The biggest love in the world. Great Scandalous Novels of the 20th Century: Celebrity Love Stories. Pierre Abelard Eloise
Life of the Stars
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By the time of the death of Hugh Ledger, his beautiful romance with Michelle Williams was over, but still the actress was very worried about the death of her ex-boyfriend. She left a daughter, Matilda, strikingly similar to her father. Some Hollywood love stories are as tragic as the plots of well-known melodramas. Get to know them - and then, maybe, you will become more careful about your chosen ones.
Two Natashas
The star of the films "Solaris" and "The Truman Show" Natasha McElhone was married to Dr. Martin Kelly. They raised two sons and were expecting a third when their relationship ended tragically in 2008. Once the actress returned home from filming and found an insensitive husband. He was taken to the hospital, but Martin did not survive. The cause of death was cardiomyopathy. Their third son, Rex, was born almost six months after his father's death. To cope with depression, Natasha began to write letters to her late husband - later they saw the light in the book.
Next dramatic story also associated with an actress named Natasha. The daughter of the famous British star, the beautiful Natasha Richardson, married Irish boyfriend Liam Neeson in 1994 after a joint performance in a Broadway production. In 2009, Richardson and one of their sons spent their winter holidays in Quebec. There, skiing, the actress received a head injury. It seemed to her that nothing terrible had happened, and she refused medical help. But blunt head injuries can be very insidious. And when Richardson was taken to the hospital a couple of days later, the brain had already died. If time had not been lost, she could have survived. On March 18, Natasha was disconnected from the apparatus. She was 45 years old. Even years later, the actor admits that when the door opens, he expects to hear the voice of his beloved.
cancer killer
James Bond and an ex-Bond girl found love and happiness in the real world when Pierce Brosnan and Cassandra Harris (who starred in one of the Bond movies, For Your Eyes Only) got married in 1980. The actor adopted two children of his wife, then they had a son. Harris staged terrible diagnosis: ovarian cancer. Brosnan was by her side as she battled her illness: 8 surgeries, chemotherapy. But nothing helped, and in 1991 the woman died. Pierce stated that even after her death, he would sit in the garden that Cassandra loved so much and talk to her. Later, the same disease claimed daughter Harris.
The love of Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi lasted 34 years (they met when the girl was only 16 years old). A real Hollywood record! The actor died of pancreatic cancer in 2009. Lisa for a long time did not agree to marriage with Albert DePrisco, who asked for her hand. But one day Patrick dreamed of her, and the woman decided that he blesses his beloved and asks her to move on in life. And Lisa married Albert.
At the hands of maniacs
When the Liverpool Four broke up, many accused Yoko Ono - they say, the Beatles split began with her. In fact, the quartet was full of problems even before Lennon's marriage. Their relationship was not easy, but undoubtedly, these two loved each other. Only love ended in tragedy: Mark Chapman shot the idol of millions in December 1980, and John Lennon left Yoko and their son Sean.
Two weeks before the birth of the child, the wife of Roman Polanski was brutally murdered - five of the 16 wounds she received were fatal. The beautiful actress was "at the wrong time in the wrong place" - her house was attacked by the followers of the psychopath Charles Manson. Four of her friends died with Tate. Roman was away at the time and survived.
Irreparable loss
Rock legend Mick Jagger and fashion designer Lauren Scott seemed like a strange couple: the difference in age (21 years) and height (15 cm). But they've been together everywhere since they met in 2001. And wherever they appeared, the eyes of those present were riveted to these two. It is still unclear what caused the 49-year-old Lauren to commit suicide - probably financial problems in her design business. Scott hanged herself from a doorknob in her apartment in February of this year.
For comedian John Ritter and actress Amy Yasbeck, September was a very busy month: the birthdays of both spouses, their daughter Stella, their wedding anniversary. But September 11, 2003 was overshadowed by the death of John. On Stella's 5th birthday, her dad died on the operating table from an aneurysm. Amy was very worried, since then she has been a rare guest in the cinema.
fatal disaster
Beautiful love was with the stars of the "golden age" of Hollywood blonde Carole Lombard and the star of "Gone with the Wind", handsome Clark Gable. Carol was only 33 years old when she died in a plane crash: a twin-engine plane literally crashed into a mountain. Gable was barely kept from climbing to the top - he rushed there in the hope of saving his wife. When her body was discovered, he sobbed and said that he did not want to return to an empty house.
Gable was looking for death for a long time, but then he tried to start all over again, marrying several more times. But after his death, he found his last resting place next to Lombard.
When one couldn't survive without the other
It is still not entirely clear what caused the death of the young star Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon Monjack, who survived his wife by only five months. Versions were different. The most plausible - Brittany did not survive the effects of pneumonia, anemia and treatment with strong drugs, her heart failed. A heart attack killed Simon too.
Superman star Christopher Reeve said he fell in love with Dana at first sight. They got married in the spring of 1992, it seemed that happiness was not in danger. But in May 1995, the actor fell off his horse, injured two cervical vertebrae. The doctors saved him, but Reeve remained forever paralyzed. His life was supported by a complex apparatus, but he did not leave active work, by his example instilling hope in the same invalids. Dana has always been there. 9 years after the tragedy, Christopher fell into a coma (it was a reaction to an antibiotic) and died a few hours later. His wife did not long survive him. She died in March 2006: lung cancer destroyed Dana in six months.
Famous people love, lose and suffer no less than others. We will tell you about the seven most touching and sad love stories that the whole world has watched.
One of the most famous couples in America in the 50s is a cult actress and a famous baseball player. In 1954, the lovers got married and seriously planned to become an exemplary family. The fatal blonde with might and main assured that she wants to give birth to Joe kids and become perfect domestic woman. However, in the understanding of Marilyn, this did not include leaving Hollywood. Of course, the hot Italian husband did not like this, and even the status of the sex symbol of the missus acted on him like a red rag on a bull. Jealousy won over love, and after only 2 years of marriage, the couple broke up.
