40 Iconic Couples From the '70s

Farrah Fawcett was an up-and-coming actress when she was set up on a blind date with established actor Lee Majors. They tied the knot in 1973 and were married during the time that Fawcett found success on Charlie's Angels. Sadly, they divorced in 1982.

Jack Nicholson's relationship with The Mamas & the Papas singer had a rocky start, since Phillips was previously married to Nicholson's friend, Dennis Hooper. Regardless, they dated on and off in the early '70s.

While Raquel Welch and Joe Namath's relationship could be described as brief, the New York Jet's quarterback escorted her to the Academy Awards in 1972. At the time, Welch was recently divorced from her second husband and Namath was a hotshot playboy nicknamed "Broadway Joe."

Warren Beatty and Julie Christie were not only some of the biggest actors in Hollywood when they dated, but the "It" couple in town. They broke up in 1973, but it sounds like there were no hard feelings. "We're very close and she’s a remarkable person," Beatty told People in 2016.

When Jane Fonda married Roger Vadim in 1965, the French director had already been linked to many other famous actresses, like Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve. They were together for eight years and had one child together, but split in 1973.

What would the '70s be without the this pair? Diane founded her fashion brand in 1972, a few years after becoming a Princess through her marriage to Prince Egon. They often frequented Studio 54 during its heyday.

One of the biggest hits of the '70s, Smokey and the Bandit, also led to one of the decade's favorite couples. Sally Field and Burt Reynolds met on the set in 1977 and dated for three years on and off.

Throughout their 13-year relationship, the English model and French singer were constantly the topic of conversation. They were together from 1968 until 1980 and had one daughter together.

Sylvester Stallone's first wife, Sasha Czack, is one of the few people to have known the action star before his Rocky fame. The couple married in 1974, Stallone got his big break two years later, and they eventually split in 1985.

After divorcing Mel Ferrer in 1968, Audrey Hepburn fell in love with Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti while on a cruise. They got married in 1969 and lived together in Rome throughout the '70s.

When Harrison Ford was just a young actor, he entered Hollywood as a married man. Ford said "I do" to his high school sweetheart, Mary Marquardt, in 1964. The were together until 1979.

Dustin Hoffman was married to his first wife, Anne Byrne, throughout the '70s and lived in New York City with their two children. It wasn't until 1980 that the pair were officially divorced—and both remarried that same year.

From their St. Tropez nuptials in 1971 to their constant antics at Studio 54, the Rolling Stones singer and his first wife were one of the most photographed couples of the time. After a seven-year marriage and one daughter, they divorced in 1978.

Sadly, the '70s is when Elvis and Priscilla Presley's iconic marriage came to an end. After six years and a decade-long courtship before that, Elvis filed for divorce in 1973.

By the 1970s, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward had already been married for more than a decade, after tying the knot in 1958. But the Hollywood couple was still one of the most beloved of the era.

America had to adjust to the former First Lady's new last name in the '70s, after she married shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in 1968. They was one of the most high-profile couples of the decade, whether they were in walking the streets of NYC or on Aristotle's yacht.