with Kate Gammell. At least we know why Flav wears that clock around his neck; it’s to tell him what time his next wedding begins!

Best known for playing psychologist Dr. Frasier Crane in Cheers and spin-off Frasier, Kelsey Grammer is the last person you should go to for couples counseling. Grammar has been married four times. He was married to Doreen Alderman between 1982 and 1990, and his 1992 marriage to Leigh-Anne Csuhany was annulled after a year.

In 1997, he married model and actress Camille Donatacci. But when he met English air stewardess Kayte Walsh on a flight, he kicked Camille to the curb. He married Kayte in 2017.

Hollywood starlet Rita Hayworth’s first husband was Edward C. Judson. Then she ditched him to marry Orson Welles, because… who wouldn’t! Orson famously made his wife cut off her trademark long red hair and dye it peroxide blonde to appear in his film The Lady from Shanghai.

Next, Rita married Prince Aly Khan, actor Dick Haymes, and producer James Hill. Her longest alliance lasted six years, to Orson. Rita passed away in 1986, and if she wasn’t immortal already, she was immortalized in Stephen King’s story, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Stunner Raquel Welch married and divorced four times. Her first marriage was to James Welch in 1959, which lasted five years. After appearing as the most eligible bachelorette cavewoman in One Million Years B.C. (and replacing the Rita Hayworth poster in The Shawshank Redemption), she married American film producer Patrick Curtis in 1967.

The bombshell’s third marriage was to André Weinfeld between 1980 and 1990. Welch’s fourth marriage was to Richard Palmer, from 1999 to 2004. Raquel last dated American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe before she passed away in early 2023.

Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times to seven different men. Her husbands include hotel magnate Conrad Hilton Jr. and Carrie Fisher’s father, Eddie Fisher. But, the love of her life was Richard Burton. They met when she played the title role, and he played Mark Anthony in Cleopatra (1963), and it was a love to rival history and Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers.

Taylor and Burton married twice but their lavish, international lifestyle was a fiery, tempestuous rollercoaster of emotion fuelled by their other marriage… to the bottle.

Richard Burton was known for his deep, melodic, baritone Welsh voice. He married a total of five times. First, he married Sybil Williams in 1949, and they had two children together. But, that fell apart when Burton met Taylor.

Their relationship was as tumultuous as it was passionate. After marrying and divorcing Liz twice, he married Suzy Hunt in 1976. Then, Burton went for a Burton in 1983 — Sally Burton to be exact. He was just 58.

British femme fatale and knock-off Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins is worth a mention as she’s been married five times. Her first marriage was to Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed from 1952 to 1956. Next up was actor and singer Anthony Newley in 1963, but they divorced seven years later.

Her third marriage was to American businessman Ronald S. Kass. In her 1980s heyday, Joan was wed to singer Peter Holm for two years. Then, she had a much-needed rest before marrying Percy Gibson in 2001. Percy is 31 years her junior.

Comedian Richard Pryor first married Patricia Price in 1961. His second wife was Shelley Bonis in 1967. After a 10-year hiatus, he wed actress Deborah McGuire in 1977, Jennifer Lee in 1981, and Flynn Belaine first in 1986 and again in 1990.

Each time, he could never get passed the trickiest year of marriage… The One Year Itch. But then, two decades after marrying her for the first time, the hilarious stand-up comic re-married Jennifer Lee in 2001. They were together until Richard passed away four years later.

Hollywood director James Cameron has had more wives than movie sequels. Like his female characters, he tends to go for strong women. His first wife was Sharon Williams, his second was Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd, and his third was director Kathryn Bigelow.

In 1997, Cameron married Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise. Linda described the marriage as being “terrible on every level.” In 2000, Cameron made former actress and model Suzi Amis his fifth wife. We just hope all those divorces didn’t leave him feeling too blue!

As James Cameron’s marriage to Linda Hamilton hit the rocks and sank, his Titanic star Kate Winslet married English film director Jim Threapleton and had a daughter Mia. Next, Kate married Skyfall and 1917 director Sam Mendes from 2003 to 2010.

The two had a son Joe. Then, in 2012, Kate tied the knot for a third time with Richard Branson’s nephew, Edward Abel Smith, who legally changed his name to Ned Rocknroll. The couple welcomed baby boy Bear in December 2013.

Model and actress Christie Brinkley has been married and divorced four times. Her first marriage was to French artist Jean-François Allaux from 1973 to 1981. She then married musician Billy Joel in 1985 and appeared in his famous “Uptown Girl” music video. They divorced in 1994.

Her third marriage to real estate developer Richard Taubman lasted from 1994 to 1995. Brinkley’s fourth and final marriage was to architect Peter Cook, which lasted from 1996 until Cook’s alleged cheating scandal in 2008. Their marriage ended in a bitter divorce.

In the 1970s, piano man Billy Joel married Elizabeth Weber. In the 1980s, he married “Uptown Girl” Christie Brinkley. After a 10-year hiatus, Billy married chef Katie Lee in 2004.

Despite Chef Katie insisting “she didn’t start the fire” and that “it was always burning since the world’s been turning,” Billy couldn’t stand the heat, so he got out of the kitchen in 2010. In 2015, Billy married for a fourth time. This time, the lucky lady was Alexis Roderick, and they’re still together.