However, the warmest feelings between the former spouses still remained - all their lives they kept in touch and helped each other. Moreover, it was DiMaggio who prepared Monroe's funeral, and for many years, fresh flowers appeared on the actress's grave as a sign of love and respect from her former lover.
This love story began quite pragmatically - presidential candidate John F. Kennedy needed a profitable match and found it in the person of the respectable and educated Jacqueline Bouvier. The wedding took place in 1953 - the couple looked perfect, but their happiness was mostly a PR fiction. Kennedy was not particularly serious about the oath of allegiance to his wife and started romances left and right, while the faithful Jacqueline endured all his adventures and remained close during severe attacks and operations that John suffered due to his serious problems with the spine.
In the late 50s, Jackie's patience snapped and she decided to file for divorce. Her father-in-law and former diplomat Joe Kennedy persuaded her to save the marriage. The couple stayed together, and for some time peace and love really reigned in their family - John began to appreciate his wife, and she allowed their relationship to start from a new leaf.
But the idyll was not destined to last b Xia for a long time - November 22, 1963 in Dallas, a shot killed Kennedy and at the same time completed the story of their relationship with Jacqueline.
The witnesses of that tragic event especially remembered the gesture faithful wife, who decided not to change her blood-splattered costume, so that the whole world could see not only her pain, but also the horror of the crime committed by the killer.
Although Birkin did not become the first love of the French chanson star Serge Gainsbourg, she definitely left a serious mark on his life and work. The couple met in 1968 on the set of the film "Slogan". At first they hated each other, but after a while the situation changed dramatically, and Jane turned from an enemy into the musician's third wife.
The lovers stayed together for a long 12 years, during which their daughter Charlotte and the famous hit "Je t" aime ... Moi non plus "(" I love you ... I don't either "), which the Pope personally criticized that , however, only added to the popularity of the song.
The tandem broke up because of Serge's addiction to drinking, but they remained good friends and colleagues - it was Gainsbourg who wrote her best songs for Birkin. To this day, Jane speaks of ex-husband with great warmth and calls him a very vulnerable, but incredibly talented person.
This romance can rightly be called official - it flared up on the set of the film "Flames over England", where Lee and Olivier played lovers. Despite the fact that both actors were married, they decided to give a damn and start living together. The couple resolved the divorce formalities with their other halves only a few years later, and only after that they were able to register their relationship.
Both sides destroyed this beautiful story -Lawrence was tormented by envy of the success of his beloved, and Vivienne began to experience an exacerbation of manic-depressive psychosis, which eventually broke her life and put an end to her passionate relationship with Olivier.
The actor quickly came to his senses, married a year later and lived happily for 30 years, but Lee died only 7 years later from tuberculosis and remained single until the end of her life.
The fatal blonde of our time and her famous husband met in 1968 at the film set of the Warner Brothers studio. The novel flared up quickly - in the same year the couple got married. The couple stayed together for 7 years.
They broke up through the fault of Penn - he was never famous for exemplary behavior, but in those days he completely beat all records: he regularly got drunk, was wildly jealous of his wife and often beat her. Once he was completely carried away - the badly beaten singer even filed a complaint with the police. A little later, she really took him away, saying that she wished Sean all the best, if only he was away from her.
Nevertheless, Madonna's feelings were strong - later she repeatedly admitted that it was Penn who was her greatest love. In 1996, she invited the actor to attend her birth, and after that she regularly appeared with him at events and was extremely flattered when Sean visited and approved one of her performances. However, the couple could not forgive each other until the end, and their reunion remained only in the dreams of fans.
6. Romy Schneider and Alain Delon
Another love affair at work, which, moreover, began with mutual hatred - having met on the set of the film "Christina", the impulsive Delon and the sophisticated Schneider immediately disliked each other. But a few months later, Romy moved from Australia to Paris to Alain, and a couple of months later their engagement was announced. The wedding, however, never took place - after some time, Delon was seen by the paparazzi with a certain blonde, a little later he left Romy, and he married this blonde. Schneider, on the other hand, remained at the bottom.
Dealing with grief, she got married and forgot to think about Delon, until fate brought them together again on the set of the film "Pool". As it turned out, fate was here and Moreover, the role for Romy was procured by the actor himself. Passion flared up new force, her husband left Schneider, and soon Delon himself fled, again leaving the actress alone with herself and her pain.
Romy's suffering spilled over into a passion for alcohol, and in 1981 another blow awaited her - her 14-year-old son suddenly died. Soon the actress herself died of a broken heart.
Delon took the death of his ex-lover as his fault - he wrote about this in a letter published in one of the newspapers: “It was because of me that your heart stopped beating. Because of me, because 25 years ago I was made your partner at Christina.
7. Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger
Williams and Ledger met on the set of the controversial Brokeback Mountain. According to colleagues of the actors, their romance flared up immediately. For three years the couple was happy together - in 2008, after the birth of their daughter Matilda, they announced their engagement. However, they never played a wedding - after some time, both actors announced a break in relations. For the press, the main version was the employment of Ledger and Williams. But close sources said that it was Heath's addiction to drugs. The actor also experienced a difficult and painful break with Michelle with their help. And soon he was found dead in his own house. He allegedly accidentally mixed strong sleeping pills, after which he could no longer wake up.
Williams suffered a loss for a long time and is unlikely to fully recover from it now. In an interview, she said that no one can even imagine how much everything died for her with Heath.
Incredible Facts
The life of celebrities seems to us the ultimate dream, and their love stories are an incredibly beautiful fairy tale.
However, even for the beautiful and famous, not everything is so smooth and cloudless.
Sometimes even the most beautiful stories love, suddenly breaking off, find a tragic ending.
Here are 10 celebrity love stories with surprisingly sad endings:
The most tragic love stories
1. Simon Atli and Petra Nemkova
In a split second, a dream vacation turned into a nightmare for 25-year-old model Petra Nemkova and her 33-year-old boyfriend, photographer Simon Utley.
At the end of 2004, the lovers went to one of popular resorts Thailand. Vacation promised to be fabulous.
When a deadly tsunami hit the island, thousands of human destinies were broken in an instant.
