Love stories of famous people. The most famous couples in history
Do you believe in true love? Love at first sight? Do you believe that love can last for centuries? There are many love stories that are considered immortal. Here are some of them. If anyone has anything to add, you are welcome!!!
Romeo and Juliet
These are probably the most famous lovers in the world. And although their love story was written by Shakespeare, they are an example of real feelings.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
This story is one of the most memorable and intriguing. Their relationship is the truest test of love. Their love was at first sight. And despite all the threats, they got married. Antony, having received a false message about Cleopatra's death, commits suicide, and after him, Cleopatra did the same.
Launcelot and Guinevere
This tragic love story is the most famous of all the Arthurian legends. Launcelot fell in love with King Arthur's wife, and very soon they became lovers. When they were caught together, Launcelot managed to escape, but Guinevere was caught and sentenced to death. Launcelot, who decided to save his beloved by his action, divided the knights into two camps and Arthur’s kingdom weakened. As a result, Launcelot became a hermit, and Guinevere a nun.
Trista and Isolde
This love story has been rewritten many times. Isolde, being the wife of King Mark, was Tristan's mistress. Having learned about this, Mark forgave Isolde, but he exiled Tristan from Cornwall forever.
Tristan went to Brittany and met a woman who looked like his beloved. The marriage was not happy, since his wife could not replace his Isolde. He fell ill and decided to send for Isolde. He agreed with the captain of the ship that, with her consent, he would put white sails on the ship, and if not, then black ones.
Tristan's wife told him that the sails on the ship were black and he died of grief. And when Isolde, who was on the ship, found out about his death, she died of a broken heart.
Paris and Helen
This love story is a Greek legend. But it is only half fiction. After Troy was destroyed, Helen was returned to Sparta and lived her life happily with Menelaus.
Napoleon and Josephine
Napoleon married Josephine at the age of 26. It was a marriage of convenience. But over time, he fell in love with her, and she with him. But that didn't stop them from cheating. But still they separated, since Josephine could not give birth to an heir to Napoleon. Until their last breath, they kept love and passion for each other.
Odysseus and Penelope
It was this Greek couple who understood the essence of sacrifice in a relationship. After they were separated, Penelope waited for Odysseus for 20 long years. True love is worth the wait.
On the eve of Valentine's Day, we decided to recall the stories of the great novels of the 20th century - those that shocked the world and, to one degree or another, influenced modern society. The most touching and passionate, happy and unhappy novels famous people, stories mutual love and ostentatious prosperity, marriages of people equal in their greatness and the most famous misalliances.
Wallis Simpson - Edward VIII of England
The story of the most famous misalliance in modern history received incredible resonance, as the English monarch Edward VIII(1894-1972) became the first and only king in English history to voluntarily abdicate the throne. The reason was a passionate love for a twice-divorced American woman.It was not even a scandal - it seemed that the end of the world had come and the collapse of moral and ethical standards and foundations of secular society.
The heir to the world's main monarchy was 36 years old when he met Mrs. Wallis Simpson(1896-1986), née Warfield. The woman was married for the second time and lived in London with her husband, a wealthy entrepreneur. Ernest Simpson.
The fateful meeting took place in early November 1930, when the Simpsons were invited to a dinner party where the Prince of Wales was to be present. Legend has it that the English prince was enchanted at first sight, even though Wallis was not even a beauty. According to the stories of her contemporaries, she was an unremarkable person at first glance, but in her interactions she had an amazing charm.
Amazingly, the lovers did not hide their feelings, even despite Edward’s status and Wallis’s marital status. They appeared together on the streets, social events and in restaurants. The royal family did not even think that this shameful hobby would last long. But when it became clear that the affair was dragging on, attempts were made to hide the details of the prince's relationship from the public.
Died in January 1936 English king George V and Edward took the throne. At the same time, Wallis filed for divorce. About the legal union of Edward with an American woman royal family, neither parliament wanted to hear. Edward was given a choice: either the throne or Wallis. His choice was clear: the price for love was the abdication of the English throne.
On December 10, 1936, Edward VIII made his famous speech to the people: “You all know the circumstances that forced me to abdicate the throne. But I want you to understand that in making this decision I have not forgotten my country and empire... But you must also believe that it is impossible for me to fulfill my duty as a king as I would like to, without help and support of the woman I love..."
The couple lived happily ever after, traveled, and wrote memoirs. Their family idyll lasted until 1972, until Edward died of cancer.
Vivien Leigh - Laurence Olivier
The most famous couple of British stage and film actors Vivien Leigh And Laurence Olivier challenged the Puritan England of the 30s when she stopped hiding her whirlwind romance. The difficulty of the situation was that both were married. The spouses did not give them a divorce, and the need to live in sin, deception and an atmosphere of universal condemnation forced Vivien Leigh give a candid interview to a magazine "Times", where she honestly outlined the details of her personal drama. The public unexpectedly went to meet the public's favorites who were leaving for America - Vivienne won her right to play there Scarlett O'Hara in the film adaptation « Gone with the wind» .Vivien Leigh And Laurence Olivier were not just movie stars, but intellectual actors who received the status of great performers. Both shone in theater and cinema, and their love story unfolded on stage and in life - unlike most acting couples they worked well together on camera and on stage. Thus, they played together in the film Fire Over England (1937) and the classic film version of Lady Hamilton (1941), where Lawrence played the role of Nelson and Vivien played Emma Hamilton. . In addition, they were united by a huge number of joint theatrical works. Their tandem was recognized in their homeland as the most outstanding theatrical duet. Lawrence was called “the king among actors,” and Vivien became national treasure after winning two Oscars for her roles as Scarlett in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire . Her international fame was gaining momentum. The image of the first world beauty and the main British actress, as well as a marriage that was called the happiest among acting unions - all this seemed like a dream come true for millions of viewers.
But there was no happy ending in this love story. Bright life of two wonderful actors was not so cloudless. As you know, Vivien was a woman of incredible inner strength, achieving what she wanted at any cost. All biographers vied with each other to tell how she twice made fateful promises to herself. For the first time - without anyone yet famous actress who saw the famous Laurence Olivier. After the first meeting, Vivien decisively told everyone she knew that she would marry him. At the time it seemed pure madness. The second time she made a loud promise was on the eve of the filming of Gone with the Wind, when the most ambitious film casting in US history was gaining momentum. The first Hollywood beauties dreamed of playing Scarlett; no one believed in the success of the visiting Englishwoman. “Larry won’t play Rhett Butler, but I’ll play Scarlett!” - Vivien announced then.
