Forgotten ’80s Celebrity Couples You’ve Probably Never Even Heard Of
Shoulder pads, huge hair, and some questionable celebrity pairings ruled the roost in the 1990s. Currently, there are a number of examples of aspiring actors dating well-known musicians and broadcasters as well as pop stars dating supermodels. We’re at a loss for words. The 1980s were a crazy decade. Check out our list of forgotten 1980s celebrity pairings to learn which sequined star dated which long-haired lover.
Sarah Jessica Parker And Robert Downey Jr.
Iron Man and The Greatest Showman frontman Robert Downey Jr. didn’t exist back in the 1980s. In truth, following his meteoric ascent to fame in the 1980s, Downey Jr. battled addiction troubles. While filming Firstborn, he met actress Sarah Jessica Parker, with whom he had a seven-year relationship. Because to Downey Jr.’s partying lifestyle, the relationship ended. ‘There was a huge amount of time spent making sure he was okay,’ SJP said to People.
Madonna and Sean Penn
Madonna and actor Sean Penn, who wed in 1985, were one of the biggest famous couples of the 1980s. While filming the classic video for “Material Girl,” Madge and Penn became fast friends, and she later dedicated her True Blue album to him.
Madonna And Sean Penn
Things didn’t take long for the “Poison Penns” to go bad. An uncontrollable temper, drug abuse, and countless fights were just some of Sean Penn’s many afflictions. After hitting a musician who worked with his wife, he was jailed for 32 days. It was 1989 when the pair broke up.
Tom Cruise and Cher
We’ll admit that we were surprised to learn that Tom Cruise and Cher had had a relationship. Cruise and Madonna first met at Madonna and Sean Penn’s wedding, where he was just 22 years old and 16 years younger than the iconic singer.
Tom Cruise And Cher
The two celebs met at a White House event for dyslexia, when they each had a chance to meet each other. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Burlesque actress said she had resided in his flat and that he was “a shy boy.” Wow!
Brad Pitt and Christina Applegate
Did you know Brad and Christina existed before Brangelina, before Brad and Jen? While this celebrity couple was actually Christina and Brad, the actress was a household name thanks to her part on the sitcom Married… With Children.
Brad Pitt And Christina Applegate
A funny thing happened when the Dead to Me actress and the Hollywood hottie went to the MTV Movie Awards back in 1989. Applegate allegedly dumped Brad in favor of Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach in place of the former. That decade of the 1980s had a lot going on.
Brooke Shields and Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson’s relationships were anything but typical for a man with the kind of upbringing he had. At the 1981 Academy Awards, Prince of Pop met actress Brooke Shields, who he later proposed to several times.
Brooke Shields And Nicolas Cage
Shields saw the relationship as more of a close friendship than a romantic one. “The most natural and easiest of friendships,” she told MTV. According to Rolling Stone, the actress also stated that she promised Jackson that she would be a part of his life regardless of whether or not they were romantically linked.
Prince and Kim Basinger
Prince, the beloved musician, and entertainer was romantically linked to a slew of women, including actress Kim Basinger. Basinger played Vicki Vale, a journalist, in the 1989 film Batman, which had him as the soundtrack composer.
Prince And Kim Basinger
The L.A. Confidential star spoke about her time with the artist, saying, “I don’t really have boundaries, so I enjoyed that time of my life […] it was a really special moment in time, and I have great memories. I don’t put a lot of restrictions on myself, let’s just put it that way.â€
Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez, the younger brother of Charlie Sheen and the son of Martin Sheen, was a member of the Brat Pack during the 1980s. On the set of St. Elmo’s Fire in 1984, the actor first encountered Demi Moore, best known for her role in The Breakfast Club.
Demi Moore And Emilio Estevez
In 1986, the pair became engaged but decided to call it quits before they were married. Demi married Bruce Willis in the late 1980s, while Estevez married singer and dancer Paula Abdul in the 1990s. Curiously, Moore’s therapist advised her against getting married to Estevez.
Paula Abdul and Arsenio Hall
Paula Abdul was a choreographer at the height of the music video period after working as a cheerleader for the LA Lakers, becoming their choreographer, and being discovered by the Jackson family. As a former judge on American Idol and a singer signed in the late ’80s, this musician has six number-one hits to his credit.
Paula Abdul And Arsenio Hall
While they were both working on Coming to America, Arsenio Hall and Abdul met for the first time. At the time, Abdul was married to Emilio Estevez. They were together for a year and have nothing but kind words to say about one another.
