Only couples that were together for at least 20 years - married or not
Get ready to feel terrible! This list contains information about long-term couples that split, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Everyone knows that Hollywood relationships are often fleeting, but several celebrities were in 20-plus year relationships before calling it quits. Some of these famous couples separated amicably, and others were involved in contentious divorces. But one thing is true for most: after so long together their surprising breakups were heartbreaking to watch.
Who is the most famous long-term couple that split? Many of these longtime famous couples could claim the top spot. Like Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who split after it was revealed that Schwarzenegger had a child outside of their marriage. They had been married for 25 years. In 2009, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins ended their 23-year relationship.
Rock's royal couple Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore were married from 1984 to 2013. After they divorced, their band, Sonic Youth, called it quits as well. Kris and Bruce Jenner were married from 1991 to 2015. Other famous couples that split after long-term relationships include Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard as well as Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen.
Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson were married from 1953 until Johnson filed for separation in 1978. The divorce was not finalized until 1984, 31 years after their marriage. Eastwood both entered new relationships and continued those he'd kept while married to Johnson.
In 1996, Eastwood married Dina Ruiz, and she filed for divorce in 2013.
Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison were married from 1983 to 2004 and had two children in 1990. Mathison was Ford's second wife. Ford remarried in 2010, after proposing to Calista Flockhart over Valentine's Day weekend in 2009.
Mathison, a screenwriter, succumbed to neuroendocrine cancer in 2015.
After 26 years and two children together, Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard called it quits in 2011. This was Lange's second marriage and she has not remarried.
Kris and Caitlyn Jenner were married from 1991 to 2015, separating in 2013. Shortly after their divorce Caitlyn came out as a trans woman on the cover of Vanity Fair, sparking multiple reactions from the Kardashian/Jenner family.
The couple has two children together, sharing several grandchildren.
