Random Straight Celebrities Who Had Gay Spouses (15 items)

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  (#15) Vanessa Redgrave

  • 1937-01-30

  Vanessa Redgrave was married to Tony Richardson from 1962 until 1967. The couple had two daughters together, the actresses Joely and Natasha Richardson.

  Richardson did not speak of his sexuality until he was diagnosed with HIV, at which time he came out as bisexual. Richardson died of AIDS-related causes in 1991.
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  (#6) Carol Channing

  • 1921-01-31

  Carol Channing's husband, Charles Lowe, was believed to be gay. Though estranged for many years, the couple was married from 1956 until Lowe's death in 1999.
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  (#1) Judy Garland

  • 1922-06-10

  Judy Garland was married to Vincente Minnelli from 1945 to 1951. Minnelli was believed to be gay, only marrying women to keep up appearances in Hollywood.
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  (#7) Angela Lansbury

  • 1925-10-16

  Angela Lansbury's first husband, Richard Cromwell, to whom she was married from 1945–1946, was gay. They remained friends until his death in 1960.
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  (#4) Liza Minnelli

  • 1946-03-12

  Like her mother, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli also married a gay man. Peter Allen, to whom Minnelli was married from 1967-1974, later came out as gay and was in a long-term relationship with Gregory Connell.
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  (#9) Charlotte Rae

  • 1926-04-22

  Charlotte Rae divorced her husband, John Strauss, in 1976 after he came out as gay. The couple had two children together.

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