Kelly Preston and George Clooney
George Clooney had a recurrent part in the 1980s sitcom Facts of Life before breaking out as one of the world’s most well-known movie actors. Around this time, Clooney started dating actress Kelly Preston; eventually, the two shared a home with a potbellied pig named Max.
Kelly Preston And George Clooney
As a result of the short-lived romance, Preston later wed actor John Travolta. She tragically passed away in 2020. Clooney, who is now married to Amal Clooney, took care of Max the pig until his passing in 2006.
Drew Barrymore and Corey Feldman
The mother of the actress hooked up Drew Barrymore and Corey Feldman on a date when they were just 10 and 14 years old, respectively. Both men were child actors. When Barrymore was a teenager in 1989, the couple formally began dating.
Drew Barrymore And Corey Feldman
The ET actress, however, had already been treated several times and was attempting to maintain sobriety. Unfortunately, Feldman had a serious addiction, which ruined their relationship. Together, they went to the 1988 Academy Awards, but they broke up nine months later.
Rob Lowe and Janice Dickinson
Janice Dickinson, who dubbed herself the world’s first supermodel, dated Rob Lowe in the 1980s, when he was an adolescent idol for many women. Chris Traeger, the Parks, and Recreation star, was a member of the Brat Pack and popular with the ladies when he was younger.
Rob Lowe And Janice Dickinson
Rob Lowe married Sheryl Berkoff in 1991, and they have two sons together. Dickenson, meantime, became a judge on “America’s Next Top Model” and has four marriages and two children of her own.
Brigitte Nielsen and Sylvester Stallone
In 1985, shortly after finalizing his divorce from his first wife, Sasha Czack, Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone wed Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen. The couple had been together for barely 10 months at the time. The marriage of the pair was heavily covered in the tabloids and was the subject of persistent speculation and rumors. This 1980s love affair didn’t endure long, and neither did the marriage, which ended after only 19 months of wedded bliss.
Brigitte Nielsen And Sylvester Stallone
In 2005, Nielsen made an appearance on the show Celebrity Big Brother in the United Kingdom, where she was accompanied by Jackie Stallone, her ex-mother-in-law. Creed II, which was released in 2018, marked the pair’s first collaboration since the 1980s.
Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was released in 1986, and Jennifer Grey and Matthew Broderick played siblings in the film. During the making of the movie, the two actors had a romantic relationship. The couple who began dating in the 1980s managed to keep their relationship relatively private until the horrific vehicle catastrophe that befell them in Northern Ireland.
Matthew Broderick And Jennifer Grey
Only a few days after the disaster, the movie Dirty Dancing was released, and Grey continued to struggle with survivor’s guilt and sadness. The couple’s relationship came to an end, and the actor took some time off from performing as a result. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have been happily married since the year 1997.
Lea Thompson and Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid and Lea Thompson first became acquainted while working on the production of Jaws 3, and the following year, on February 14, 1986, Quaid popped the question to Thompson. After having a marriage to actress P.J. Soles end in divorce, Quaid went on to marry another actress, Meg Ryan, in the year 1991. After being engaged for close to a year, Thompson and Quaid decided to end their relationship in 1987.
Lea Thompson And Dennis Quaid
In just another year and a half, the actress from “Back to the Future” tied the knot with film director Howard Deutch, whom she had first met while working on his film “Some Kind of Wonderful.”
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder
In the 1980s, Winona Ryder rose to prominence thanks to her performances in films such as “Beetlejuice” and “Heathers.” She continued acting throughout the ’80s and ’90s, appearing in films such as ‘The Age of Innocence’ and ‘Girl, Interrupted.’ In 1989, Ryder first crossed paths with actor Johnny Depp, when she was just 17 years old and he was 26.
Johnny Depp And Winona Ryder
The couple became engaged after only five months of dating, and Depp had the phrase “Winona Forever” tattooed on his arm. In 1993, this legendary celebrity engagement came to an end, and Depp went on to have a relationship with the supermodel Kate Moss. Since then, Ryder has experienced a resurgence in his fame thanks to the Netflix show Stranger Things.
Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald
Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald, both of whom are famous for their parts in films directed by John Hughes, starred in the iconic films of the 1980s, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, respectively. Ringwald and Hall, who plays the archetypal “geek” and “popular girl,” respectively, dated for a short time following the filming of the high school Brat Pack classic, and they have been close friends ever since.
