Visual aids to what is called a "marriage of convenience"

Selection of the most unusual marriage with a huge age difference between spouses. As they say: "Of course, they got married on the great love»;)





John Cleese (a member of the comedian group Monty Python) and Jennifer Wade.
The difference in age: 31 year.
They were married in August 2012, when she was 41 years old, and he was - 72.



Rodney Dangerfield (American comedian and actor) and Joan Child.
The difference in age: 31 year. They married in 1993
and they remained together until his death in 2004 (at the age of 82 years).
Later, she was betrothed to the 95-year-old millionaire Kirk Kerkorianom.



Dennis Hopper and Katherine Lanas. The difference in age: 31 year.
They were married in June 1989 and were divorced in April 1992.



Again, Dennis Hopper, but this time with Victoria Duffy. The difference in age: 35 years.
When he died in 2010, they were in the process of divorce.



Woody Allen and Previn Sung-I. The difference in age: 35 years.
Their relationship began in 1991 when Allen was 56 years old, and she - 19.
They married in 1997 and have adopted two girls.



Actor Des O'Connor and Jodie Brooke Wilson. The difference in age: 37 years.
They married in 2007 after a relationship that lasted 17 years.
They met when she was 21.



Hugh Hefner and Kimberley Conrad. The difference in age: 37 years.
They married in 1989 when she was 26, and he was - 63



Patrick Stewart (British actor of theater, cinema and television) and his girlfriend Sanya Osella.
The difference in age: 37 years.



Patrick Stewart and Lisa Dillon. The difference in age: 39 years.



Ronnie Wood and Ekaterina Ivanova. The difference in age: 41 year.
In July 2008, member of the «Rolling Stones» left his wife for the sake of the 19-year-old Russian beauty.



Fred Astaire and Robin Smith. The difference in age: 45 years.
They married in 1980 and remained together until his death in 1987.



Tony Curtis and Jill Vandenberg. The difference in age: 46 years.
They were married in November 1998, when he was 73 years old, and she - 27.
They were together until his death in 2010.



Dick Van Dyke (American actor, comedian, writer and producer) and Arlene Silver.
The difference in age: 46 years.
We got married in February 2012.



Cary Grant and Barbara Harris. The difference in age: 47 years.
They were married in April 1981 and remained together until his death in 1986 at age 82.



Anthony Quinn and Kathy Benvin. The difference in age: 47 years.
We got married in 1997 and remained together until his death in 2001 at age 86.



Tony Randall (American actor, comedian, producer and director) and Heather Harlan.
The difference in age: 51 year. The actor married her when she was 25 years old, and he was almost 76.
they remained married until his death in 2004.



Again, Hugh Hefner, this time with his girlfriend Holly Madison.
The difference in the age of 54 years.



Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris. The difference in age: 60 years.
Playboy founder married former model New Year's Eve. They married a year after,
in 2011, their planned wedding fell through due to illness Hefner.



And finally, the biggest difference between this list. J. Howard Marshall and Anna Nicole Smith.
The difference in the age of 63 years.
Oil tycoon married model of Playboy in 1994, when he was 89 years old, and she - 26.
He died 13 months after the wedding.