The Hottest Celebrity Couple the Year You Were Born Will Surprise You

Judy Garland met her director husband on the set of the pair's 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis. The Wizard of Oz star would split from her second husband, Minelli, in 1951, but not after giving birth to daughter that would follow her into the limelight, Liza Minelli.

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He was the auteur behind Citizen Kane, she was film noir star played Gilda, together they were one of the biggest couples of Hollywoods Golden Age. Though they pair would divorce in 1947, Rita called Orson "great love of her life."

When they were married in 1947, Prince Philip (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) had to give up his foreign titles, become a British citizen, and change his last name. In the 72 years since, they've welcomed four children, eight grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.

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Across the pond was the tragic love story between these two actors. They met in 1936, but Laurence was married. Vivien was reportedly certain this was the love of her life, and they started their affair the following year. They eventually married in 1940 and were at the height of their "couple goals" status, but health problems and their overall rocky relationship led to their downfall around 1958.

Named the "best love story, ever" by The Hollywood Reporter, this couple met in 1944. There was a 25-year age gap, but that didn't stop Humphrey from asking Lauren for her number (which she wrote on a matchbox). They had two kids and were married for 13 years, until Humphrey died of esophageal cancer in 1957.

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She's known for her seven ex-husbands, but let's talk about Elizabeth Taylor's first. The heir to the Hilton hotel fortune, Conrad met his future bride in October 1949 and they were married in May 1950. She was just 18, and the marriage ended after just 205 days.

Ava had been divorced twice and Frank was married to his longtime partner Nancy when the two stars reconnected (and began an affair) in 1949. They got married in 1951, but frequently cheated on each other. They divorced by 1957. Surprisingly, however, they were lifelong friends.

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After a whirlwind romance, the dreamy Hollywood couple were married in June 1951. They had their fair share of fights and ended up divorcing, but not before welcoming daughters Kelly and Jamie Lee into the world. Janet is best known for her screaming in Psycho, so it was hardly a shock when Jamie Lee had so much success with the Halloween movies.

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By 1953, the actress-singer and her New York Yankees star beau were living a life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills. They had a brief nine-month marriage the year after, but this was most definitely their peak.

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This couple had chemistry both on-screen and off. They costarred in the Broadway show Ondine, and in the films Sabrina (1954) and War and Peace (1956). They married in 1954 in Switzerland and they had one son, Sean, after she suffered several miscarriages. They divorced in 1968 after 14 years of marriage.

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A handsome singer and beautiful actress fall in love, get married in 1955, and have two children...one of whom becomes Princess Leia. Sounds like a rom-com, right? Not so much. Eddie went on to fall for Elizabeth Taylor (more on those two later) and divorced Debbie in 1959.

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A Hollywood princess became real-life royalty when actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. The Oscar winner met her prince at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955. She never returned to acting and the couple had three children together. They lived a happy life together until Grace tragically died following a car crash in 1982. Prince Rainier III never remarried.

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"I was 10 and he was 18 when I first saw him walking down a hall at 20th Century Fox,” Natalie told People in 1976. “I turned to my mother and said, ‘I’m going to marry him.’" In 1972, the two became husband and wife for a second time. Their first marriage lasted from 1957–1962, and they both went on to marry and have children with other people. However, they reunited, had a daughter together, and were married until Natalie's shocking death in 1981. Decades later, Robert was named a person of interest in the case in 2018.

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The Hollywood actress married for the fourth time to the CEO of Pepsi in 1955. After three failed marriages, she spent four years with Alfred before he died from a heart attack in 1959. They did not have children together, but had several kids from previous marriages.

Two "it" Hollywood couples in the late '50s were Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and then Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd. But after Todd's death in 1958, Elizabeth took an interest in her friend's husband. By 1959, Elizabeth and Eddie were married, and Debbie was left with the couple's two kids. Elizabeth and Eddie lasted for about five years, but then she fixed her gaze on Richard Burton.

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The couple met in the early '50s and secretly married in 1960. She was known for a small role in the movie Mutiny on the Bounty. In a twist of fate, Marlon met his third wife Tarita Teriipaia while filming the 1962 remake of the same film. He married Tarita that same year, even though his divorce from Movita wasn't finalized until 1968.

Perhaps the closest we'll ever get to stateside royalty was the Kennedys. Jackie and John were married in 1953, and JFK was sworn in as president of the United States in 1961. They had three children together, and remained married until the president was assassinated in November 1963.

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In the 1940s, Lena made a name for herself as the highest-paid African-American actor in the U.S. Around the same time, she met and married Lennie Hayton in 1947, but they moved to Paris amid scrutiny of their interracial relationship. All of the hate and racism they received didn't stop their love, however, and they were together until Lennie died in 1971. They had one son together, but Teddy Jones died in 1970 from a kidney ailment, according to The Guardian.

"Anne and I both grew up during the marriage, we both grew up, we both knew what was really important, and what love meant, and … what doing for each other meant," Mel said in a 2013 PBS documentary. It was the second marriage for both of them, and they tied the knot in 1964, welcoming their son Max in 1972. The pair was unbreakable, and they remained together until Anne's death from uterine cancer in 2005.

We told you this was coming ... Liz and Richard co-starred in 1963's Cleopatra (she was Cleopatra, he was Mark Antony) and sparks flew. She was married to Eddie Fisher, as you'll remember, and the affair made headlines all over the world. They married in March 1964, but divorced in 1974.