20 Famous Long-Term Couples That Split

Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger married in 1986; they divorced in 2011. They share four children.

Neither person has remarried, but both have had long-term partners since the divorce.

Clint Eastwood married Maggie Johnson.Clint Eastwood married Maggie Johnson from 1953 until Johnson filed for separation in 1978. The divorce finalized in 1984, 31 years after their marriage. Eastwood started new relationships and kept others he had with Johnson.

Eastwood married Dina Ruiz in 1996. Ruiz filed for divorce in 2013.

Harrison Ford married Melissa Mathison.Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison married from 1983 to 2004 and had two children in 1990. Mathison was Ford's second wife. Ford remarried in 2010, proposing to Calista Flockhart over Valentine's Day weekend in 2009.

Mathison, a screenwriter, died of neuroendocrine cancer in 2015.

Jerry Lewis married his first wife, Patti Palmer, from 1944 to 1980. They had six children, all boys.

Jerry Lewis remarried in 1983 and adopted a daughter with Sandra Pitnick.

Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard ended their relationship in 2011 after 26 years and two children. This was Lange's second marriage; she has not remarried.

Shepard never remarried and died in 2017.

Kris and Caitlyn Jenner married from 1991 to 2015, separating in 2013. Soon after the divorce, Caitlyn came out as a trans woman on the cover ofVanity Fair, which sparkedThe Kardashian/Jenner family gave multiple reactions..

The couple shares two children and several grandchildren.

Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins ended their 23-year relationship in 2009. They have two sons.

Reba McEntire split from her husband Narvel Blackstock in 2015 after 26 years of marriage. McEntire inherited three stepchildren from Blackenstock's prior marriage, and the couple had a son.

The family stays close, despite the divorce.

Chris Rock filed for divorce from his wife, Malaak Compton-Rock, in 2014 after almost 20 years of marriage. The divorce finalized in 2016. They share two children.

Chris Rock's couple, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married from 1984 to 2013. After they divorced, their band, Sonic Youth, also ended.

Anthony Hopkins married Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002. Lynton was Hopkins's second wife; the couple had no children.

Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille, AKA Captain & Tennille, divorced after 39 years. Tennille filed for divorce four years after Dragon showed a tremor and neurological condition affecting his music. The reason given was Dragon's "inability to be affectionate."

Tennille and Dragon remained friends. She returned to her ex-husband's home when he died in 2019.

Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen married for nearly 30 years before they ended things in 1985. They have four children, including actress Amy Redford, and seven grandchildren.

Robert Redford remarried in 2009. He tied the knot with Sibylle Szaggars. The couple lived together since the 1990s. Van Wagenen finished her Ph.D. in American history at New York University in 2003. She married George Burrill in 2002.

Matt and Amy Roloff's divorce finished in 2016. They were married for close to 30 years. They share four children; one child has achondroplasia.

The Roloffs starred in the show.Little People, Big World.

Morgan Freeman separated from his wife of 26 years, Myrna Colley-Lee, in 2007. Their divorce finalized in 2010.

In a statementJeff Bezos shared this on Twitter.On January 9, 2019, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, author MacKenzie Bezos, announced their divorce after 25 years. They have three sons and one daughter.

George and Marion Segal married for 25 years. They divorced in 1984. They share two daughters.

George remarried in 1996. Marion later married director Herb Freed.

Buddy Ebsen and Nancy Wolcott divorced in 1985. They were married for 39 years and had four children. Ebsen remarried soon after. He stayed with his third wife, Dorothy Knott, until his death in 2003.

Leonard and Sandi Nimoy married for 32 years. They ended their marriage in 1987. They had two children.

Leonard remarried in 1989. He married Susan Bay at a New Year's Day ceremony. Bay and Nimoy stayed married until Nimoy died in 2015.

Al and Tipper Gore separated in 2010 after 30 years. The couple has four children. In 2012, reports stated both had long-term relationships with others.