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| | *[[Frances Farmer]], who as a public high schooler in 1931, denied God in a controversial award winning essay and, in 1935, visited the [[USSR]], was also more popular in the 1930s, had an affair with Clifford Odets while married to her first husband and, like Joan Crawford, had three marriages, all of whom ended in divorce. Farmer had multiple [[abortions]] when it was illegal; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1968, however, a child whispered to her that she was good, something that no one ever said or thought about her before. Soon afterwards, she went to [[St Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church in [[Indianpolis]], where she moved in 1958 (she died there in 1970), confessed and took up classes about and was eventually baptized into the Catholic faith. | | *[[Frances Farmer]], who as a public high schooler in 1931, denied God in a controversial award winning essay and, in 1935, visited the [[USSR]], was also more popular in the 1930s, had an affair with Clifford Odets while married to her first husband and, like Joan Crawford, had three marriages, all of whom ended in divorce. Farmer had multiple [[abortions]] when it was illegal; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1968, however, a child whispered to her that she was good, something that no one ever said or thought about her before. Soon afterwards, she went to [[St Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church in [[Indianpolis]], where she moved in 1958 (she died there in 1970), confessed and took up classes about and was eventually baptized into the Catholic faith. |
| | *[[Judy Garland]], best known as "Dorothy Gale" in ''[[The Wizard Of Oz]]'' (1939) was married five times, the first four ended in divorce, the last ended in her death from a barbituate O.D. only three months later in 1969 at age 46. | | *[[Judy Garland]], best known as "Dorothy Gale" in ''[[The Wizard Of Oz]]'' (1939) was married five times, the first four ended in divorce, the last ended in her death from a barbituate O.D. only three months later in 1969 at age 46. |
| − | *[[Katharine Hepburn]], entered into a convience-motivated marriage at 21 that ended in divorce in 1941, after about 13 years. In 1941, she entered into an adulterous relationship with married [[Spencer Tracy]] for over 25 years. Tracy died in 1967 at 67, never divorcing his wife because of his Catholic faith's teaching against divorce but lived apart from her. The only "respect" Katharine had for Spencer's marriage was that she didn't attend his funeral. | + | *[[Katharine Hepburn]], entered into a convience-motivated marriage at 21 that ended in divorce in 1941, after about 13 years. Shortly afterwards, she entered into adulterous relationships with her agent, Leland Hayward]] and better known ones with [[Howard Hughes]] and with [[Spencer Tracy]] for over 25 years until Tracy's death in 1967 at 67. The only "respect" Katharine had for Spencer's marriage was that she didn't attend his funeral. |
| | *[[Larry King]] (real name Lawrence Zeiger) has been married eight (8) times to seven (7) different women. | | *[[Larry King]] (real name Lawrence Zeiger) has been married eight (8) times to seven (7) different women. |
| | *[[Elizabeth Taylor]] has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA). Taylor was married to and divorced twice from [[Richard Burton]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio</ref> | | *[[Elizabeth Taylor]] has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA). Taylor was married to and divorced twice from [[Richard Burton]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio</ref> |
| − | [[Spencer Tracy]], best known as Father Flannigan in ''[[Boys Town]]'' and also for the [[evolution]]istic ''[[Inherit The Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] court drama ''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell 1923-his death in 1967 but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ingrid Bergman]] and his longest lasting one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death in 1967. | + | *[[Spencer Tracy]], best known as Father Flannigan in ''[[Boys Town]]'' films (1938 and 1941) and also for the [[evolution]]istic ''[[Inherit The Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] court drama ''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell from 1923-his death in 1967 but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ingrid Bergman]] and his longest lasting one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death at the same time, claiming his "devout Catholic faith" was why he never got or sought a divorce from Treadwell. |
| | *[[Valerie Bertinelli]] said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use - by her too. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html Valerie Bertinelli About Divorce From Eddie Van Halen: 'I Wasn't An Angel Either'], [[Fox News Channel]], ''[[Associated Press]]'', February 26, 2008</ref> | | *[[Valerie Bertinelli]] said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use - by her too. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html Valerie Bertinelli About Divorce From Eddie Van Halen: 'I Wasn't An Angel Either'], [[Fox News Channel]], ''[[Associated Press]]'', February 26, 2008</ref> |
| − | *[[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] has been married nine (9) times. One of her marriages - to Felipe de Alba - was annulled after one day. | + | *[[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] has been married nine (9) times. One of her marriages - to Felipe de Alba - was annulled after one day. Her current (9th) marriage to Frederic Prinz von Anhalt is the only one still intact. |
| | *[[Mickey Rooney]] has been married eight (8) times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle. | | *[[Mickey Rooney]] has been married eight (8) times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle. |
| | *[[Charlie Chaplin]] married four (4) times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride. | | *[[Charlie Chaplin]] married four (4) times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride. |