Petra escaped certain death by clinging to the branches of a palm tree. For eight agonizing hours, the model stayed on the tree until rescuers finally rescued her.
The girl received a fracture of the pelvis and many other injuries, but she survived, and her lover died ...
Simon's body was found 6 months later near the place where the couple spent their holidays.
In memory of her dead fiancé, Petra founded a fund called The Happy Hearts Fund. This organization was engaged in helping the victims of the cataclysms in Haiti and the Philippines cope with the tragedies that fell upon them.
Michael Todd is perhaps famous for being single husband Elizabeth Taylor, whom she did not divorce. And it really was a feat.
After all, all 7 marriages of the famous actress ended in divorce. Marriage with Michael was the third in a row for the star Cleopatra (she was married a total of eight times) and the third for Todd, a famous Hollywood producer.
Taylor was two years old younger than son Todd from his first marriage. However, the 23-year age difference did not stop the lovers. The relationship between Elizabeth and Michael was in the spotlight all the time and was surrounded by a lot of gossip and gossip.
6 months after the wedding, a daughter, Liza, was born in the family.
Despite the negative tabloid attention, the couple seemed genuinely in love and sincere.
Many have said that Elizabeth has never been happier than being paired with Todd.
Their fairy tale ended when, less than a year after their marriage in 1958, Todd's private jet, Lucky Liz, crashed. The plane's engine failed and it exploded on impact with the ground.
At the end of her life, Elizabeth called Michael "the love of her life" along with her 5th (and 6th) husband, Richard Burton, and, of course, jewelry.
Celebrity tragedy
3. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
Yes, their relationship was tumultuous, yes, the couple were notorious for both using illegal drugs.
In April 1994, the whole world was shocked by the news of the death of Kurt Cobain. The famous musician was found dead in his home. He died from a gunshot wound to the head. The police stated the fact of suicide.
Kurt and Courtney met at a nightclub in 1990. They secretly married on a beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1992.
6 months after the wedding, daughter Francis Bian was born.
There are many versions regarding the death of Kurt. Some say it was murder. Others are convinced that Cobain committed suicide. But for what exact reason, no one knows.
At the time of his death, Kurt was only 27 years old. He was in the prime of his life and at the zenith of his glory...
4. Carole Lombard and Clark Gable
Hollywood" golden girl Carol Lombard met her fate on the set of the 1932 film The Difficult Man, starring the famous Clark Gable.
But only in 1939, after seven years After they met, the couple got together. The life of Clark and Carol seemed like a fairy tale idyll.
They were madly in love, constantly surprising each other with unusual actions.
For example, after one of their quarrels, Lombard sent her husband a pair of doves as a sign of reconciliation.
Unfortunately, just two years after their wedding, Carol died in a plane crash. She flew to the shooting of an anti-fascist film. Her plane crashed, crashing into a mountain while climbing.
She was only 33 years old. Although Gable later married, those who knew him closely claimed that the actor never recovered from the death of his wife. Undoubtedly, Carol was the greatest love of his life.
To forget himself, Clark Gable went to the front as a simple private, despite the fact that relatives and friends were against it.
At Clark's request, after his death, he was buried next to Lombard in 1961.
5. Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski
At first glance, it seems that Hollywood couldn't have written a better script: in 1964, a rising actress (Tate) meets a promising young director (Polanski).
And although the two did not immediately hit it off, Polanski tries it out in his film (The Fearless Vampire Killers).
They fell in love during their stay in Italy and on their return to London she moved into the director's house.
Four years later, Sharon and Roman got married and were expecting a child.
Their love story could be called a fairy tale with happy ending… However, a fatal combination of circumstances cut short this wonderful tale.
Just two weeks before giving birth, Tate was brutally murdered by a criminal group known as the "Charles Manson Family". After being tied up at gunpoint, she was stabbed 16 times.
Sharon was only 26 years old...
6. Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed
In just one short month, the whirlwind romance of Diana Spencer and her boyfriend, son Egyptian billionaire Dodi Fayed.
In August 1997, the world shuddered at the news that everyone's favorite princess and her new lover had died in a car accident while on holiday in Paris.
The lovers fell into a terrible car accident. Dodi died instantly, while Diana was taken to the hospital with many injuries, where she died a few hours later.
Some sources report that the princess was pregnant at the time of her death, but this fact has not been officially confirmed.
Their fleeting romance remained a beautiful, but unfinished story of great love.
7. John and Jacqueline Kennedy
It was love at first sight. John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier met at a mutual friend's party.
A year later, in 1953, the couple married. And eight years later, Kennedy became President of the United States of America, and Jackie became the third young First Lady in history. She was only 31 years old.
The tragedy happened 2 years after Kennedy was elected head of state. During a trip to Texas, he was killed in an open convertible by multiple shots to the head and neck.
And although Jackie remarried a few years after the tragic death of her first husband, she could not forget him until her death.
Nobody could compare to him.
She admitted this in one of her interviews, being already old woman. She called the years spent in the White House the best in her life.
Tragedies of famous people
8. Pierce Brosnan and Cassandra Harris
When James Bond falls in love with someone, he gets married and wants to live with that girl for the rest of his life.
In 1980, Pierce Brosnan met Cassandra Harris. They were born common child(Cassandra had two children from her first marriage).
After several years of cloudless happiness, a woman was diagnosed with oncology. Brosnan remained with his wife to the last, supporting her in everything.
He went through all the circles of hell with his beloved: several operations, an extensive course of chemotherapy. The treatment proved to be ineffective. The disease won, and in 1991, at the age of 43, Cassandra died.
Brosnan shared that he continued to talk with his beloved even after her death. But the tragedies associated with diseases did not end there.
A few years later, Cassandra's daughter from Charlotte's first marriage was diagnosed with an identical disease.
Pierce Brosnan was next to his stepdaughter to the last, holding her hand.
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, takes deep roots in our whole being and often continues to turn green and bloom.
even in the ruins of our heart.
Victor Hugo
On the eve of the coming spring, we will talk about the most famous love stories of the most worthy people.