Anthony Michael Hall And Molly Ringwald
Since that time, the actor known for his role in the film Edward Scissorhands has been romantically involved with YouTube personality Trisha Paytas and is engaged to actress Lucia Oskerova. Ringwald is married to the author Panio Gianopoulos, who is of Greek and American descent.
Corey Haim and Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano, who would later become a famous actress, made her first television appearance as a child on the game show Who’s the Boss? The actress from My Name is Earl dated the Canadian actor Corey Haim between the years 1987 and 1990, despite the fact that he was struggling with severe drug issues throughout that time.
Corey Haim And Alyssa Milano
Milano collaborated with Haim’s parents and manager in an effort to get the Silver Bullet star medical assistance, but sadly, he passed away in 2010. David Bugliari, a talent agent, is Milano’s husband, and the couple has two children together.
Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith
The narrative of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith begins in the 1970s when the actor first came into contact with Tippi Hedren’s daughter, Melanie Griffith, who was just 14 years old at the time. Griffith was only 15 years old when they first moved in together, and they did not become engaged until she was 18 years old. It should not come as a surprise that the marriage that resulted did not even last a full year.
Don Johnson And Melanie Griffith
The Working Girl actress and the Miami Vice actor had chosen to give it another try by the time the 1980s rolled around, and as a result, they produced a daughter named Dakota Johnson, who is the star of the film Fifty Shades of Grey. Since then, both of them have found new partners.
Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz
They began dating in the 1980s and are best known as being Zoe Kravitz’s parents. Both of these famous people are absolutely lovely, but Zoe Kravitz’s parents are even more so. When this photo was taken, Lisa Bonet was playing the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, and Lenny Kravitz was just starting out in the music industry. The two people initially connected during a concert, and then they secretly wed on Bonet’s 20th birthday.
Lisa Bonet And Lenny Kravitz
Just one year after the couple tied the knot, Bonet gave birth to actress Zo, who is known for her role in Big Little Lies, and shortly after that, things began to fall apart. Bonet is now married to Jason Momoa, who played Aquaman in the movie.
Charlie Sheen and Kelly Preston
This is the second time that Kelly Preston has made an appearance on this list; this time, she is featured with the always controversial Charlie Sheen. Sheen Estevez, who is the brother of Emilio Estevez, was a popular actor in the 1980s and dated Preston at the end of the decade. These two actually were engaged, but their engagement of three years ended when Sheen allegedly shot Preston in the arm, which led to the breakup of the couple.
Charlie Sheen And Kelly Preston
Both parties were at odds for a number of years about the specifics of the situation, which, as is only natural, generated a great deal of tabloid interest. The actress stated to TMZ in 2011 that Sheen was not the one who shot her.
Tommy Lee and Heather Locklear
The meeting of Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and Dynasty actress Heather Locklear backstage at an REO Speedwagon concert is often cited as the ’80s love tale that encapsulates the decade the best. The pair went on their first date exactly three months after they got engaged, and they finally tied the marriage in the year 1986.
Tommy Lee And Heather Locklear
Lee and his wife separated in 1993 as a direct result of his infidelity, which was a common occurrence among rock musicians of the 1980s. The actress from Melrose Place tied the knot with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora the next year, and Lee tied the knot with Pamela Anderson in 1995.
Diane Lane and Jon Bon Jovi
The year 1979 marked the beginning of Diane Lane’s career in the entertainment industry, and the following decade saw her evolve into more mature roles. The actress who appeared in Ladies and Gentlemen said on an episode of Watch What Happens Live that when she was 20 years old, she dated the artist Jon Bon Jovi for approximately five months.
Diane Lane And Jon Bon Jovi
At the beginning of the 1980s, John Francis Bongiovi Jr., better known as Jon Bon Jovi, was still writing jingles and sweeping floors in addition to his musical career. By the end of the decade, Bon Jovi’s third album had garnered widespread attention around the globe.
Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere
At the time of their first encounter in 1987, model Cindy Crawford was only 21 years old, while actor Richard Gere was 37 years old. The two met at a backyard BBQ. Gere was already a well-known actor at this point, and his name had been mentioned in connection with Priscilla Presley, Barbra Streisand, and Kim Basinger.
Cindy Crawford And Richard Gere
In 1991, Crawford and Gere became husband and wife. Despite this, the relationship lasted for only another four years before it ended. Crawford has stated that she believes that a woman’s twenties are a time when she begins to come into her own and sense her own strength.
