Jul 05 2006

Celebrity Weddings

by Megan Edwards

2004
August 15—Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton and New York money manager Todd Andrew Meister, Las Vegas Wedding Chapel (with Paris Hilton and Bijou Phillips in attendance at the 2:30 a.m. ceremony)

March 3—University of Miami star defensive tackle & probable NFL draft pick Vincent Wilfork and Bianca Farinas, Little White Chapel

January 24—Actor David Faustino (”Married…With Children”) and actress/model Andrea Elmer

January 5—Britney Spears & Jason Allen Alexander, Little White Chapel (annulled 55 hours later)

2002
September 1—Actress Terry Farrell and actor Brian Baker, Paris Las Vegas

2001
October 22—Tennis superstars Andre Agassi (a Las Vegas local) & Steffi Graf, private ceremony

May 6—Billie Piper & media mogul Chris Evans, Little Church of the West

2000
May 5—Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton, Little Church of the West

June 24—Dixie Chick Natalie Maines & actor Adrian Pasdar, Little White Chapel

Wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin & Debra Marshall, Little White Chapel

February 19—Comedian David Brenner & Elizabeth Slater, the Venetian (on stage at the end of his show)

May 9—Singer Marc Anthony & Miss Universe Dayanara Torres Delgado
February—Darva Conger & Rick Rockwell, on stage at the Las Vegas Hilton during the Fox TV show “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire”

1999
November 19—Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel & Crystal Kennedy, Caesars Palace

1998
November 15—Basketball star Dennis Rodman & actress Carmen Electra (real name Tara Patrick), Little Chapel of the Flowers

November—Actor Tony Curtis & horse trainer Jill Vanden Berg, MGM Grand

1997
June 5—Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher & Meg Mathews, Little Church of the West (with an Elvis impersonator & Beatles music)

1996
May 18—Rapper Coolio (Artis Ivey, Jr.) & Los Angeles DJ Josefa Salinas

May 1—Actress Kelly Ripa & actor Mark Consuelos

March 31—Actor/director Clint Eastwood & news anchor Dina Ruiz

1994
October 29—Comedian/impressionist Rich Little & Jeanette Markey, MGM Grand

1993
December 26—Comedian/actor Rodney Dangerfield & Joan Child, Silver Bells Wedding Chapel

1991
December 12—Actor Richard Gere & supermodel Cindy Crawford

October 27—”Thompson Twins” singers Tom Bailey & Alannah Currie, Graceland Wedding Chapel

1990
April—Rock singer Axl Rose (real name William Bailey) & Erin Everly (daughter of singer Don Everly)

1989
September 2—Basketball star Michael Jordan & Juanita Vanoy, Little White Chapel

August 6—Actor Corey Feldman & actress (”Beverly Hills 90210″) Vanessa Marcil

April 29—Rock star Jon Bon Jovi & Dorothea Hurley, Graceland Chapel

January 21—Actor Lorenzo Lamas & actress Kathleen Kinmont Smith

1988
February 21—Actor Dudley Moore & actress Brogan Lane, Little Church of the West

1987
November 21—Actress Demi Moore & actor Bruce Willis

1986
June—”Boomtown Rats” singer Bob Geldof & actress Paula Yates, Little Church of the West

1985
Actress Joan Collins & singer Peter Holm, Little White Chapel

December—Singer/actress Bette Midler & Martin von Hasselberg, Candlelight Wedding Chapel

1982
Actor/singer Robert Goulet & Vera Chochorovska Novak, reception at the Dunes

1978
Actor Mickey Rooney & country singer Jan Chamberlin, (Rooney’s wedding number 8 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

1977
April—Entertainer David Cassidy & actress Kay Lenz, Little Church of the West

1976
Actor Don Johnson & actress Melanie Griffith

1975
Actor/comedian Freddie Prinze & Katherine Cochran

1973
Actor Michael Caine & model Shakira Baksh

1972
October—Actor George Hamilton & Alana Collins, the Las Vegas Hilton

1971
Singer Diana Ross & Robert Silverstein, Silver Bells Chapel

1970
Actress Patty Duke & Michael Tell, Little White Chapel

1969
Actor Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Hockett ( Rooney’s wedding number 7 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

Movie director Pedro Vidal & Susan Diederich, Caesars Palace

1968
June—Singer Wayne Newton & flight attendant Elaine Okamura, the Flamingo

1967
Singer Elvis Presley & Patricia Anne Beaulieu, the Aladdin

Mickey Rooney & Marge Lane (Rooney’s wedding number 6 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

May—Actress Ann-Margret & actor Roger Smith (”77 Sunset Strip”), the Riviera

May—Actress Lesley Ann Warren & Jon Peters (her hairdresser)

1966
August 7—Entertainer Charo (full name: Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza) & bandleader Xavier Cugat at Caesars Palace

July 19—Singer Frank Sinatra &actress Mia Farrow, the Sands

Songwriter & composer Burt Bacharach & actress Angie Dickinson

1965
August-Actress Jane Fonda & film director Roger Vadim, reception at the Dunes

Actress/singer Judy Garland & actor Mark Harron, Little Church of the West

Actor Cary Grant & actress Dyan Cannon, the Dunes

1964
Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker & Carol Jackson

1963
Actress Betty White & game show host Allen Ludden, the Sands

1962
Actress Mary Tyler Moore & TV producer Grant Tinker

1959
New York Yankees manager Billy Martin & Gretchen Winkler

1958
January 29—Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, the El Rancho

Actor Mickey Rooney & beauty queen Barbara Thomason (Rooney’s wedding number 5 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

1957
December 29—Entertainers Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, at the home of the El Rancho’s owner

1956
Actress Carol Channing & television executive Charles Lowe, Boulder City

1955
Actress Joan Crawford & Pepsi-Cola Chairman Alfred Steele, the Flamingo

1954
May 28—Actor Kirk Douglas & French publicist Ann Buydens, the Sahara

Actor Fernando Lamas & actress Arlene Dahl, Little Church of the West

1953
September 24—Actress Rita Hayworth & singer Dick Haymes, the Sands

1952
Actor Mickey Rooney & model Elaine Mahnken (Rooney’s marriage number 4 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

1951
Actress Marion Davies & sea captain Horace Brown

1949
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor & actor George Sanders, Little Church of the West

1948
Actor Mickey Rooney & actress Martha Vickers (Rooney’s wedding number 3 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

1946
Film director John Huston & actress Evelyn Keyes

1945
Actress Deanna Durbin & playwright Felix Jackson, Little Church of the West

1944
Actor Mickey Rooney & beauty queen Betty Jane Rase (Rooney’s wedding number 2 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

1943
Actress & legendary “pin-up girl” Betty Grable & bandleader/trumpeter Harry James, Little Church of the West

Bandleader Tommy Dorsey & actress Pat Dane

Actress Linda Darnell & cameraman Peverell Marley

Actress Dinah Shore & actor George Montgomery

1942
January 10—Actor Mickey Rooney & actress Ava Gardner (Rooney’s wedding number 1 of 8, all at the Little Church of the West)

1939
Actor Nelson Eddy & Ann Franklin

Tennis star Helen Wills Moody & Aidan Roark

1933
Actor Johnny Weissmuller & actress Lupe Velez

1931
Silent film actress & “It” girl Clara Bow & cowboy actor Rex Bell

Actor Lew Ayres & actress Lola Lane

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