Jeff Bridges’ Wife Susan Geston: Everything To Know About Their 45-Year Marriage

• Jeff Bridges is an Oscar-winning actor.
• He’s been joined to Susan Geston since 1977.
• Jeff and Susan person 3 children and 2 grandchildren.

Jeff Bridges, 73, has enjoyed a palmy acting vocation that isn’t slowing down astatine all. Starting successful the 1970s, the beloved histrion received respective Oscar nominations for his impeccable performances connected the large screen. In 2010, Jeff yet won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his relation arsenic an alcoholic vocalist in Crazy Heart. Since then, Jeff’s enjoyed much occurrence successful movie and helium precocious starred successful the deed tv show The Old Man.

Jeff’s been fortunate to person his woman of 45 years, Susan Geston, by his broadside passim his career. The brace met successful 1975 erstwhile Jeff was shooting a movie and they fell successful emotion instantly. Susan was besides determination for Jeff erstwhile helium announced his crab diagnosis successful October 2020, though he’s present successful remission. Here’s everything you request to cognize astir Susan and her matrimony to Jeff.

Jeff Bridges with his woman Susan (Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

Who is Susan Geston?

Susan is an histrion conscionable similar her husband. She’s appeared successful lone 2 movies: 1976’s Stay Hungry and 1980’s Forbidden Zone, according to her IMDb. Susan besides worked arsenic an subordinate shaper connected the 1989 movie Cold Feet.

How did Jeff and Susan meet?

Jeff was filming his 1975 movie Rancho Deluxe on a ranch successful Montana erstwhile helium met Susan, who was 21 years aged and moving arsenic a waitress astatine the time. He revealed successful a 2014 effort for Good Housekeeping that helium was instantly struck by Susan. “I couldn’t instrumentality my eyes disconnected her. Not lone was she gorgeous, but she had 2 achromatic eyes and a precocious breached chemoreceptor (from a car accident, I aboriginal learned),” Jeff wrote successful the essay. “Something astir her quality and disfigurement kept maine riveted.”

Jeff yet asked Susan out, but she declined. “I asked her again, and she said, ‘No — it’s a tiny town; possibly we’ll tally into each different later,’ ” helium explained successful the essay, adding, “Those words proved to beryllium prophetic, and 1 nighttime successful municipality we danced, and I fell successful love.”

Jeff Bridges with his woman Susan (Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

Jeff and Susan’s wedding

Jeff revealed successful his Good Housekeeping write-up that “losing my freedom” was wherefore helium was initially acrophobic to wed Susan. But aft 2 years of dating, Jeff yet projected to the emotion of his life. “Thank God I yet got with the program,” helium wrote. “Frightening arsenic it was for me, determination was besides the consciousness of profoundly opening my heart.” Jeff and Susan got joined connected June 5, 1977.

Jeff and Susan person 3 children

Jeff is simply a arrogant “girl dad” to 3 daughters: Isabelle Bridges, 41, Jessica Bridges, 39, and Hayley Bridges, 37. Hayley got married to Justin Shane successful August 2021, little than a twelvemonth aft Jeff revealed his lymphoma diagnosis. But Jeff was inactive capable to locomotion Hayley down the aisle and enactment successful the father-daughter creation astatine the wedding. Hayley told Brides magazine that her celebrated dada “gave a welcome speech and touched connected a trait of Justin’s that I besides mentioned successful my vows, which is that kids and dogs emotion him.” Jeff and Susan are besides grandparents to Isabelle’s children Gracie and Ben.

Jeff and Susan’s 45-year marriage

Jeff and Susan person been joined for astir fractional a century, which is truthful wild. One of the scariest moments they faced arsenic a mates was erstwhile Jeff astir died from COVID-19 during chemo successful 2021. Speaking astir the acquisition to PEOPLE, Susan said, “We didn’t cognize if helium would recover. I said [to the doctors], ‘Save his life. No substance what you person to do.’ ” Susan besides called the clip Jeff was severely sick “a bad dream,” but noted that “now’s the bully imagination part.”

As for however they’ve accomplished specified a palmy partnership, Jeff and Susan told PEOPLE in 2020 that they ever mutually respect each other, nary substance what. “We are rather antithetic arsenic people, and we observe that alternatively than making it thrust america apart. I respect her wisdom, and I’m definite the girls bash too,” Jeff said. “I’ve truly been blessed.”

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