Rebecca De Mornay and Tom Cruise
Rebecca De Mornay and Tom Cruise were not just romantic partners in real life but also co-stars in the 1983 film Risky Business. After production on the movie was complete, the pair continued to see each other and even made an effort to maintain their connection while Tom Cruise was filming Legend in London.
Rebecca De Mornay And Tom Cruise
On the other hand, by the time Cruise began filming Top Gun in 1985, the situation had already reached its conclusion. After that, De Mornay got married to the actor and sportscaster Patrick O’Neal, and they went on to have two daughters together.
Billy Joel and Elle Macpherson
It is difficult to think that Billy Joel was so well-liked by supermodels in the 1980s, but being a smooth-voiced piano player in Hollywood has that effect on people. In the 1970s, Billy Joel began the process of releasing his own music, and by the 1980s, he had become one of the artists with the highest record sales in history.
Billy Joel And Elle Macpherson
The singer best known for her hit “Uptown Girl” and supermodel Elle Macpherson began dating in the early 1980s after meeting each other in St. Barts. Elle Macpherson, also known as “the body,” began her career in modeling so that she could pay for her education in law school.
Christian Slater and Winona Ryder
After the filming of the dark comedy and high school satire Heathers, co-stars Christian Slater, and Winona Ryder began a relationship with each other and dated for a few weeks. Slater had made his start in the film industry several years earlier with The Legend of Billy Jean, and since then, he has starred as the main character in Mr. Robot.
Christian Slater And Winona Ryder
We all know that Winona continued her acting career throughout the ’90s, but during that time she also had to deal with a number of personal problems. In 2001, when the celebrity was having trouble affording her prescription medication, police arrested her for theft. It should come as no surprise that the tabloids went crazy.
Val Kilmer and Cher
During the 1980s, Cher was not only interested in Tom Cruise; she was also romantically involved with the heartthrob Val Kilmer. In the middle of the 1980s, the actor began to build a name for himself, and in 1986, he appeared in Top Gun opposite Tom Cruise. Cher and Val Kilmer began dating between the years of 1982 and 1984 after initially meeting at one of Meryl Streep’s gatherings.
Val Kilmer And Cher
In 1988, Kilmer tied the knot with actress Joanna Whalley, and the couple now has two children together. Even though Cher had already achieved mainstream success by the time the 1980s rolled around, she was still able to walk away from those years with an Academy Award for her performance in Moonstruck.
John McEnroe and Tatum O’Neal
Based on a match from 1984, tennis ace John McEnroe, who is notorious for his fiery temper, still holds the record for the highest singles season victory rate in the Open era. McEnroe was a top-ranked player in the 1980s despite the fact that he was battling addiction at the time.
John McEnroe And Tatum O’Neal
Tatum O’Neal, an actress most known for her role in the 1980 film Little Darlings, holds the record for being the youngest person to ever be awarded an Academy Award. In 1986, McEnroe and O’Neal tied the knot, and they went on to have three children together. On the other hand, O’Neal developed a substance abuse problem, and McEnroe wound himself in jail.
Rob Lowe and Melissa Gilbert
Rob Lowe, who was well-known in the ’80s and is also well-known on this list, appears once more. At this point, the brat pack teen idol was romantically involved with Melissa Gilbert, who is best remembered for her part in Little House on the Prairie. When Gilbert first began dating Lowe, she was just 17 years old. Years later, she wrote of her experience in her biography, “I fell instantaneously, hopelessly, and blindly in love.”
Rob Lowe And Melissa Gilbert
In 1986, Rob Lowe made a marriage proposal to Gilbert, but the couple later separated after Gilbert had an unsuccessful pregnancy. The actress tied the knot with actor Bo Brinkman only seven weeks after the breakup of their relationship.
Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern
How cool is it that actor Kyle MacLachlan from Twin Peaks is shown here with actress Laura Dern, who is known for her role in Jurassic Park? This adorable couple first connected in 1985 while working on the set of Blue Velvet and remained together until 1989. After his relationship with the supermodel Linda Evangelista ended, the star of “Desperate Housewives” went on to marry the publicist Desiree Gruber in the year 2002.
Kyle MacLachlan And Laura Dern
In the end, Laura Dern tied the knot with singer Ben Harper in 2005, but the couple divorced seven years later in 2013. To everyone’s delight, Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern got back together to star in David Lynch’s sequel to Twin Peaks, titled Twin Peaks: The Return.
Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon
This very fantastic duo from the 1980s included an actress who became a cultural icon and a musician who won a Grammy award. The two first connected while Fisher was working on Star Wars and went on to have a romance that was on and off for more than a decade during their time together. In the 1970s, Fisher and Simon began a romantic relationship, and they eventually tied the knot in 1983.
Carrie Fisher And Paul Simon
The pair continued to date after they divorced, despite the fact that their marriage didn’t even last a full year. Simon has dedicated multiple compositions, notably the tune “Graceland,” which he wrote after he and Fisher had broken up, to Fisher as a subject.
Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel
We all know that crooner Billy Joel had a thing for supermodels, and it’s a well-known fact that he dated Christie Brinkley at the same time as he was hooking up with Elle Macpherson. Brinkley first met Joel in St. Barts, where she was vacationing at the time of her appearances on three straight years’ worth of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Christie Brinkley And Billy Joel
The couple tied the knot in 1985, however, they later divorced in 1994. They share one daughter named Alexa Ray Joel. Both of these famous people have been married four times, but they continue to be good friends with one another.
Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, two English actors who dated in the 1980s and later divorced, have remained good friends ever after their breakup. Due to the fact that she was somewhat unknown when Grant and her first met in 1987, the actress from Bedazzled became famous as a result of their relationship. The pair remained together through a number of controversies but eventually divorced in the year 2000.
Elizabeth Hurley And Hugh Grant
Despite the fact that both Hurley and Grant have gone on with their lives, they are both godparents to the children of the other. Andy Cohen was informed by the star of Notting Hill that, “Now she is my absolute best friend – number one person I call in a problem.”
Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt
In the 1970s, Helen Hunt, who was also a child actress, made appearances on both “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Facts of Life.” By the time the 1980s rolled around, she had established herself as a leading lady in teen films alongside the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Shannen Doherty, and Matthew Broderick.
Matthew Broderick And Helen Hunt
Both Broderick and Hunt appeared in the film Project X in 1987, the same year in which they also dated briefly. These two also remained friends after their relationship ended, which led to their subsequent collaboration in the film Then She Found Me. Since 1997, Broderick has been happily married to actress Sarah Jessica Parker.
Billy Idol and Julia Roberts
William Michael Albert Broad, better known by his stage name Billy Idol, was a musician from England who moved to the United States to pursue a solo career. His self-titled debut album, which he released in 1982, was a commercial hit and became widely played on the music video network MTV.
Billy Idol And Julia Roberts
In the meantime, Julia Roberts, who was born 12 years after Idol, had her acting debut in the film Satisfaction, which was released in 1988. It is said that the actress first came into contact with Idol when she was only 16 years old and they were both traveling to Australia. Unbelievably, by the time the 1990s came to a close, Roberts had established herself as the highest-paid actress in the entire globe.
Oprah Winfrey and Roger Ebert
Oprah Winfrey, a media entrepreneur, and Roger Ebert, a film critic, were married in the 1980s and make for an interesting celebrity couple. In 1983, when Winfrey took over a morning talk show in Chicago that had a poor rating and lasted for thirty minutes, the show’s ratings improved from being in last place to first place overnight.
Oprah Winfrey And Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert, a media critic, was successful in persuading Oprah Winfrey to accept a syndication arrangement by assuring her that she would earn a significant amount of money. Unfortunately, Ebert was right about this. During this time, the two were romantically involved, although Ebert ultimately went on to marry Charlie “Chaz” Hammelsmith, a trial attorney, in 1992.
Michael Keaton and Courteney Cox
Michael Keaton was beginning to establish himself as a big comedic actor by the middle of the 1980s, landing parts such as Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice. Soon after the dissolution of his marriage to Caroline McWilliams in 1989, he began an intimate relationship with the relatively unknown actress Courteney Cox. In the same year, he was given yet another significant career boost when he was cast in the role of Batman.
Michael Keaton And Courteney Cox
After a six-year relationship that ended in 1995, Keaton and Cox decided to part ways. It was in 1994 when Friends premiered, and this was the beginning of Cox’s rise to fame on a global scale. The actress is now in a relationship with Johnny McDaid, a member of the band Snow Patrol.
Helen Mirren and Liam Neeson
Do you find it hard to believe that Liam Neeson and Helen Mirren dated in the past? The English actress had a fruitful career in the theater before achieving widespread recognition in the 1980 film adaptation of the British mafia novel The Long Good Friday. During the production of the 1981 movie Excaliber, Mirren began a relationship with the Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson, whom she had met previously.