They said that Vivienne was more practical in all matters than Larry, but, like a true woman, she created the impression that all decisions were made by her husband. Strong character, however, was also her problem - like many great actresses, she had an extremely flexible psyche. Each absence of her husband for filming could end in depression for her, and work on the role could result in attacks of obsession. Her genius, turning into whims and capricious attacks, began to irritate her husband.
After 17 years spent together, Lawrence left her, unable to withstand another attack of hysteria. The actress was already seriously ill. Many fans of the actress consider Olivier, first of all, not a brilliant actor, but a cowardly traitor - depression aggravated the course of the disease, and Vivien Leigh died of pulmonary tuberculosis in the summer of 1967 in her home in Iten Square in London.
Eva Duarte - Juan Peron
Evita- a household name in Argentina and the most famous first lady of the twentieth century. Second wife of the 29th and 41st president Juan Peron, Eva Duarte was an example of an ideal communicator, diplomat and ideological inspirer of the first person of the state.
She was born into a poor family and devoted her whole life to the struggle for better living conditions. Legend has it that the young actress and the colonel became lovers on the very first day they met. Peron, who initiated the military coup, might not have had so many ambitions if not for Eva, who made him believe that he would definitely become the head of government. Peron appeared openly with his young girlfriend, shocking the officers with his relationship with the actress.
After Peron's arrest, October 17, 1945 happened - this date went down in the history of Argentina as the day of “the liberation of Peron by the people.” 5 thousand workers and their families gathered in Buenos Aires's May Square in front of the presidential palace, demanding "the return of the colonel." After such support, Peron began to prepare for presidential elections, having previously married Eva, who immediately left her job in cinema and joined the headquarters of his closest assistants. Peron relied on feminist slogans, and therefore wanted a wife next to him, a presidential candidate, who personified the increased role of women in the modern world.
Eva turned out to be so energetic that she began to play one of the main roles in the government under Peron, although she did not officially hold any position. She founded a charitable foundation named after herself to help the poor and since 1949 has become one of the most influential people in Argentina. Moreover, she was right hand and advisor to Juan Peron, although gradually in their tandem she came to the fore. The charismatic Evita very quickly turned into a cult personality, her popularity was supported by propaganda - Eva, despite her closeness to power, was an idol of left-wing youth, like Che Guevara. Assessments of her life and personality are contradictory, but it is Eva Peron who is considered responsible for attracting women to public and political life Latin America.
Eva Peron died at 33 from uterine cancer. After her death, Juan Peron was destined to once again become president of Argentina. Notably, his next wife, Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, a former nightclub dancer, became the first female president in history after his death.
Grace Kelly - Prince Rainier
There was no great love in this union. However, the history of the relationship between the most mysterious actress in Hollywood and the Prince of Monaco is written into history greatest novels XX century.
Favorite actress of the “king of horror” Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly was different from most Hollywood stars. She behaved and looked like a true princess thanks to her Nordic appearance and reserved manners, although, as often happens, behind the beautiful façade hid an amorous and passionate nature, prone to both adventurous short relationships and calculated profitable relationships. Beautiful, cold, seemingly inaccessible, Grace Kelly misled men - it seemed that a more inaccessible star simply could not exist. However, there were legends about the actress’s promiscuous relationships behind the scenes - she could give herself to an ordinary cameraman from the set on the first day of meeting her, while accepting the advances of the Iranian Shah. Many biographers seriously talk about the actress’s nymphomania and a slight mental deviation associated with playing the inaccessible Snow Queen. So, during filming, she always entered into love affairs with partners on the set, and on the set of the film “High Noon”, not only her partner Gary Cooper, but also the director of the film, Fred Zinneman, became her lovers.
The aura of purity and purity that Grace Kelly cultivated in her image worked for her - in Hollywood she was given the nickname “Miss high society"and they believed that she should marry only a real prince. Angelic appearance and the right image did the trick - it was she who was wooed to marry the Prince of Monaco Rainier III.
An epochal acquaintance that changed the fate of an entire state happened in 1955. Rainier III had long been looking for a worthy wife, since the fading economy of the bankrupt state of Monaco required drastic measures. Marrying a famous Hollywood beauty with a good reputation could attract investment and arouse tourist interest in the region. All that remained was to choose a bride. Grace Kelly seemed like the perfect option - impeccable manners, classic elegance, gentle eyes. After a short romantic correspondence, the young people agreed on a wedding.
Monaco is not a state where marriage with a star would be considered a wild misalliance. Prince Rainier was good politician, and therefore his plan to attract an Oscar-winning Hollywood beauty to the royal wedding became one of the most successful PR moves in history. The fairytale wedding that took place in 1956 not only revived interest in Monaco, but turned the region into one of the most prestigious on the planet.
The country idolized its new princess - Grace gave Monaco heirs and new economic opportunities. The flow of tourists and investments has turned a problematic region into a prosperous one financial center. Grace's life resembled a fairy tale: couture outfits, filming in palaces for glossy publications, international visiting trips.
But in reality, everything was not so rosy. Grace, who managed to curb her temper and with all passion got used to new image, suffered from Rainier’s difficult character, and social duties made her forget about personal things. After forty-five, the princess began to have health problems - she began to gain weight. Beloved children - two daughters and a son - grew up and turned into scandalous heroes of gossip columns. Grace recognized with horror in the indomitable daughters who ran away from home, neglected social duties and had affairs with bodyguards, her young self, suppressing her instincts in the name of new role, who wrote her name in history.
In 1982, Grace Kelly lost control of her car and was involved in a car accident. Her daughter, who was also in the car, escaped with minor fright. The princess's injuries turned out to be incompatible with life - the next day, by decision of Prince Rainier, the life support machine was turned off.
Reporters still consider Kelly's death not as clear-cut as it seemed from the outside.
Maria Callas - Aristotle Onassis
A story of passionate love and humiliation - this is how one can characterize the romance between the great opera diva and the richest man in the world in the mid-twentieth century.
Greek ship owner Aristotle Onassis- a cult personality, a billionaire who prefers to communicate with representatives of the elite different countries- he was a dear guest at receptions and social events of any level. He surrounded himself with the most beautiful women from influential circles, whom, however, he often used for his own purposes - to achieve personal or business goals. He experienced a real feeling only once - in 1959, when he met a young opera singer Maria Callas, whose talent was applauded by the whole world.
Callas (real name Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulos) was born into a family of Greek immigrants in the United States. She married very successfully and was happy in her marriage - her husband was a wealthy Italian industrialist Giovanni Battisto Meneghini, a great opera connoisseur who fell in love with the singer at first sight. He became for Maria not only a faithful husband, but also a devoted manager and generous producer, who sold his business for her sake and lived only in her interests.
