Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden
Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 1973

Reverend:
Will you, Jane, marry Tom, and will you try in the marriage to grow together, to be honest, to share responsibility for your children and to maintain a sense of humor?
When Jane Fonda married her second husband, California Senator Tom Hayden, in her Studio City bungalow, the words they chose responded to the rumor that the couple was "humorless." In keeping with the spirit of the times, the ceremony also included music, poetry and other offerings from the various movements represented by the guests -- Irish revolutionaries, Black activists, Vietnamese, anti-war activists and farm workers. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Richard York of the Berkeley Free Church.
Fonda and Hayden have since divorced and in 1991 Fonda married the entrepreneur Ted Turner in a private ceremony at Turner's Florida ranch. Fonda wrote the couple's vows which remain private for now.



Deborah Harmon and Bill Blackwell
Los Angeles, CA
May 22, 1989

Minister:
Will you, Deborah, vow to remember that clothes shopping is a recreational, not a religious activity?
Will you, Bill, vow to always tell Deborah when she has spinach in her teeth?
Will you promise to let Bill park his Nissan in the garage, while your Mercedes braves the elements, at least twice a week?
Will you promise to really, really look before screaming, "Honey, I can't find it!"
Few wedding couples have the staff of a hit ABC TV series available to write their wedding vows. But, when you're Deborah Harmon, sitcom mom Elizabeth Lubbock on Just the Ten of Us, the wordsmiths - for better or worse - are at the ready. The exchange of vows between Harmon and investment banker, Bill Blackwell, concluded when the minister announced the ceremony "a take."



Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky
Santa Barbara, CA
October 6, 1991

Marianne Williamson:
Elizabeth is literally God's gift to you for your healing and her healing. Not only has God given her to you, but he has given you to her, so that both of you might show us more fully your love for one another.
Elizabeth and Larry and you guests understand that so much of the illusion that is happening here right now has nothing to do with the meaning of this ceremony. We invite the power of God to enter us. As you join together, from this point on, nothing will be experienced alone.

Elizabeth and Larry:
With this ring, I make you a promise that from this day forward you shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, and my arms will be your home. Through the grace of God we may love more deeply than we have ever loved before.
When Elizabeth Taylor married for the eighth time her groom was not an actor, millionaire or statesman, but a mere commoner - construction worker Larry Fortensky whom she met in re-hab. Not one to miss the opportunity for headlines and fanfare, Liz's $1.5 million wedding took place on Michael Jackson's 2,700 acre Neverland estate.