Romeo and Juliet - eternal love
"There is no sadder story in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet ..." Why big love these two by our standards children (Juliet was 13, her beloved Romeo is two or three years older) has become 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 she 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 the Montagues and Capulets... Who knows...
And although the authenticity of the events described in the tragedy has not been confirmed, but who will doubt the reality of history, because the names of Romeo and Juliet have become synonymous with beautiful true love, and to this day cause admiration and admiration for two young hearts.
Love story of Odysseus and Penelope
Another no less famous love story from 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 a rare sacrifice in the name of love and the female 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 twenty long years for his return, she raised her son alone and during this time rejected the proposals of the hand and heart of 108 men who, referring to the death of her husband, sought to take his place.
No less faithful was Penelope and Odysseus, in their naval battles, trials and wanderings, remaining faithful and chaste to his wife. So, having met a beautiful sorceress who tried to seduce him and offered eternal youth in exchange for love for her, the hero of Hellas resisted the temptation. And the unfading light of the distant love of his Penelope helped him in this. And only after 20 years, loving hearts reunited against all odds.
Love to British King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
And now quite modern history love worth talking about.
In 1930, Britain's Windsor Palace stunned the world with breaking news: the heir royal throne Edward VIII abdicated. The reason was the love for a young American woman and, moreover, a married woman, Wallis Simpson, far from being of royal blood.
The royal court was indignant and put the heir before a choice: either power or love for a commoner. Edward VIII, without hesitation, preferred a fiery love for a woman.
Divorced from their first husband, Walliss and Edward got married and lived for thirty-five years away from their homeland, keeping their love so dear to them.
“Love never dies,” wrote 84-year-old Wallis after the death of her husband. “She changes her course, it becomes softer and wider ... Love is work. Women must bring their wisdom to the altar of family happiness ... ".
Alexander Griboyedov and Nina Chavchavadze love story
This worthy love of our compatriot writer Griboedov 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 a Russian writer.
Alexander Griboyedov, 33, as ambassador Russian empire was sent to Persia. Along the way, he visited the house of his longtime friend, Prince Alexander Chavchavadze. And his heart from the first minutes was conquered by the daughter of the owner of the house - the fifteen-year-old beauty Nina. And the young princess could not resist the great feeling for the Russian writer that flooded like an avalanche: “It burned like a sunbeam!”, She confessed to her friend.
Having married in the fall, the young went to Persia, and in January of the following 1829, Alexander was brutally murdered by a mob of Islamic fanatics. So short was the moment of captivating love.
Nina Chavchavadze-Griboyedova did not marry again and for almost 30 years, until the end of her days, she did not remove mourning. "Black Rose of Tiflis" - that's what they called her in the city, wrote on tombstone her husband:
“Your mind and deeds are immortal in Russian memory, but why did my love survive you?”
The burial places of the Griboyedovs are nearby, in the city pantheon of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
You can list and list beautiful stories as a celebration great love. It is easy to love someone who shares feelings with you. Where and what does love feed on when it is not shared, and sometimes even rejected? However, this does not make the feeling weaker, but perhaps on the contrary, even more piercing and amazing in its strength.
Elbert Einstein and Margarita Konenkova
The story of these unusual relationships is not a romantically filled hymn of devoted love, it is interesting only because it showed 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 young Margarita did not look like his clumsy wife Elsa with a blurry figure and an exhausted face, whom he never loved, like his first wife Mileva - a Serb! And here is a chiseled waist, beautiful breasts, an elegant position of the hands - in order to preserve this beauty, the woman refused to have children. The sculptor husband adored and idolized her and silently accepted her decision.
Konenkov is a sculptor and his muse-wife Margarita Konenkova.
At first, Margarita treated Einstein as another fun, accustomed to constant betrayal of her husband with other men, she prepared for another flirtation. But she soon realized that her icy heart was beginning to melt from hitherto unknown fiery feelings for the great genius.
A year later, Einstein's wife, Elsa, dies, the marriage fetters no longer fetter his love for Margot. Both of them do not even try to hide her frequent visits to Princeton to the scientist's mansion. And only Margarita's husband seems not to notice anything or pretends not to notice .... He is afraid of losing his Margarita - 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 hearts, becoming the bohemian of America.
This relationship for three lasted a long time. Communicating, Margarita not only truly loved the founder of the theory of relativity, but also her homeland, the USSR, she carried out the tasks of the NKVD and found out from him all the secrets of developing an atomic bomb. When Einstein found out about this, he could not even yell at his beloved, he just went to the FBI to ask for mercy for his beloved and help her return to her homeland.
In the last years before parting, 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 the doctors' prescriptions for heart surgery, 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 all 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.
Not particularly tormented, Margarita took the news of the death of her distant friend, although she was far from being indifferent to him. Soon her husband, a sculptor, also died, and fate in her declining years treated her incredibly cruelly. Aged, unkempt, she lived out in oblivion in her house-workshop, often falling into oblivion. Only memories of a bright, unique love for a man with eternally disheveled hair and thick mustaches evoked joy in her ... She was dying of hunger, there was no one next to her except for the devoid of virtue, the impudent 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 carried out of a dirty apartment, on whose hand the last minutes of a gold watch, a gift from the Great Einstein, were chiming. He personally put them on when parting on the wrist of the woman dearest to him.
Ivan Turgenev and Pauline 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, Polina Viardo-Garcia are a vivid example of dramatic, suffering love throughout the life of the writer. Their relationship can rather be described 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 an outwardly inconspicuous, slightly stooping woman with bulging eyes, there really was something rude, gypsy, inherited from her Spaniard father, singer Manuel Garcia. But according to contemporaries, as soon as the first notes broke from her voice, a spark ran through the audience, ecstasy embraced those who listened, and the appearance of the singer herself no longer mattered. Enchanted by the voice of the performer, people fell into a kind of prostration, and there could not be among them indifferent to this person.
Besotted at the first meeting by the charming voice of Polina, the Russian writer lost his head, and he 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, a commonality of views and interests, unity of spirit attracted him, and then she completely brought him closer to her, brought him into her house as a friend, family member beloved….