Onassis noticed Maria Callas at a ball in Venice, later went to her concert, and then invited her and her husband to his legendary yacht “Christina” - the main symbol of unprecedented luxury of the time. Greek tycoon, who was also married, was shocked by the splendor of the singer; for the first time in his life, passion was stronger than the voice of reason. Maria Callas, who made a career out of being a huge, obese woman, had by that time lost more than 30 kg and was in excellent physical shape.
The events that unfolded on the luxury yacht Christina, cruising the Mediterranean Sea, amazed the public. Forgetting about decency, Onassis and Callas not only began an affair in front of their spouses and guests, but also demonstratively reveled in their love - they danced to the music on the deck and disappeared all night long until the morning.
Discouraged, Meneghini could not find a place for himself and felt like a real fool. Even then, he hoped for the prudence of his wife and was ready to forgive the holiday romance, but the lovers did not think of leaving. Onassis and Callas began to live together. Having achieved his goal, Onassis turned from an ardent lover into a rude and oppressive roommate who was in no hurry to register the relationship. Maria's pliability and sacrificial love gave rise to Onassis's unpunished cruelty towards her - he began to insult her in front of friends, openly cheat on her and even raise his hand against her. Callas endured it without complaint, which provoked even greater attacks of aggression from her lover.
The opera diva, blinded by love, stopped giving concerts and tried to cultivate sacrifice in herself - she decided to devote herself to love, even if it cost her to give up her self-esteem. She lost her voice and withdrew into herself, even the memories of her magnificent triumph at La Scala did not give her peace - she lived in the hope of once again experiencing the feelings that she experienced on the yacht Christina. .
In October 1968, Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis married the widow of the US President Jacqueline Kennedy. His partner, Maria Callas, found out about this from the newspapers. The blow was so strong that she withdrew into herself and did not leave her apartment. It's been a while more than a month, when Onassis, realizing his mistake, rushed to Paris, begging his former lover for forgiveness. Aristotle tried to assure Mary that marriage to Mrs. Kennedy was an image deal for him, a PR stunt that had nothing to do with normal human relationships.
Former US first lady Jackie Kennedy turned out to be a cold, energetic and calculating woman - she devoted herself entirely to consumption. There were legends about Jacqueline's extravagance: she bought hundreds of creations by famous couturiers and left them unpacked in closets, constantly traveled around the world and spent such sums on entertainment, furs and diamonds that even the fantastically rich Onassis clutched his heart. Jackie literally bought designer items in stores. Being a recognized style icon, she allowed herself to experiment - she appeared in public in short skirts and transparent dresses, and social life occupied her much more than the illness and suffering of her elderly husband. When the billionaire's only son, Alexander, died in a plane crash, Onassis almost went crazy - everything in his life lost its meaning. He lived out his last years, finding peace only in communication with his beloved and all-forgiving Maria.
He died in a Paris hospital on March 15, 1975. Next to him was Maria Callass, and Jackie was in New York at that time - having learned about Onassis's death, she calmly ordered a collection of mourning dresses from Valentino.
Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton
Relationship Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor and a British character actor Richard Burton, which has made a brilliant career in Hollywood, is called nothing less than the “novel of the century.” Firstly, both of them were stars of the first magnitude, and the era of the paparazzi was just emerging - and it was their love story that became the main news feed of the era. Secondly, the romance of the two stars was not just stormy, but itself worthy of film adaptation: love to the point of frenzy, quarrels, fights, separations and reunions - the lovers married twice and divorced twice, starred together in Oscar-winning films, proudly posed on the red carpet and they destroyed rooms in expensive hotels in a fit of drunken quarrels. This lifestyle and the close attention of the world community allowed them to become the first classic celebrities - with exorbitant raiders and millions in fees, as well as the most expensive collection of jewelry that the generous Richard gave to Elizabeth after every quarrel.
Elizabeth Taylor is one of the true legends of Hollywood and the most famous actresses of all time. Before meeting Richard, she did not yet have a reputation as a dramatic actress - a fatal beauty, she was already married for the fourth time at that time (in total there were eight marriages in her life, two of which were with Barton) and was considered an eccentric star. Barton, with his incredible dramatic role, had a reputation as a character actor on stage and in life - temperamental and aggressive, he loved to drink and did not try to seem at all politically correct.
A whirlwind romance, followed by the whole world, happened on the set of the film “Cleopatra” in Rome in January 1962. Compared to the scale of that action, the story of modern Jolie and Pitt looks like a timid parody of the majestic epic - Hollywood shot the most expensive film in history (40 million of those old dollars), where the main roles are Cleopatra and Mark Antony - played by the stars who laid the foundation for the gossip column genre, million-dollar fees, diamonds as gifts, yachts and the front pages of newspapers dedicated to the ups and downs of the relationship between the main film couple of the century.
By 1961, thirty-seven-year-old Welshman Barton was being called "British Brando." He was happily married to actress Sybil Wallace, and the couple had two children. Twenty-nine-year-old Taylor was married to singer Eddie Fisher. The passion that flared up on the set consumed the actors so much that they did not even make an effort to hide their love and did not listen to anyone - they continued to kiss when the love scene had already been played and the director said: “Stop!”, They made love wherever it was possible perhaps they indulged in drunkenness and debauchery and drowned in the abyss of sinful passion.
The uproar created by the newspapers led to the Vatican officially condemning Liz and Richard's relationship. They tried to separate, but they were irresistibly drawn to each other.
In his letters, which have now become a bestseller, Barton, blinded by love, wrote: “In my poor and painful youth, I dreamed of only such a woman. And now, when from time to time the dream returns to me, I reach out my hand and realize that it is here, next to me. If you haven't met or known her, you've missed out on a lot in your life."
Ultimately, they both divorced their legal spouses and married in 1964. Barton showered his wife with diamonds and instilled in her confidence that she had the potential to be a profound dramatic actress. They demanded millions in fees from film bosses and in every possible way created the legend of great stars of the first magnitude.
In the second half of the sixties, their famous films were shot - “The Taming of the Shrew”, “The Comedians”, “Boom”, “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. For last movie Elizabeth received her second Oscar. In their personal lives, two brilliant dramatic actors experienced painful love on the verge of frenzy, attacks of jealousy and addiction to alcohol. “Maybe we loved each other too much... I never thought this was possible,” Liz Taylor wrote in her diaries. And in July 1973, she suddenly announced: “Richard and I are separating for a while. Maybe we love each other too much... Pray for us!” The divorce took place in June 1974.
Life apart turned out to be unbearable - 16 months spent as if in delirium ended with a re-wedding. The second marriage lasted from October 1975 to July 1976.