Helen Mirren And Liam Neeson
Unbelievably, Liam Neeson and Helen Mirren shared a home in the early 1980s. The Taken actor has stated in subsequent interviews that Mirren was instrumental in his search for a talent agency.
Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn
Susan Sarandon, an actress, tied the knot with her Greek-American husband in 1967, and she has used his last name throughout her career. The actress best known for her role in Thelma & Louise was also romantically linked to filmmaker Louis Malle, artist David Bowie, and actor Sean Penn. In 1984, despite having an age gap of 14 years between them, these two spent some time together.
Susan Sarandon And Sean Penn
It is common knowledge that Penn first met and wed Madonna the following year and that he later wed Robin Wright after their relationship ended. Despite being in a number of committed partnerships over the course of her life, Sarandon did not end up getting married again.
Diana Ross and Gene Simmons
Strange as it may seem, it’s a fact that Gene Simmons, co-lead singer for Kiss, and Diana Ross, lead singer for The Supremes, were romantically involved at one point. However, they were! Even more peculiar is the fact that these two got to know each other while Simmons was dating Cher. It would appear that the Armenian actress and singer asked Simmons to go shopping with her best friend, Diana Ross, in order to purchase a Christmas present for her.
Diana Ross And Gene Simmons
That turned out to be a poor decision, as the two got along famously and ended up being married to one another. We can count ourselves fortunate that Cher ultimately chose to maintain her friendship with both Ross and Simmons.
Marlee Matlin and John Stamos
Marlee Maitlin is the only deaf performer to ever receive an Academy Award. She won the award for her work in the film Children of a Lesser God, which was released in 1986. John Stamos, who is of Greek descent and was born in the United States, began his acting career at General Hospital and later got the role of Jesse in Full House.
Marlee Matlin And John Stamos
It would appear that the two of them had a brief romantic involvement in the 1980s and have been good friends ever since. Since 1993, Matlin has been married to police officer Kevin Grandalski, and since 2018, Stamos has been with his second wife, actress Caitlin McHugh. Matlin’s wedding to Grandalski took place in 1993.
Scott Baio and Pamela Anderson
Scott Baio, an actor, made his movie debut in the 1970s in the role of Bugsy Malone, the lead character in the musical Bugsy Malone. After that, he starred in the sitcom Happy Days. When the 1980s rolled around, he already had a string of recurring parts in TV movies and the spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi.
Scott Baio And Pamela Anderson
It was at a football game in Vancouver that Pamela Anderson was first brought to public attention. She was watching the game on a jumbotron at the time. After that, Baywatch was the next company to hire her as a spokesmodel. During this time, Baio and Anderson were romantically involved and at one point were even engaged for a short period of time.
Rob Lowe and Winona Ryder
They have reappeared! The people who have garnered the most attention on this list reappear, this time in the company of one another. It would appear that this romance blossomed during the time that Lowe and Ryder were working together on the film Square Dance in 1987. While Ryder was only 16 years old, Lowe was already in his early twenties at the time.
Rob Lowe And Winona Ryder
This iconic couple of the 1980s even made an appearance at the Golden Globes together the following year, and rumors have it that they dated for a full two years. Is there something wrong with the fact that we secretly hope they get back together?
Brooke Shields and Nicolas Cage
Brooke Shields has appeared on our list before, but this time it’s because Nicolas Cage is her significant other. After being the youngest model to ever appear on the cover of Vogue in 1980, Brooke Shields went on to become an integral part of the marketing campaign that catapulted Calvin Klein to the forefront of the fashion industry.
Brooke Shields And Michael Jackson
During this time, Cage was gaining early roles in a variety of films and met Shields prior to the production of Moonstruck in 1987. Cage has been married a total of four times, while Shields has only struck the knot twice in her lifetime.
Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts
Both Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts have made appearances on our list in the past, but here they are together for the first time. During the production of the 1987 picture Satisfaction, which marked Roberts’ first appearance in a feature film, the two actors crossed paths. The actor from “Schindler’s List” and the actress from “Mona Lisa Smile” were romantically involved for more than a year and briefly lived together.
Liam Neeson And Julia Roberts
After that, Liam Neeson went on to marry actress Natasha Richardson in 1994, but sadly, she was killed in a skiing accident in the year 2009. Daniel Moder, a film director, and cinematographer, is Roberts’ husband.