These New Yorkers’ weddings take the cake, from Eunice Mary Kennedy slicing into a towering, six-tier creation while standing atop a chair in 1953 to Tracy Morgan and Megan Wollover cutting into a Rolex-themed confection in 2015. Click through the gallery ahead to look back on 11 celebrity duos on their wedding days.
*This article appears in the Winter 2017 issue of New York Weddings.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor & Herbert Hutner Actress and banker. Married November 5, 1962, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.
Photo: Associated Press
Al Roker & Deborah Roberts TV journalists. Married September 16, 1995. Reception at Essex House.
Photo: Kimberly Butler/The LIFE Images Coll...Al Roker & Deborah Roberts TV journalists. Married September 16, 1995. Reception at Essex House.
Photo: Kimberly Butler/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher Actress and singer. Married September 26, 1955, at Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel in Liberty, New York.
P...Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher Actress and singer. Married September 26, 1955, at Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel in Liberty, New York.
Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Tiny Tim & Vicki Budinger Singer and a 17-year-old. Married December 17, 1969. Reception at the Ground Floor restaurant in the CBS Building.
... Tiny Tim & Vicki Budinger Singer and a 17-year-old. Married December 17, 1969. Reception at the Ground Floor restaurant in the CBS Building.
Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Nat King Cole & Maria Hawkins Ellington Jazz singers. Married March 28, 1948. Reception at the Belmont Plaza Hotel.
Photo: Lisa Larsen/The L...Nat King Cole & Maria Hawkins Ellington Jazz singers. Married March 28, 1948. Reception at the Belmont Plaza Hotel.
Photo: Lisa Larsen/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Robert F. Wagner Jr. & Barbara Cavanagh New York City mayor and socialite. Married July 28, 1965. Reception at the Cosmopolitan Club.
Photo:...Robert F. Wagner Jr. & Barbara Cavanagh New York City mayor and socialite. Married July 28, 1965. Reception at the Cosmopolitan Club.
Photo: Jerry Engel/The New York Post/Getty Images
Vanessa Williams & Rick Fox Actress and basketball player. Married September 26, 1999. Reception at the St. Regis Hotel.
Photo: John Barrett...Vanessa Williams & Rick Fox Actress and basketball player. Married September 26, 1999. Reception at the St. Regis Hotel.
Photo: John Barrett/Globe Photos
Tracy Morgan & Megan Wollover Comedian and actress. Married August 23, 2015, at the Ashford Estate in Allentown, New Jersey.
Photo: Jeff Tis...Tracy Morgan & Megan Wollover Comedian and actress. Married August 23, 2015, at the Ashford Estate in Allentown, New Jersey.
Photo: Jeff Tisman Photography
Edith Piaf & Jacques Peals Singers. Married September 20, 1952. Reception at the Versailles nightclub.
Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Gloria Vanderbilt & Sidney Lumet Fashion designer and director. Married August 27, 1956, at playwright Sidney Kingsley’s apartment.
Photo: A...Gloria Vanderbilt & Sidney Lumet Fashion designer and director. Married August 27, 1956, at playwright Sidney Kingsley’s apartment.
Photo: Anthony Camerano/Associated Press
Eunice Mary Kennedy & Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. Philanthropist and politician. Married May 23, 1953. Reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.... Eunice Mary Kennedy & Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. Philanthropist and politician. Married May 23, 1953. Reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Photo: Fred Morgan/NY Daily News/Getty Images
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