Richard Burton died of a heart attack on August 5, 1984. His death became for Elizabeth terrible tragedy, despite the fact that at that time she already had another lover. Elizabeth Taylor herself, despite her illnesses and ailments, died at the age of 79 in March 2011. The published letters of Richard Burton, who turned out to be an incredible writer, formed the basis of the book "Fierce Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century"(Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century). Today, major Hollywood directors are fighting for the right to film this story, and the best Hollywood actors- to play lovers of the brightest drama of the twentieth century.
Frank Sinatra - Ava Gardner
For America Frank Sinatra not only “the most popular singer of the century,” but also a real legend and symbol of the era of show business and the golden era of Hollywood with all its attributes - classic glamor, gangsters, millionaires and the aura of greatness and inaccessibility of idols. A Sicilian, a friend of the mafia, he was named the most desirable man of the 20th century. His biography, in which incredible creative victories were combined with friendship with presidents and politicians, crime bosses and the first beauties, is one of the brightest pages of world culture.
Regarding great history his love, then there was only one. While all the women in his life were passable, including such Hollywood beauties as Marilyn Monroe And Lana Turner, his passion for one woman shocked him so much that the great Sinatra lost his voice, went on a drinking binge and tried to commit suicide.
Her name was Ava Gardner. An actress, one of Hollywood's brightest stars of the 1940s and 1950s, an incomparable beauty and a woman of incredible temperament, she was famous for her magnetic effect on men. There were legends about the power of attraction of this fatal beauty. The great Hemingway himself called her his muse and favorite actress. At the time of meeting Sinatra, she had been married twice and was experiencing a dizzying affair with a multimillionaire Howard Hughes, who first encountered such a wayward woman. The fan indulged all the beauty’s needs: airplanes, diamonds, outfits.
Frank was married and had three children. He did not consider family an obstacle to a stormy relationship, but a passion of such strength turned out to be more important than the desire for home comfort.
They met in 1950 at the premiere of the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" The state in which Sinatra was after this meeting is described by his friends and biographers as insanity. “She slipped something into my glass!” - he justified himself. The feeling that took over main star era, destroyed him: Sinatra suffered, suffered, went crazy with love and jealousy. It was difficult for him to compete with Hughes in offering expensive gifts, and his signature methods of fooling Ava did not work. Frank's friends didn't recognize him - either he beamed with delight when Ava agreed to have dinner with him, or he walked like a beaten dog when she stopped taking him seriously. “I have got you under my skin” - Frank Sinatra wrote these words of the famous song in one breath late at night, dying of love for Ava Gardner.
He wrote his best songs while in a state of love fever, which did not let him go for a minute - ballad "Stupid, I wanted you" was the product of his sensual attack.
Sinatra knew how to love to the point of frenzy and madness, and the proud but passionate Ava was impressed by this way of expressing feelings. When she gave in under his pressure, they bright novel contemporaries called it nothing more than a “bullfight of love” between two bright personalities and idols of the era. The clash of two southern temperaments resulted in such a passion that consumed both. Generous, bright, big-hearted Frank evoked feelings in Ava that she did not receive from Hollywood bosses and wealthy admirers. They were both witty, energetic, impetuous and emotional, they coincided in everything - in their love for strong drinks, delicious food, late-night boxing matches and love on the verge of frenzy. It was the energy of true love and passion that was impossible to resist.
At the same time, Frank and Ava met secretly - for the press and society, he was Nancy's husband, and she was dating Hughes. A chance photo of a reporter who caught them together created a lot of noise. Avoiding a scandal, Ava flew to Spain, and Frank, who decided that he had been abandoned, lost his voice from grief. He flew to her on the other side of the world, but a new blow awaited him there - his beloved woman began an affair with a bullfighter. He almost took his own life, but Ava stopped him, promising to return. And she deceived again - her affair with Richard Green ended for Sinatra with an overdose of sleeping pills. And Ava gave in. Long-awaited wedding took place in Philadelphia. Several years of absolute happiness became for Sinatra a reward for his suffering.
However, even in family life, Frank and Ava continued to torment each other with jealousy, quarrels and stormy showdowns. Frank worshiped Ava like a goddess, kept photographs of her in his office, followed her and lost his health in his paranoid desire to possess her completely.
Such obsession cannot keep you in suspense forever - love of such intensity does not stand the test of time. But even after their divorce in 1957, Frank and Ava continued to meet secretly from time to time - the paparazzi kept catching them in godforsaken hotels under the cover of darkness.
After Ava, Frank had many women, beautiful and famous, but he never again experienced anything even remotely reminiscent of the all-consuming love that happened in his life. Ava passed away in 1990 at the age of 68. Sinatra lived to be 82 and passed away in 1998.
Alain Delon - Romy Schneider
This love story seemed real and sincere, but the ideal romance of European stars did not stand the test of fame, promiscuity and ambition.
Beginning of life Romy Schneider, the best actress in the world according to French and Austrian viewers, was cloudless and promised only happiness and prosperity. It was impossible to imagine what a nightmare her life would turn out to be.
Romy Schneider And Alain Delon met on the set of a film "Christina" in 1958. By that time, the Austrian actress, European film star and heiress famous dynasty aristocratic actors were already in a position where they could afford to choose their partners. Her choice fell on an unknown French actor.
They did not fall in love at first sight - well-mannered and intelligent Romy considered her colleague too young, handsome and dressed up. Alain found his partner completely unattractive. The romance broke out unexpectedly for everyone, since the young people had nothing in common. He is a cynical and cruel street child who came out of poverty, she is an intelligent girl from a good family, a symbol of the bourgeoisie that he so despised. He rejected any moral principles and understood freedom as complete indifference to the problems of other people, while she tried to follow bourgeois principles and could not afford much due to the concepts of decency and duty.
Passion consumed Romy so much that she went to Paris for her beloved. Her principles and way of life, dreams of family and children evoked only contemptuous laughter from Delon. He openly called her a bourgeois and emphasized in every possible way that he was free from conventions and obligations. They were irresistibly drawn to each other, but there was never harmony, understanding and respect in this relationship. While most considered this romance a misalliance, Delon himself was pointedly rude to Romy, making it clear who needed this relationship more.
The media adored the little angel Romy and condemned the adventures of her companion, but in their desire to make his every step public, they literally killed the actress. The tabloid press tracked every step of Delon and Schneider, wrote about all his adventures and ridiculed the naivety of Romy, who forgave the groom for his infidelities and spree. Romy Schneider's humiliating fate was to endure and be ridiculed. She could not leave due to lack of experience, because of great love and a truly naive belief that everything would work out - Delon knew how to convince her that tomorrow everything would certainly be different. Meanwhile, he not only destroyed her self-esteem with betrayals and deceit, but gradually moved on to rough treatment and assault.
