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In Hollywood, a marriage that lasts a decade is considered impressive. A marriage that lasts
2 decades is considered mind-blowing. But a marriage that has lasted over five decades?
That’s close to impossible. Well, it isn’t for Christopher Walken and his wife Georgianne.
Their relationship proves that the politics of showbiz is no match for true love.
They have had over 53 years of wedded bliss and almost 60 years of life together. They have
never had kids and have faced a suspected murder scandal. We know, it’s a lot! So, let’s dive in.
Christopher, or should we say Ronnie, has had a fascinating life and career.
The name Christopher was bestowed on him when he worked in a nightclub in his younger days.
A Belgian cabaret singer decided to do that on a whim when she introduced him on stage one night.
She turned to him and said: "You know, Ronnie is OK. But I think tonight I call you Christopher.
I like Christopher," and with that, he was christened with his stage name.
"I just said, 'Cool!' She was gorgeous, hot really, so I went with it,” he recalled.
The Pulp Fiction star is a Hollywood legend. He is still working hard at the ripe age of 79 and
has no plans for retiring anytime soon. In fact, he plans on working until death does him part.
If you don’t know him by name, you certainly know him by his voice or his face.
But the same can’t be said for his other half. Not much has been written about Georgianne,
but she is famous in her own right. She has been known to do various acting and dancing
gigs but she shies away from being in front of the camera like her husband. The actor’s wife
has been behind the scenes for countless movies and shows, though. She is a casting director
and has been nominated for numerous awards for her work in the entertainment industry.
Christopher and Georgianne met in 1963 when they played a couple during the theater
production of West Side Story. It didn’t take much for them to fall madly in love.
Christopher was not only impressed with his future wife’s talent and work ethic, he was equally
impressed with her looks. "She was a fox. She is a fox. We loved each other right away," he said.
He made as great of an impression on her. "When I met him, I knew he had a future.
He was good and was going to be better. It was a very compelling idea, and I had never
met anybody like that in my life," she shared. The pair have been inseparable ever since. Well…
for the most part. When the actor was asked the secret to such a long-lasting marriage, he said,
“Spending a lot of time together and a lot of time apart, which helps!”
We guess after 60 years together; the novelty of each other’s constant company could wear off.
Six years after their first meeting, the couple tied the knot. There is very little detail known
about their engagement or their wedding. But we’re guessing based on what we know about the
lovebirds, it was quaint and relatively normal. At the beginning of their marriage, Mrs. Walken
gave up her acting and dancing career. The pair decided this was best, so she could support them
while Walken focussed on his acting career. Well, it seems kind of unfair, but,
according to them, that was the right choice. She stayed in the entertainment industry, though, as
a casting director. And thanks to her sacrifice, he is the iconic Hollywood star we know today.
But there was one thing the actor’s Hollywood career has held them back from — parenthood.
Christopher didn’t want to have kids so that even in periods of unemployment,
which is common for actors, he could get by. He chose career over family. No kids meant more
freedom to work, and Christopher loves to work. He doesn’t have any hobbies and never really had.
Tennis, swimming, and golf never really did it for him. Acting is what he truly loves. So, even
for a family, he wasn’t going to give that up. Ultimately Georgianne and Christopher’s choice
worked the way he had hoped. The actor has appeared in more than 100 films and TV shows.
“I’m glad that I don’t have children. I have two brothers and they have plenty of children,
they come to my house, and I am always very glad when they leave,” he said. We love the honesty!
To this day, when the Catch Me If You Can star is asked whether he’d have found the success he has
if he had kids, he replies, “Absolutely not.” Walken and his wife are parents in a different
way… to their cats. “I live in the country, and I have a cat. I like cats a lot. I’ve always liked
cats. They’re great company. I make up different names for my cat all the time — Flapjack, Bowtie,
Popcorn. But he’s really, ‘Hey you, cat.'” The star finds cats intriguing and
low-maintenance animals. Also, as he got older, he began to turn to his cats for pain relief.
His hands started hurting with age, and when he’s rubbing the cats, he’s feeling better.