Pauline Viardot-Garcia not only lit up 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 until his last days was next to him, dying of cancer far from his homeland. And Ivan Turgenev chose to love with unrequited love and be with her all his life, never having his family and children.
Poor artist Niko Pirosmani and French actress Margarita
Ah, again Margaret ....
“A million, a million scarlet roses…” - who does not know the refrain 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, is in constant need, he did not even have the opportunity to buy canvases, and he placed all his creations on walls, boards, on table oilcloth. Often he made a living by signboards for drinking establishments.
The beautiful French actress Margarita visited on tour the provincial town where Niko lived and worked, and at the same time the heart of the novice artist. Pirosmani fell in love with her passionately, from the first minutes, with all his guts, but, unfortunately, this love did not evoke a reciprocal feeling. The heart of the poor artist burned in the flames of passion.
On his birthday (it was spring), Niko Pirosmani filled several carts with fresh flowers and drove 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 lay down on the square with a thick floral blanket. So it remained 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, make a person better, stronger, higher, it is timeless. According to Turgenev:
"Only by it, only by love does life hold on 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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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 in one way or another influenced modern society. The most touching and passionate, happy and unfortunate novels of famous people, stories of mutual love and ostentatious prosperity, marriages of people equal in their greatness and the most famous misalliances.
Wallis Simpson - Edward VIII English
The history of the most famous misalliance in recent history received an incredible response as the English monarch Edward VIII(1894-1972) became the first and only king in the history of England to voluntarily abdicate. 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 the moral and ethical norms and foundations of secular society.
The heir to the main monarchy of the world turned 36 years old when he met Mrs. Wallis SimpsonWallis 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.
Fateful meeting happened in early November 1930, when the Simpsons were invited to a dinner party where the Prince of Wales was to attend. Legend has it that the English prince was captivated at first sight, even though Wallis was not even a beauty. According to contemporaries, she was unremarkable at first glance, special, but in communication she had an amazing charm.
Amazingly, the lovers did not hide their feelings, despite the status of Edward 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 romance 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 succeeded to the throne. In parallel, Wallis filed for divorce. Neither the royal family nor Parliament wanted to hear about Edward's legal union with an American. Edward was given a choice: either the throne or Wallis. His choice was unequivocal: the price for love was the abdication of the English throne.
On December 10, 1936, Edward VIII delivered 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 about my country and empire ... But you must also believe that it is impossible for me to fulfill my duty as a king in the way I would like it, without help and support for the woman I love…”
The couple lived happily ever after, traveled, wrote memoirs. Them family idyll continued until 1972, until Edward died of cancer.
Vivien Leigh - Laurence Olivier
The most famous couple of British theater and film actors Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier challenged the puritanical England of the 1930s 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, deceit and an atmosphere of universal censure forced Vivien Leigh to give candid interview magazine The Times, where she honestly outlined the details of the personal drama. The public unexpectedly went to meet the favorites of the public who were leaving for America - it was there that Vivien won her right to play 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 achieved the status of great performers. Both shone in the theater and cinema, and their love story unfolded on stage and in life - unlike most acting couples, they worked perfectly in the frame and on stage. So, they played together in the film "Flames over England" (1937) and the classic film version of "Lady Hamilton" (1941), where Lawrence played the role of Nelson, and Vivien - 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 Vivienne became a national treasure after receiving two Oscars for her roles as Scarlett in Gone with the Wind and Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire. . Her international fame gained momentum. The image of the world's first beauty and the main British actress, as well as the marriage, which 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. The bright life of two wonderful actors was not so cloudless. As you know, Vivienne 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 - being still nobody famous actress who saw the famous Laurence Olivier. After the first meeting, Vivienne resolutely told everyone she knew that she would marry him. At the time it seemed like pure madness. The second time she made a big promise was on the eve of the filming of Gone with the Wind, when the biggest film casting in the history of the United States was gaining momentum. The first Hollywood beauties dreamed of playing Scarlett, no one believed in the success of the visiting Englishwoman. "Larry will not play Rhett Butler, but I will play Scarlett!" Vivienne then announced.
It was said that Vivien was more practical than Larry in all matters, but, as true woman, gave the impression that all decisions are made by the husband. A strong character, however, was also her problem - like many great actresses, she had an extremely mobile psyche. Each absence of her husband for shooting could end in depression for her, and work on the role could lead to attacks of obsession. Her genius, turning into whims and wayward attacks, began to annoy her husband.
After 17 years together, Lawrence left her, unable to withstand another bout 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 at her home in Ethan 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 Presidents Juan Peron, Eva (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. Perón appeared openly with his young girlfriend, shocking the officers with his relationship with the actress.
After the arrest of Peron, October 17, 1945 happened - this date went down in the history of Argentina as the day of "the liberation of Peron by the people." 5,000 workers and their families gathered in the May Square in Buenos Aires 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 the cinema and entered the headquarters of his closest assistants. Peron relied on feminist slogans, and therefore wanted to have a wife next to him, a presidential candidate, personifying 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 post. 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. In addition, she was right hand and adviser to Juan Peron, although gradually came to the fore in their tandem. The charismatic Evita very quickly turned into a cult personality, her popularity was supported by propaganda - Eva, with all her proximity to power, was the idol of left-wing youth, like Che Guevara. Estimates of her life and personality are contradictory, but it is Eva Peron who is considered responsible for attracting women to the social and political life of Latin America.
Eva Peronumla died at the age of 33 from uterine cancer. Juan Peron after her death was destined to become the President of Argentina again. Notably, his next wife, Maria Estela Martínez de Perón, 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 Hollywood actress and the Prince of Monaco is inscribed in history. greatest novels XX century.