This dragged on for more than five years. The passionate, painful relationship, full of ambiguity and humiliation, was broken off by Delon himself. His career took off, their joint film roles turned out to be unusually successful - the relationship they experienced at the breaking point of feelings helped the couple play the forbidden love of brother and sister in theatrical production Luchino Visconti. Delon was accepted into the theatrical environment, he began to receive serious fees, crowds of fans appeared in his life and that “Dolce Vita” that accompanies the life of every beautiful and successful young actor. The radiant little Romy, who helped him become a star, instilled a love of literature and helped him form his own acting method, had no place in this new life. It was at this time that Romy Schneider became not just a living actress, but a deep, characterful one with a strong dramatic temperament.
Delon said goodbye to her through a note with the wording “We only met at airports.” It was his style - cold, cynical, distant. Nothing personal. Soon he married an actress Natalie Barthelemy.
Romy Schneider was dying without him. She struggled with her feelings for the man and with the feeling of deepest rejection. Over the years spent with Alain Delon, one of the best dramatic actresses in Europe completely forgot how to love herself. In the spring of 1966, she married again. For Romy's sake, her chosen playwright Harry Mayen left the woman with whom he lived for 12 years. Romy wrote in her diary: “The years spent with Alain were wild, crazy. With Harry, I finally calmed down." In this union, she was looking for respect rather than love.
Perhaps the story of her life would have been different if not for Delon’s fateful call in 1968. He convinced Romy and the producers that he only saw her as his partner in the film “Swimming Pool.” Delon, bogged down in scandals and unsuccessful projects and experiencing the collapse of his family life, needed a loud successful project to improve your affairs. He needed Romy Schneider not only as a beauty and a great actress - the story of their long-standing relationship was the best PR move. The current status of a faithful wife and mother added spice to the situation.
The film became an explosion and was bought by many European countries. Newspapers circulated photographs of Romy and Alain passionately kissing, who were experiencing a relationship renaissance in the luxurious resort of Saint-Tropez, playing six years after the breakup. Mature beauty Yesterday's cutie Romy was stunning - it seemed that she had never been more beautiful and convincing. Alain Delon achieved his goal and disappeared from her life again.
Harry Mayen was never able to forgive his wife for this; their relationship began to crack. He quit his job and started drinking. Romy fell into severe depression and also became addicted to alcohol. A terrible period began in her life. Divorce, remarriage, suicide ex-spouse. She withdraws into herself and refuses a number of offers, including “A Man and a Woman”, “Last Tango in Paris”, but flies to the other side of the world, to Mexico, to film a third-rate film with Delon and shocks everyone with candid shootings in Playboy magazine . The biggest tragedy in the actress's life happens after her divorce from her second husband - as a result of a tragic accident, her 14-year-old son David dies after running into a metal fence. Distraught, Romy closed herself off and communicated only with Delon. She drank a lot and simply faded away in front of everyone.
She died on the night of May 29-30, 1982. Everyone knew about the tragedy of life great actress, and no one could believe that her, 44-year-old, heart failed. The newspapers came out with the headlines “Romy Schneider committed suicide.” Later it was officially announced that Romy’s heart simply could not stand it. All of Europe mourned its beloved actress. But Alain Delon remained true to himself and sent a dubious appeal to the magazine “Paris Match” entitled “Farewell, my doll.”
“The day I stop trusting you will be the last day of my life,” this line from the film "Christina" Romi repeated this in real life. She trusted Delon until the end of her days.
Michael Douglas - Catherine Zeta-Jones
The scale of passions of modern Hollywood is difficult to compare with the golden age, but in its recent history there are novels worthy of special mention. Love story Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones has long been perceived by skeptics as a demonstration of the saying about “a demon in the ribs” - the age difference of 25 years and the blooming appearance of a rising Hollywood star did not give reason for optimistic forecasts.
Michael Douglas, who belonged to the famous Hollywood acting dynasty, was never number one in the unofficial ratings, but was always among the main stars. In his professional life, everything was as it should have been - from the role of a hero-lover and an action-adventure hero in the style of Indiana Jones, he turned to psychological thrillers, the peculiarity of which was a strong erotic element. He received two Oscars and recognition, and later the status of a sex symbol - after his role in the cult "Basic Instinct" With Sharon Stone. In a word, his professional life was a success. In his personal life, he maintained the appearance of prosperity in a 23-year marriage and was sometimes seen in affairs that did not bring him satisfaction.
British beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones starred mainly in second-rate films. She no longer wanted to become a star - until the age of 27, the actress continued to be the heroine of B-category films. The accidental success of the mini-series “Titanic” with her participation helped the producers of the film notice the beauty "Mask of Zorro" With Anthony Hopkins And Antonio Banderas. And, as often happens, the next morning after the premiere the girl woke up famous. On the very day of the film's premiere, she met the star Douglas, who became so excited at the sight of the sultry beauty that he began to talk outright nonsense. The seasoned 56-year-old actor fell in love so much that he did not even think of offering the young actress the humiliating role of a mistress - all his strength was aimed at conquering the woman who drove him crazy. It was also symbolic that Katherine and Michael were born on the same day - September 25 - with a difference of 25 years.
Despite the fact that Hollywood laughed at the habits of macho Douglas and called him “ erotic playboy“, in these relations there was not a drop of vulgarity and established schemes. Michael understood that after the success of the film “The Mask of Zorro”, a whole series of good offers awaited such a beauty, which meant fame and all the accompanying attributes: fans, millions in fees, photo shoots, social events. He chose to act quickly in order to be the first to get a girl who was just getting used to Hollywood.
He courted beautifully, in an old-fashioned, selfless way, convincing not only Katherine, but the whole world that this love meant too much to him. Douglas became noticeably younger - his love obsession gave the actor a second youth. After five months of siege, Katherine surrendered. Paparazzi photographs of a couple in love on the actor's yacht in Mallorca spread all over the world. Everyone was expecting a scandal, but the couple announced that they were going to get married. The scandal, however, happened: Michael Dinara's wife refused to give an official divorce until her unfaithful husband paid her $60 million from his 225 million fortune. For the sake of his desire to marry Katherine, the actor paid a huge compensation. In addition, blinded by love, Douglas gave the bride a unique ring with a 10-carat diamond surrounded by another 28 diamonds, and agreed to a prenuptial agreement, according to which he agreed to pay his wife in case of divorce. ex-lover$3.2 million for each year living together.
