Who is William Shatner’s ex-wife, Elizabeth Martin?
WILLIAM Shatner played a smooth ladies' man on the hit '60s television show Star Trek.
Shatner, who turned 93 this year, has been married four times.
Who is William Shatner’s ex-wife, Elizabeth Martin?
William Shatner's most recent marriage was to horse trainer Elizabeth Martin.
Despite their 27-year age gap, the couple tied the knot in Lebanon, Indiana in 2001.
The couple stayed together for nearly two decades before calling it quits in 2020
The pair reached a divorce settlement in March 2020, where Shatner paid Elizabeth $2 million in spousal support, according to .
When did William and Elizabeth get back together?
In January 2023, William and Elizabeth arrived at the Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills together.
In an interview with , he said of Elizabeth, "My wife… she is the zest of life. She brings the flavor."
The following year, the actor gave a relationship update, saying, “My little secret is I’m living with my former wife."
He continued, "We've in effect remarried. But we haven’t done another ceremony.”
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“The reasons we divorced were many, but none of them had to do with distaste," he added.
"It had to do with more practical things that I want to avoid happening [again], so that’s what I did.”
How many times has William Shatner been married?
Though Shatner is worth a whopping $100 million, he was a relatively unknown theatre performer when he walked down the aisle for the first time.
In 1956, the then-25-year-old Shatner wed fellow actress Gloria Rand.
They had 3 children together: Leslie, Lisabeth, and Melanie.
Rand would later watch her husband rise to television fame on the iconic show Star Trek, which premiered in 1966.
Their marriage ended the same year that the show did in 1969.
The rising Hollywood star waited four years before tying the knot again.
Marcy Lafferty became his second wife in 1973 and would go on to act alongside him in the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the '80s police drama TV show T.J. Hooker.
His longest relationship, the two stayed married for 23 years before finalizing their divorce in 1996.
Shatner's shortest union came next.
In 1997, he married aspiring actress Nerine Kidd, whom he met on the set of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, in a Pasadena ceremony.
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In 1999, Nerine was found at the bottom of their swimming pool.
The cause of death was an accidental drowning, according to her autopsy, revealing alcohol and Valium in her blood.