Favorite actress of the "King of Horror" Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly different from most Hollywood stars. She acted and looked like a true princess due to her Nordic appearance and restrained manner, although, as is often the case, behind a beautiful facade was an amorous and passionate nature, prone to both adventurous short ties and calculated profitable relationships. Beautiful, cold, seemingly inaccessible, Grace Kelly misled men - it seemed that there simply could not be a more inaccessible star. However, there were legends about the promiscuity of the actress on the sidelines - she could surrender on the first day of her acquaintance to an ordinary operator with film set while accepting the courtship of the Iranian Shah. Many biographers are seriously talking about the nymphomania of the actress and a slight mental disorder associated with playing the inaccessible Snow Queen. So, during the 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 halo of purity and purity, which 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 their job - it was she who was married to the Prince of Monaco Rainier III(Rainier III).
An epochal acquaintance that changed the fate of the whole state happened in 1955. Rainier III had long been looking for a worthy spouse, since the fading economy of the ruined state of Monaco required decisive measures. Marrying a well-known Hollywood beauty with a good reputation could attract investment and arouse the interest of tourists in the region. All that was left was to choose a bride. Grace Kelly seemed like the perfect fit - impeccable manners, classic elegance, meek 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 a good politician, and therefore his calculation to attract an Oscar-winning Hollywood beauty to the royal wedding became one of the most successful PR moves in history. The fabulous wedding, which 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 the troubled region into a prosperous financial center. Grace's life was like a fairy tale: couture outfits, shooting in palaces for glossy publications, international trips with visits.
But in fact, everything was not so cloudless. Grace, who managed to curb her temper and with all her passion got used to the new image, suffered from the difficult nature of Rainier, and secular duties made her forget about the personal. After forty-five, the princess had health problems - she began to gain weight. Beloved children - two daughters and a son - grew up and turned into scandalous gossip heroes. Grace was horrified to recognize in the indomitable daughters who ran away from home, neglected secular duties and had affairs with bodyguards, a young self, suppressing instincts in the name of a new role that wrote her name in history.
In 1982, Grace Kelly lost control of her car and got into a car accident. Her daughter, who was also in the car, got off lightly. The injuries of the princess herself turned out to be incompatible with life - the next day, by decision of Prince Rainier, the life support apparatus 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 the novel of the great opera diva and the richest man in the world in the middle of the 20th century can be characterized.
Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis- a cult personality, a billionaire who prefers to communicate with representatives of the elite of different countries - he was a dear guest at a reception 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 to Greek immigrants in the United States. She married very well and was happily married - her husband was a wealthy Italian industrialist Giovanni Battisto Meneghini, a great connoisseur of opera, who fell in love with the singer at first sight. He became for Maria not only a faithful spouse, but also a devoted manager and a generous producer who sold a business for her and lived only in her interests.
Onassis noticed Maria Callas at a ball in Venice, later got to her concert, and then invited her and her husband to his legendary yacht "Christina" - main symbol unprecedented luxury of the time. The Greek magnate, who was also tied by the knot, was shocked by the magnificence of the singer, for the first time in his life, passion turned out to be stronger than the voice of reason. Maria Callas, who had made a career of being a huge obese woman, had lost more than 30 kg by that time and was in excellent physical shape.
The events unfolding on the luxury yacht "Christina", cruising along mediterranean sea shocked the public. Forgetting about decency, Onassis and Callas not only had an affair in front of the spouses and guests, but also defiantly reveled in their love - they danced to the music on the deck and disappeared all night long until 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 parting. Onassis and Callas began to live together. Having achieved his goal, Onassis turned from an ardent lover into a rude and despotic roommate who was in no hurry to register a relationship. Mary's compliance and sacrificial love gave rise to Onassis's unpunished cruelty towards her - he began to insult her with friends, openly cheat on her and even raise a hand against her. Kallas meekly endured, which provoked even greater bouts of aggression from her lover.
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 re-experiencing the feelings that she experienced on the Christina yacht .
In October 1968, Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis married the widow of the President of the United States. Jacqueline Kennedy. His cohabitant Maria Callasus learned about it from the newspapers. The blow was so strong that she withdrew into herself and did not leave her apartment. A little more than a month passed when Onassis, who realized 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 move that had nothing to do with normal human relationships.
Former US First Lady Jackie Kennedy turned out to be a cold, energetic and prudent woman - she devoted herself entirely to consumption. There were legends about Jacqueline's extravagance: she bought hundreds of creations of eminent couturiers and left them unpacked in closets, constantly traveled around the world and spent such sums on entertainment, furs and diamonds that even fantastically rich Onassis clutched his heart. Jackie bought designer clothes literally from stores. Being a recognized style icon, she allowed herself to experiment - she appeared in public in short skirts and transparent dresses, and secular life occupied her much more than the illness and suffering of an elderly spouse. When he died in a plane crash The only son billionaire Alexander, Onassis almost went crazy - everything in his life lost its meaning. Last years he lived on, finding peace only in communion with his beloved and all-forgiving Mary.
He died in a Paris hospital on March 15, 1975. Maria Kallas was next to him, and Jackie was in New York at that time - having learned about the death of Onassis, she calmly ordered a collection of mourning dresses from Valentina.
Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton
Hollywood star relationship Elizabeth Taylor and a characteristic British actor Richard Burton, who made a brilliant career in Hollywood, is called nothing more nor 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 in its infancy - and it was their love story that became the main newsbreak of the era. Secondly, the romance of the two stars was not just stormy, but worthy of film adaptation: love to frenzy, quarrels, fights, separations and reunions - the lovers got married twice and divorced twice, starred together in Oscar-winning films, proudly posed on the red carpet and 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 sky-high raiders and millions in fees, as well as the most expensive collection of jewelry that the generous Richard gave 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 (there were eight marriages in her life, two of which were with Burton) 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 liked to drink and did not try to appear at least a little politically correct.
A stormy romance, followed by the whole world, happened on the set of the film "Cleopatra" in Rome in January 1962. Compared with 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 that laid the foundation for the gossip genre, millions in royalties, diamonds as gifts, yachts and front pages of newspapers devoted to the vicissitudes of the relationship of the main movie couple of the century.
By 1961, the 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 absorbed the actors so much that they didn’t even make an effort to hide their love and didn’t listen to anyone - they continued to kiss when the love scene had already been played and the director said: “Stop!”, made love wherever it was only perhaps they indulged in drunkenness and debauchery and drowned in the abyss of sinful passion.