One of the most chic weddings in the history of Hollywood happened on November 18, 2000 at the New York Plaza Hotel. OK magazine paid $1.6 million for the right to film this celebration. Among the guests were Jack Nicholson,Sharon Stone,Brad Pitt,Sean Connery,Anthony Hopkins,Steven Spielberg and even the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The bride wore a designer dress from Christiane Lacroix, decorated with diamonds.
A marriage that was predicted to fail continues to surprise skeptics. He is stable and prosperous - the couple has two children together; Katherine, while pregnant, won an Oscar for her role in the musical "Chicago"; Michael, thanks to the support of his wife, coped with cancer, although he suffered greatly. Rarely does a misalliance become such a strong union. And he is the only one in the history of modern Hollywood that can be called a stronghold of family values.
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, takes deep roots into our entire being and often continues to turn green and bloom.
even on the ruins of our hearts.
Victor Hugo
On the eve of the coming spring, let's talk about the most famous love stories of worthy people.
Romeo and Juliet - eternal love
“There is no sadder story in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet...” Why great love These two children, by our standards (Juliet was 13, her beloved Romeo was two or three years older) became a symbol of love of all times and peoples. What is the power and strength of this feeling of a timeless river?
It is possible that it was sung by the wonderful style of the great playwright William Shakespeare, or maybe because love was a victim of the eternal squabbles of adults, the voluntary death of the heroes made the crowd shudder and melted the enmity of the hearts of the warring families of Montagues and Capulets... Who knows...
And even if the authenticity of the events described in the tragedy has not been confirmed, who will doubt the reality of the story, because the names Romeo and Juliet have become common names for beautiful, faithful love, and to this day they evoke admiration and admiration for two young hearts.
The love story of Odysseus and Penelope
One more no less famous story love from the ancient times, sung by the ancient Greek - the great Homer. It is based on the marital relationship of Odysseus and his wife Penelope - an example of rare sacrifice in the name of love and a woman’s ability to wait in spite of everything...
Odysseus, like a true warrior, leaves his young wife after the wedding and goes to war.
Penelope waited for his return for twenty long years, raised her son alone and during this time rejected marriage proposals from 108 men who, citing the death of her husband, sought to take his place.
Penelope and Odysseus were no less faithful in their sea battles, trials and wanderings, remaining faithful and chaste to their wife. Thus, having met a beautiful witch who tried to seduce him and offered him eternal youth in exchange for his love for her, the hero of Hellas resisted the temptation. And the unfading light helped him in that distant love his Penelope. And only 20 years later, loving hearts were reunited despite all adversity.
Love To Kings of Great Britain Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
But now it’s completely modern history love worthy of talking about.
In 1930, the Windsor Palace in Great Britain stunned the world with exciting news: the heir to the royal throne, Edward VIII, had abdicated power. The reason was love for a young American woman and, moreover, married woman Wallis Simpson, far from being of royal blood.
The royal court was indignant and gave the heir a choice: either power or love for a commoner. Edward VIII, without hesitation, chose fiery love for a woman.
Having divorced their first husband, Walliss and Edward got married and lived for thirty-five years away from their homeland, keeping their love that was so dear to them.
“Love never dies,” wrote 84-year-old Wallis after the death of her husband. “It changes its course, it becomes softer and wider... Love is work. Women must bring their wisdom to the altar of family happiness...”
Alexander Griboedov and Nina Chavchavadze love story
This worthy love of our compatriot writer Griboyedov for his wife: fleeting happiness in a few months and 30 years of mourning, as a symbol of fidelity and eternal love Georgian woman to Russian writer.
33-year-old Alexander Griboyedov, as an ambassador of the Russian Empire, was sent to Persia. On the way, he visited the house of his longtime friend, Prince Alexander Chavchavadze. And from the first minutes his heart was conquered by the daughter of the owner of the house - fifteen-year-old beauty Nina. And the young princess could not resist the great feeling for the Russian writer that surged like an avalanche: “How sunbeam I burned!” she confessed to her friend.
Having gotten married in the fall, the newlyweds went to Persia, and in January of the following 1829, Alexander was brutally killed by a crowd of Islamic fanatics. So short was the moment of captivating love.
Nina Chavchavadze-Griboyedova did not remarry and for almost 30 years, until the end of her days, she did not stop mourning. " Black rose Tiflis” - that’s what they called her in the city, she wrote on her husband’s tombstone:
“Your mind and deeds are immortal in Russian memory, but why did my love survive you?”
The burials of the Griboedovs are located nearby, in the city pantheon of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
You can list and list beautiful stories as a triumph of great love. It's easy to love someone who shares your feelings. Where does love come from and what does it feed on when it is not divided, and sometimes even rejected? However, this does not make the feeling weaker, but perhaps, on the contrary, even more piercing and stunning in its strength.
Elbert Einstein and Margarita Konenkova
The story of this unusual relationship is not a romantically filled hymn of devoted love; it is interesting only because it reveals the only love of a brilliant scientist, which broke his heart.
Einstein fell in love with Margarita Konenkova (nee Vorontsova), the wife of a famous Russian sculptor, at the age of 56, as soon as he saw her. How different young Margarita was from his clumsy wife Elsa with a blurry figure and an exhausted face, whom he never loved, like his first wife Mileva, a Serbian! And here is a chiseled waist, beautiful breasts, graceful position of the hands - in order to preserve this beauty, the woman refused to have children. Her sculptor husband adored and idolized her and silently accepted her decision.
Konenkov the sculptor and his muse-wife Margarita Konenkova.
At first, Margarita treated Einstein as just another amusement; accustomed to constantly cheating on her husband with other men, she prepared herself for another flirtation. But she soon realized that her icy heart was beginning to melt from a hitherto unknown fiery feeling for the great genius.
A year later, Einstein's wife, Elsa, dies, and the shackles of marriage no longer fetter his love for Margot. Both of them don’t even try to hide her frequent visits to Princeton to the scientist’s mansion. And only Margarita’s husband does not seem to notice anything or pretends not to notice.... He is afraid of losing his Margarita - his muse and inspiration. And her caresses and tenderness were enough for many... Incredibly talented, smart, beautiful, she, like a lioness, easily conquered more and more new hearts, becoming the bohemian of America.
This relationship for three lasted a long time. While communicating, Margarita not only truly loved the founder of the theory of relativity, but also her homeland, the USSR, she carried out tasks of the NKVD and learned from him all the secrets of the development atomic bomb. When Einstein found out about this, he couldn’t even yell at his beloved, he just went to the FBI to ask for mercy for his beloved and helped her return to her homeland.
In the last years before separation, Margarita and Albert.
Upon the return of the Konenkov family to the USSR, the love relationship was put to an end. From that moment on, life for Einstein lost all meaning. He flatly refused to comply with doctors' orders for surgery on his heart, which was no longer able to withstand the cruel finale of separation.