Besides his work, wife, and cats, the actor said his life is conservative. When he’s not working,
Walken, who calls himself a regular guy, prefers to stay at home and doesn’t care for traveling.
This simplicity is also reflected in the couple’s marriage. His wife takes care of everything,
including the bills. The Pulp Fiction actor believes everybody has something to do.
Christopher revealed that Georgianne does not cook, but he loves the process, especially when
he is studying his scripts. The actor cooks and learns his lines simultaneously, and has found
this to be a power of distraction. So, besides doing movies, he is the chef of the house.
The casting director loves watching her husband work. “It’s very interesting being
married to a man who is constantly playing a different person. You’re always living with
a different person. He never tells me what part he’s playing when he’s getting ready.
It just descends on me one day,” she said. Walken usually discards his characters
when he gets home from work. But one character has haunted him for a long time.
In The Comfort of Strangers, he played a devilish character embroiled in Venetian S&M and murder.
Haunted doesn’t really seem like the right word, maybe he was infatuated? 20 years after the film
wrapped, he turned up in an interview wearing the jacket his character wore in the film.
Actually, Christopher has been known to have sticky fingers on set.
"I never buy clothes. Whenever I do a movie, all my clothing is from the set.
They don't give me anything. I steal,” he said.
It appears that the actor is good at stealing things. He obviously stole his wife’s heart,
but like every couple, they have had their ups and downs. One particularly serious low was when he
was a key witness to a suspected murder. But wait, it gets crazier. The suspected murder of a woman
he was rumored to be having an affair with. In 1981, a rising starlet, Natalie Wood died.
She had two films that were being released that would take her to the next level of her career.
Unfortunately, her husband, Robert Wagner, didn’t like the idea of this.
She had just co-starred in Brainstorm with Christopher, and the trio decided to take
a weekend trip to Catalina, California. They stayed on a yacht just off the coast
of the island. There seemed to be a lot of tension on the boat the entire time.
Natalie was at a crossroads. She was trying to decide whether she should follow her blossoming
career or stay at home with her husband and children. Christopher was trying to convince
Robert to let her pursue her career, but her husband wasn’t having any of it.
The tensions have been mounting as the trio had been spending time on the island and drinking all
day. They returned to the boat and continued to consume massive quantities of alcohol,
according to yacht staff. Apparently, Walken argued with Wagner on the night of Wood’s death.
No one knows what the argument was about. It is possible that Robert heard the rumors
of an affair between the co-stars. Sadly, it ended with Wagner smashing a wine bottle on
the table and shouting at The Deer Hunter star, “What do you want to do? Fuck my wife?” Yeesh!
Wood walked off to bed in disgust at her husband. An hour later, she was reported missing along with
the boat's dinghy. She was found floating face-up a mile away the next morning,
with unexplained bruises on her body and arms. Allegedly Wagner didn’t call for help for more
than 2 hours after she went missing. Suspicious? In 2012, the city coroner changed the official
cause of death from accidental drowning to drowning and other undetermined factors.
The circumstances of how Natalie ended up in the water are still unknown.
Both Robert and Christopher believe she may have slipped and fallen overboard. Neither of the men
has spoken about the rumored affair. Christopher has said, “What happened that night only she
knows because she was alone. The people who are convinced that there was something more will
never be satisfied with the truth. The truth is, there is nothing more to it. It was an accident.”
The rumors were never commented on by Georgianne. She and her husband continued
into a blissful and simple marriage. The situation as devastating as it was didn’t
derail their relationship or Walken’s career. Although he plays many menacing characters,
like money-hungry gangsters and suicidal men, it is far from who he is. The actor is rather sweet,
simplistic, and laid back. He doesn’t even own a cell phone or a computer and is rather clueless
when it comes to technology. He once did a Zoom interview but needed someone else to set it all
up for him. “There aren’t many people like me,” he said. Well certainly not in this century, Chris!
When Christopher looks at his accomplishments and counts his blessings, he feels good. No bills to
pay, the weather is nice, and his wife is healthy. These are the only cares he has in the world.
Christopher and Georgianne’s simple life seems to be the secret to their happy and long marriage.
They love each other deeply and have built a life and a relationship they can both be proud of.
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