The hype raised by the newspapers led to the fact that the Vatican officially condemned the relationship between Liz and Richard. They tried to part, but they were drawn to each other irresistibly.
In his letters, which today have become a bestseller, Barton, blinded by love, wrote: “In my poor and painful youth, I dreamed only of such a woman. And now, when from time to time the dream comes back to me, I reach out and understand that she is here, next to me. If you haven't met or known her, you've lost a lot in your life."
Eventually, they both divorced their official spouses and married in 1964. Barton showered his wife with diamonds, instilled in her confidence that she had the potential of a deep dramatic actress. They demanded millions of fees from film bosses and in every possible way created a legend of great stars of the first magnitude.
In the second half of the sixties, their famous paintings were filmed - "The Taming of the Shrew", "Comedians", "Boom", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Behind last film Elizabeth received a second Oscar. Two brilliant dramatic actors in their personal lives experienced painful love on the verge of frenzy, fits of jealousy and addiction to alcohol. “Maybe we loved each other too much ... I never thought that this was possible,” Liz Taylor wrote in her diaries. And in July 1973, she suddenly announced: “Richard and I are parting 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 - the 16 months spent as if in delirium ended in a second wedding. The second marriage lasted from October 1975 to July 1976.
Richard Burton died of a heart attack on August 5, 1984. His death was a terrible tragedy for Elizabeth, 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 "Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century"(Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century). Today, the main Hollywood directors are fighting for the right to film this story, and the best Hollywood actors - to play the 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 halo of greatness and inaccessibility of idols. Sicilian, mafia friend, he is 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 - one of the brightest pages of world culture.
Concerning great history his love, then she was only one. While all the women in his life were passing, including such Hollywood beauties, as Marilyn Monroe and Lana Turner, the passion for one woman shocked him so much that the great Sinatra lost his voice, went into a binge and tried to commit suicide.
Her name was Ava Gardner (Ava Gardner). actress, one of the brightest stars Hollywood of the 1940s and 1950s, an incomparable beauty and a woman of incredible temperament, she was famous for her magnetic influence on men. There were legends about the strength of attraction of this fatal beauty. The great Hemingway himself called her a muse and a favorite actress. At the time of the meeting with Sinatra, she had been married twice and was going through a dizzying affair with a multimillionaire Howard Hughes, who first encountered such a wayward woman. The fan indulged all the requests of the beauty: planes, diamonds, outfits.
Frank was married and had three children. He did not consider the family an obstacle to stormy relationships, but the 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 poured something into my glass!” he justified. The feeling that captured the main star of the era destroyed him: Sinatra suffered, suffered, went crazy with love and jealousy. It was hard for him to compete with Hughes in offering expensive gifts, and his trademark tricks on Ava did not work. Friends did not recognize Frank - he beamed with delight when Ava agreed to have dinner with him, then he walked like a beaten dog when she stopped taking him seriously. "I have got you under my skin" - these words of the famous song Frank Sinatra recorded in one breath late at night, dying of love for Ava Gardner.
He wrote his best songs, being in a state of love fever, which did not let him go for a minute - a ballad "Fool, I wanted you" was the product of his sensual fit.
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 surrendered under his pressure, their bright romance was called by contemporaries nothing more than a “bullfight of love” of two bright personalities and idols of the era. The clash of two southern temperaments resulted in such a passion that swallowed both. Generous, flamboyant, generous, Frank made Ava feel things she didn't get from Hollywood bosses and wealthy fans. They were both witty, energetic, impulsive and emotional, they coincided in everything - in love for strong drinks, delicious food, nightly boxing matches and love on the verge of frenzy. It was the energy of true love and passion, which 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 met with Hughes. A random snapshot of a reporter catching them together made a lot of noise. Avoiding a scandal, Ava flew to Spain, and Frank, who decided that he had been abandoned, lost his voice with grief. He flew to her on the other side of the world, but there a new blow awaited him - his beloved woman had an affair with a bullfighter. He almost committed suicide, but Ava stopped him, promising to return. And deceived again - her affair with Richard Green ended for Sinatra with an overdose of sleeping pills. And Ava gave up. Long-awaited wedding took place in Philadelphia. Several years of absolute happiness were for Sinatra a reward for suffering.
However, even in family life Frank and Ava continued to torment each other with jealousy, quarrels and violent showdown. Frank worshiped Ava as a goddess, kept pictures of her in his office, watched over her, and lost his health in his paranoid quest to possess her completely.
Such an obsession cannot keep in suspense forever - love of such intensity does not stand the test of time. But even after the divorce, which took place 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 night.
After Ava, Frank had many women, beautiful and famous, but he never again experienced anything even remotely resembling the all-consuming love that happened in his life. Ava passed away in 1990 at the age of 68. Sinatra lived to 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 movie "Christina" in 1958. By that time, the Austrian actress, European film star and heiress famous dynasty actors-aristocrats was already in the status that she could afford to choose partners. Her choice fell on an unknown French actor.
Love at first sight did not happen to them - the educated and intelligent Romy considered her colleague too young, handsome and dressed up. Alain found his partner completely unattractive. The novel broke out unexpectedly for everyone, because the young people had nothing in common. He is a cynical and cruel homeless child who came out of poverty, she is an intelligent girl from a good family, a symbol of the bourgeoisie, which he despised so much. He rejected any moral foundations and understood freedom as complete indifference to the problems of other people, and she tried to follow burgher principles and could not afford much due to the concepts of decency and duty.
Passion consumed Romy so much that she left for her beloved in Paris. Her principles and lifestyle, dreams of a family and children caused Delon only contemptuous laughter. He openly called her a bourgeois and emphasized in every way that he was free from conventions and obligations. They were irresistibly attracted to each other, but there was never harmony, understanding and respect in these relations. While most considered this novel a misalliance, Delon himself was emphatically 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 yellow press tracked every step of Delon and Schneider, wrote about all his adventures and ridiculed the naivety of Romy, who forgave the groom of his betrayal and spree. The humiliating fate of Romy Schneider was to endure and be ridiculed. She could not leave due to lack of experience, because of great love and a really naive belief that everything would work out - Delon was able to convince her that tomorrow everything would certainly be different. Meanwhile, he not only destroyed her self-esteem by betrayal and deceit, but gradually moved on to rough treatment and assault.