Moreover, the authorities forbade Margarita's correspondence with Einstein, which caused incredible suffering for Albert. He wrote to her throughout the remaining years, but did not even have the opportunity to send letters. Even dying, 76-year-old Einstein could not send a farewell letter to his only beloved, with love in his heart for whom he left this world.
Without much torment, Margarita accepted the news of the death of her distant friend, although she was far from indifferent to him. Soon her husband, a sculptor, also died, and fate treated her incredibly cruelly in her declining years. Aged and unkempt, she lived in oblivion in her house-workshop, often falling into oblivion. Only the memories of her bright, only love for a man with eternally disheveled hair and a thick mustache brought her joy... She was dying of hunger, there was no one next to her except the devoid of virtue, an arrogant and cruel housekeeper who became the mistress here...
In 1980, in the center of prosperous Moscow, the body of an emaciated, once beautiful woman was taken out of a dirty apartment, with taps on her hand. last minutes gold watch - a gift from the Great Einstein. He personally put them on the wrist of the woman dearest to him when they parted.
Ivan Turgenev and Polina Viardot
The great Russian writer Ivan Turgenev and the famous opera diva of Spanish origin “with a French conscience and spirit,” as the newspapers of those times called her, Pauline Viardot-Garcia - shining example dramatic love full of suffering throughout the writer’s life. Their relationship can rather be characterized as follows: one loved, the other only allowed herself to be loved... but there is no doubt that the friendship was sincere and strong.
In the outwardly inconspicuous, slightly stooped woman with bulging eyes, there really was something rough, gypsy, inherited from her Spanish father, singer Manuel Garcia. But according to contemporaries, as soon as the first notes fell from her voice, a spark ran through the audience, ecstasy seized those listening, and the appearance of the singer herself no longer mattered. Fascinated by the performer's voice, people fell into a kind of prostration, and there could not be one among them indifferent to this person.
Besotted at the first meeting by Polina’s enchanting voice, the Russian writer lost his head, and experienced a similar state for four whole decades until the last days of his life.
Viardot, being married to a man 20 years older than herself, felt only warm sympathy for Turgenev, the commonality of views and interests, the unity of spirit attracted him to him, and then she brought him closer to her, brought him into her home as a friend, a family member , beloved...
Polina Viardot-Garcia not only illuminated the writer’s soul with love, became his muse for many years, inspired his creativity, helped him with translations into French, honing his style, but was also by his side until his last days, dying of cancer far from his homeland. But Ivan Turgenev chose to love with unrequited love and be with her all his life, never having his own family and children.
Poor artist Niko Pirosmani and French actress Margarita
Ah, Margarita again...
“A million, a million scarlet roses...” - who doesn’t know the chorus of this song about the incredibly poignant and unrequited love of a poor artist for a visiting actress. It is also based on real events. Niko Pirosmani is a Georgian artist from a simple family, who lost his parents early, was in constant need, he did not even have the opportunity to buy canvases, and he placed all his creations on walls, boards, and oilcloth on the table. He often made a living by making signs for drinking establishments.
The beautiful French actress Margarita toured the provincial town in which Niko lived and worked, and at the same time the heart of the aspiring artist. Pirosmani fell in love with her passionately, from the first minutes, with all his gut, but, unfortunately, this love did not evoke a reciprocal feeling. The poor artist's heart burned in the flames of passion.
On his birthday (it was spring), Niko Pirosmani filled several carts with fresh flowers and brought them to the windows of the house where Margarita was staying. Armfuls of lilacs, white acacia and snow-white roses (not scarlet) filled the streets of Tiflis with an incomprehensible aroma and laid a thick floral blanket on the square. It remains a mystery where the artist got these flowers...
Margarita’s heart, touched by the spectacle, trembled, she went out, kissed Niko and that’s it... The next day, the actress left the city forever. They didn't see each other again...
Nikola Pirosmanishvili did not become a great artist during his lifetime, his direction of primitivism in painting was not understood, he died at the age of 56, in complete poverty, until his last days, keeping the image of his beloved Margarita in his heart... The artist's works are kept in museums around the world.
Love is a great force that can transform the whole world, to make a person better, stronger, higher, it is timeless. According to Turgenev:
“Only by her, only by love does life hold and move.”
And let it scorch your wings with its flame at least once in your life! And may you be lucky in love!
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Chance meetings of future couples turned their lives upside down, some romantic relationships changed the destinies of other people, influenced art and even the history of the 20th century.
Feelings sometimes required significant sacrifices from lovers; perhaps the largest of them shocked Great Britain in the 30s of the 20th century.
Kingdom in exchange for love
An acquaintance that radically changed the lives of Prince Edward of Wales and the American Wallis Simpson occurred in 1931. They began dating 3 years later, and the high-born family initially accepted the prince’s new hobby condescendingly, hoping that he would soon lose interest in the married woman.
At the end of January 1936, King George V, father of the Prince of Wales, who became the new monarch, died Edward VIII, and the scandalous relationship became impossible to continue without threat to reputation. He understood this, but the couple was not allowed even a morganatic marriage, so on December 10, 1936, the man abdicated the throne. The modest wedding ceremony took place on June 3, 1937, and Times magazine awarded Wallis the title of “Person of the Year,” because her love was more important to Edward than power and changed the fate of the United Kingdom.
In the USSR, around the same time, a beautiful love story took place, which became a standard for the tender, respectful feelings of two creative people.
Director and muse
In 1933, by order from above, Grigory Alexandrov (pseudonym of Alexander Mormonenko) was to film the first Soviet musical comedy with Leonid Utesov in the leading male role, and he had to painfully search for a partner worthy of him. There are several versions of how the director met Lyubov Orlova, who later brilliantly played the housekeeper Anyuta: from the romantic version, according to which Alexandrov saw future wife in the musical theater at the Moscow Art Theater, before a pragmatic meeting arranged by a friend of the actress. In January 1934, Alexandrov and Orlova got married, all 41 years of their married life addressed each other as “you”, and after the death of his beloved, the man took off in memory of her documentary.
Student novels pSometimes they are strong, especially if one of the partners becomes famous, but there are happy exceptions.
Echo of love
In Moscow in the 50s, there was a meeting between Alla Kireeva, a student at the Literary Institute, and the talented young man Robert Rozhdestvensky, who had transferred to the capital’s university from the philological department of Karelian University. Your beloved, who has become only wife and permanent muse, he dedicated many poems, and, perhaps, he was able to express the entire depth of feelings with the words “we coincided with you.” Deafening popularity fell on the poet, who became one of the most beloved “sixties” people, but he did not pay attention to the huge number of fans, because his wife and 2 daughters were waiting for him at home.