Nic Cage has wed five times and divorced four. The first unlucky lady was fellow actress Patricia Arquette between 1995 and 2001. Next, he married Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie, in 2002. His third marriage to Alice Kim lasted from 2004 until 2016.

In 2019, Nic ran away to Las Vegas to marry Erike Koike. Four days later, he filed for divorce. In February 2021, Cage quietly tied the knot with his girlfriend, Riko Shibata, in Las Vegas. They recently welcomed their first child together, marking Cage’s third child overall.

Elvis Presley’s only daughter Lisa Marie has been around the block. In 1988, she was Crying in the Chapel when she married her first husband, Danny Keough. She divorced him in 1994, but she wasn’t lonesome tonight as 20 days later, she married Michael Jackson in a “One-Sided Love Affair”.

That relationship lasted two years. Next up was Nicolas Cage, but that ended in “Heartbreak Hotel”. Presley married Michael Lockwood in 2006, but she divorced him in 2021. Sadly, Lisa Marie passed away the following year.

When musician Gregg Allman passed away in 2017, he had a long list of people who missed him. First, there were the surviving members of The Allman Brothers Band. Then, there were his six ex-wives, including Cher. His early marriages tended to last a year or two, but he did improve, and his fifth and sixth wives lasted five and seven years.

He had five children by seven different women. Lastly, he married Shannon Williams ​in 2017, three months before he went to that great recording studio in the sky.

The love of Lana Turner’s life was actor Tyrone Power, but she never married him. She did, however, marry seven other men eight times. In 1939, she eloped with clarinet player Artie Shaw. But, the marriage was soon in treble lasting only four months!

Next, she married actor Joseph Stephen Crane twice. Millionaire Henry J. Topping, actor Lex Barker, businessman Fred May, and Hollywood Playboy Robert Eaton were next. But her last husband, hypnotist, and fraudster Ronald Dante, put her off marriage for life. She remained unmarried until she passed away in 1995.

Actress Rue McClanahan was a beloved member of The Golden Girls. She was married so many times you could say she wrote the book getting married. No, really, she wrote a book called My First Five Husbands … And the Ones Who Got Away.

The five lucky men in question were Tom Bish, Norman Hartweg, Peter DeMaio, Sam “Gussie” Fisher, and Tom Keel between 1958 and 1985. Then, in 1997, 63-year-old Rue married Morrow Wilson. This time, she didn’t rue the day, and they remained together until she passed in 2010.

Not counting Toto or any of the munchkins, Judy Garland was married five times. The Wizard of Oz star first walked down the yellow brick aisle with Scarecrow David Rose in 1941. Her Tin Man was director Vincente Minnelli, and they had a famous daughter, Liza. Vincent, by the way, was married four times himself.

Judy’s Cowardly Lion was Sidney Luft. Her fourth husband was the Wizard Mark Herron — while the man behind the curtain was her fifth and final husband, Mickey Deans.

Judy and Vincent’s daughter, Liza, followed in her famous parents’ footsteps, walking down the aisle four times. She rocked to fame in Cabaret and dated Desi Arnaz Jr., Peter Sellers, and Martin Scorsese — but her first husband was flamboyant Australian singer Peter Allen. The next Mr. Minnelli was That’s Entertainment director Jack Haley Jr.

Husband number three was sculptor and stage manager Mark Gero. Then, in 2002, Liza married equally weird concert promoter, David Gest. It ended a year later in one of Hollywood’s most acrimonious divorces.

Think of relationship-hopping stars, and little Martin Scorsese doesn’t instantly spring to mind. But, the famed film director has also been married five times. He had a daughter, Catherine, with Laraine Marie Brennan. Then, he married artist and The Artists’ Way self-help author Julia Cameron and had a daughter, Domenica.

Next, Marty married director Roberto Rossellin’s beautiful actress daughter Isabella. Then, Marty married his producer, Barbara De Fina. Finally, in 1999, he married Helen Morris, and they had a daughter, Francesca. They’re still together, so the fifth time’s the charm!

Country singer and Asian roast chicken restaurant owner Kenny Rogers walked down the aisle five times “Through the Years”. In 1958, he first got hitched to artist Janice Gordon, but he left her to marry Jean Rogers. Then, he left her to marry Margo Anderson from 1964 to 1976.

“The Gambler” must have been playing his cards right, as each marriage lasted a little longer. Between 1977 and 1993, he was in holy matrimony with Marianne Gordon. Wanda Miller was his fifth and final wife from 1997 until his passing in 2020.

Romance novelist Danielle Steel knows a thing or two about romance and heartbreak. The author has written 140 novels and has had nearly as many husbands. At 18, she married banker, Claude-Eric Lazard. The marriage lasted nine years, and soon after the couple divorced, Steel married Danny Zugelder.

Her third marriage to William Toth lasted three years. Then Danielle wed wine merchant John Traina in 1981, and that lasted until 1998. Later the same year, she married her fifth husband, Silicon Valley financier Tom Perkins. They divorced in 2022.