This went on for over five years. Passionate, painful, full of ambiguity and humiliation, the relationship was cut off by Delon himself. His career went up, their joint film roles turned out to be extremely successful - the relationship experienced at the break of feelings helped the couple play the forbidden love of a brother and sister in theater production Luchino Visconti. Delon was accepted in 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 handsome and successful young actor. Radiant little Romy, who helped him become a star, instilled a love of literature and helped form his own acting method, there was no place in this new life. It was at this time that Romy Schneider became not just a living actress, but a deep, characteristic 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, detached. Nothing personal. He soon married an actress Natalie Barthelemy.
Romy Schneider was dying without him. She struggled with her feelings for a man and with a feeling of deep rejection. During 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 remarried. For the sake of Romy, her chosen one is a 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 fatal call in 1968. He convinced Romy and the producers that in the role of his partner in the film "Pool" he sees only her. Stuck in scandals and unsuccessful projects, experiencing the collapse of family life, Delon needed a high-profile successful project to improve his 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, it was bought by many European countries. Newspapers circulated images of Romy and Alain passionately kissing as they experienced a relationship renaissance in the posh resort of St. Tropez, playing six years after their breakup. The mature beauty of yesterday's cutie Romy shocked - it seemed that she had never been more beautiful and convincing. Alain Delon achieved his goal and again disappeared from her life.
Harry Mayen could not forgive his wife for this, their relationship cracked. He quit his job and started drinking. Romi fell into a severe depression and also became addicted to alcohol. A terrible period began in her life. Divorce, new marriage the suicide of a former spouse. She closes in on herself and refuses a number of offers, including "Man and Woman", "Last Tango in Paris", but flies to the other side of the world, to Mexico, to shoot a third-rate picture with Delon and shock everyone with candid shootings in Playboy magazine . The biggest tragedy in the life of an actress happens after a divorce from her second husband - as a result of a tragic accident, her 14-year-old son David dies, who ran into a metal fence. The distraught Romy withdrew into herself and communicated only with Delon. She drank a lot and just faded away in front of everyone.
She died on the night of May 29-30, 1982. Everyone knew about the tragedy of the life of the great actress, and no one could believe that she, 44-year-old, had a heart failure. Newspapers came out with headlines "Romy Schneider committed suicide." Later it was officially announced that Romy's heart simply could not stand it. All of Europe mourned the beloved actress. And Alain Delon remained true to himself and sent a dubious appeal called “Farewell, my doll” to the Paris Match magazine.
“The day I stop trusting you will be the last day of my life,” this line from the movie "Christina" Romi repeated in life. She trusted Delon until the end of her days.
Michael Douglas - Catherine Zeta-Jones
The scale of the passions of modern Hollywood can hardly be compared with the golden age, but in its recent history there are novels worthy of special mention. Love story Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones long time was perceived by skeptics as a demonstration of the proverb about "the demon in the ribs" - the age difference of 25 years and the blooming appearance of a rising Hollywood star did not give rise to optimistic forecasts.
Michael Douglas who belonged to the famous acting dynasty Hollywood has never been number one in the tacit ratings, but has always been among the top stars. In his professional life, everything was as it should be - from the role of the hero-lover and the hero of action-adventure films in the style of "Indiana Jones", he turned to psychological thrillers, the feature of which was a strong erotic beginning. 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 a semblance of well-being in a 23-year marriage and was sometimes seen in affairs that did not bring him satisfaction.
British beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones starred mostly in second-rate films. She no longer dreamed of becoming a star - until the age of 27, the actress continued to be the heroine of category B films. The accidental success of the Titanic mini-series with her participation helped the film producers 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 was so excited at the sight of the sultry beauty that he began to speak outright nonsense. The battered 56-year-old actor fell in love in such a way that he did not even think of offering the young actress the humiliating role of a mistress - all his efforts were 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 in Hollywood they laughed at the habits of the macho Douglas and called him “an erotic playboy” behind his back, there was not a drop of vulgarity and well-established schemes in these relations. Michael understood that after the success of the film "The Mask of Zorro" a whole series awaits such a beauty. good suggestions, which means fame and all its attendant attributes: fans, millions of fees, photo shoots, social events. He preferred to act quickly in order to be the first to get a girl who was just getting used to Hollywood.
He courted beautifully, old-fashionedly, selflessly, convincing not only Katherine, but the whole world, that this love meant too much to him. Douglas noticeably rejuvenated - a love obsession gave the actor a second youth. After five months of siege, Katherine surrendered. Photos of the paparazzi, capturing a couple in love on the actor's yacht in Mallorca, spread all over the world. Everyone was waiting for a scandal, but the couple said they were going to get married. The scandal, however, happened: the wife of Michael Dinara refused to give a formal divorce until the unfaithful spouse paid her $ 60 million from his 225 million fortune. For the sake of his desire to marry Katherine, the actor paid a giant compensation. In addition, blinded by love, Douglas gave the bride a unique ring with a 10-carat diamond surrounded by 28 more diamonds, and agreed to a marriage contract, according to which, in the event of a divorce, he was obliged to pay his ex-lover $ 3.2 million for each year of their life together.
One of the most luxurious weddings in Hollywood history 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 invitees were Jack Nicholson,Sharon Stone,Brad Pitt,Sean Connery,Anthony Hopkins,Steven Spielberg and even the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The bride was wearing a designer dress from Christian Lacroix embellished with diamonds.
A marriage that was predicted to fail continues to surprise skeptics. He is stable and prosperous - the couple has two common children; Catherine, being pregnant, received an Oscar for her role in the musical "Chicago"; Michael, thanks to the support of his wife, coped with cancer, although he suffered a lot. A rare misalliance becomes so strong union. And he is the only one in the history of modern Hollywood that can be called a stronghold of family values.