Over the course of the 41 years allotted to them by fate, they went through the everyday chaos of the first years of their life together, the test of fame, Rozhdestvensky’s serious illness, the incredibly harmonious relationship of the couple was immortalized in his poems.
In theater circles beautiful novels- not uncommon, but not all couples can boast that they managed to save their relationship.
Creative Union
Meeting the already famous actor Sergei Yursky and a student theater institute Natalia Tenyakova took place in 1965 on the television play “The Big Cat's Tale,” in which they played detective Sidney Hall and his bride Alice, respectively. The romance did not happen - they were not free, but a few years later a new meeting on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater became the beginning of their story happy love. The modest wedding took place 5 years after they met, and the romantic and creative union of the actors turned out to be surprisingly strong - they live together and play on the same stage. The actors’ collaboration in the film “Love and Doves,” where Yursky and Tenyakova portrayed married couple elderly (in fact, they were 49 and 40 years old at the time).
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They did not seem, but were an ideal couple, in which one respected the other and supported him in difficult situations. Some of them have already become history, others are still in the prime of their lives and careers, in any case, website I'm sure there is a lot to learn from them.
Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina
The great Italian director and his muse met on the set and got married two weeks after the meeting. Juliet was Federico's assistant and ally all her life. God did not give them children, but, as they themselves said, their children were Fellini’s films, which to this day are a treasure of Italy and classics of world cinema.
She, despite the offers, starred only in his films, and he always listened to her advice. The love of Federico and Juliet lasted 50 years and one day, ending only with the death of Fellini.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
“A happy marriage doesn’t just happen, it has to be created,” Paul wrote to his fiancée Joan before their wedding. And they managed to create one of the strongest couples in the history of world cinema.
Newman and Woodward met on the set when they were already successful Oscar-winning actors. Their marriage was tested by fame, the death of their son, and career failures. When directors began to refuse Joan, Paul mastered this profession for her sake and made several films with his wife’s participation.
They lived together for 50 years. Paul remained faithful to his wife until the end of his days, jokingly explaining that there was no need to run for hamburgers if a prime steak was waiting at home.
Lyubov Orlova and Grigory Alexandrov
Another union of a director and an actress, a union of two geniuses and idols of their era. They met on the set of the musical comedy “Jolly Fellows” and have not separated since then. Their marriage was a model for Soviet people.
For all the time there was not a single gossip or rumor about a scandal, they addressed each other as “you” all their lives, Aleksandrov filmed Orlova in all his films as the main romantic heroine, but at the same time she did not have a single kissing scene.
They say Lyubov Orlova for all of them long life I didn’t allow myself to appear in front of my husband without my hair and in a robe. They were together for 42 years; after Orlova’s death, Alexandrov lived for another 8 years, managing to make a documentary about his beloved wife and muse.
Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti
An experienced film producer, Carlo taught Sophie a lot: he got rid of the Neapolitan accent, instilled the ability to dress and do makeup, came up with the pseudonym Lauren instead of the surname Scicolone, and looked for the first roles for her, then still unknown.
Sophia Loren became a world star and a symbol of Italy largely thanks to her loving husband, who was always there.
They lived together for almost 50 years. Carlo died in 2007, seven months before their golden wedding.
Iman and David Bowie
A cult musician and a supermodel - they were called the most stylish couple of the 20th century. Cynical rocker Bowie did not believe in love until he met Iman, the woman of his dreams.
They met at the birthday party of a common hairdresser and from the first meeting they realized that they had found each other. Their relationship was easy and happy. David and Iman never ceased to surprise and delight each other throughout their 24 years of marriage.
Most recently, David passed away, he died after a difficult battle with cancer surrounded by loving wife and children.
Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin
They met at an evening at Lily Brik's (that same fatal love of Mayakovsky). The great ballerina and composer were similar not only internally, but also externally - they were often called brother and sister.
They drew inspiration from each other and admired each other. In 50 years of marriage, there was not a single quarrel between Plisetskaya and Shchedrin.
Maya Mikhailovna passed away on May 2, 2015. As Rodion Konstantinovich said in an interview after the death of his wife: “I always told her that she was from another planet, perhaps now she has flown back.”
Jeff Bridges and Susan Gaston
They were recognized as one of the most ideal couples in Hollywood. Jeff and Susan met more than 40 years ago on the set of Rancho Deluxe, where Susan was serving as a waitress. film crew during lunches. Bridges was captivated by her figure and grace.
The couple considers the main secret of their long-lasting happiness to be the ability to adapt and understand each other.
Robert Rozhdestvensky and Alla Kireeva
Alla and Robert with their daughter Ekaterina
An outstanding poet of the 20th century, a man of the era, Robert Rozhdestvensky loved one woman all his life - his wife Alla Kireeva. They met at the Literary Institute and lived together for 41 years until Robert's death in 1994.
Together they survived lack of money and life in a communal apartment, remaining attentive and tender to each other. Robert dedicated poems to Alla and declared his love every day.
Their daughter, already an adult, found a note that Alla once wrote to her husband: “Robochka, if you get up before me, wake me up, I’ll cook porridge for you.”
Keith Richards and Patti Hansen
Keith Richards, the legendary guitarist of the Rolling Stones, traded sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll for... family life with model Patti Hansen.
They met at the Studio 54 club and got married a short time later, with Mick Jagger as best man at their wedding.
Patti accompanied Keith on all his tours, creating comfort, and gave him two children. He wrote songs and poems to her, helped her survive cancer, without leaving her bed for days. Patty says Keith saved her. It was his love that gave her strength and desire to live.
Sean Connery and Micheline Roquebrune
Unlike his hero, the heartthrob James Bond, Sir Sean Connery has been faithful to one woman for 35 years - his wife, the French artist Micheline Roquebrune.
Connery still admires his wife and considers her unique. The basis of their relationship is trust. According to Sean, Micheline never asked him during their entire life together where he went and where he came back from.
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
One of the strongest couples in Hollywood. It seems they were made for each other. Goldie and Kurt, even after 30 years of marriage, glow with happiness and treat each other with youthful love.
Kate was captivated by Andrew's inner charm. As the actress admits, Upton makes her truly happy; with him you can come up with and bring to life the most daring creative ideas.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
Sarah and Matthew met at a New York party and, as they themselves say, it was love at first sight. Broderick was charmed by his future wife's sense of humor and spontaneity.
They helped each other get out of depression after a previous failed relationship and believe in true love. The marriage of Sarah and Matthew is one of the strongest and happiest in modern Hollywood. They support each other both in raising children and at the premieres of their films.
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