John Cleese’s Spouse: Meet Jennifer Wade, His Wife, Plus Everything On His Previous 3 Marriages

John Cleese gained fame for his relation successful the hilarious Monty Python films, on with iconic flicks similar A Fish Called Wanda with Jamie Lee Curtis and Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan. He was introduced to a full caller procreation with his relation arsenic Nearly Headless Nick successful 2 of the Harry Potter films, and adjacent did animated dependable enactment successful the past 3 Shrek films arsenic King Harold. He’s a screenwriter and shaper to boot.

Behind the camera and successful betwixt roles, however, the 83-year-old English histrion has had rather the idiosyncratic life, having been joined nary less than 4 times and erstwhile losing millions to an ex-spouse. He’s besides the arrogant begetter of 2 now-grown daughters.

Here’s everything to cognize astir John and his marriages, including his existent woman Jennifer Wade.

Connie Booth

John Cleese and his archetypal wife, Bonnie Booth (Nils Jorgensen/Shutterstock)

John and his archetypal woman Connie Booth met successful the states and joined backmost successful 1968. The duo aboriginal became celebrated for penning the scripts and starring successful some renditions of the sitcom Fawlty Towers. But earlier they divorced successful 1978, they did their astir enduring enactment unneurotic — welcoming their girl Cynthia Cleese, present 51, successful 1971 successful England. Cynthia would spell connected to prima alongside her dada successful 1983’s A Fish Called Wanda. According to the actor’s Wikipedia page, John and Connie are “said to” person remained friends adjacent past their split.

And his bequest continues done 2 grandchildren, arsenic well! Cynthia welcomed 2 kids, Evan and Olivia, with her husband, writer and manager Ed Solomon (Men successful Black, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.)

Barbara Trentham

John’s 2nd wife, Barbara Trentham, who passed distant successful 2013, years aft their 1990 divorce. (Roger Allston/ANL/Shutterstock)

A fewer years later, John joined exemplary and histrion Barbara Trentham successful 1981. The British quality notably appeared connected the covers of British versions of mainstay magazines including Seventeen and Vogue, and appeared successful the 1975 sci fi flick Rollerball. Barbara and John met astatine a 1980 Monty Python amusement and were joined the pursuing year. Their lone kid together, Camilla Cleese, was calved successful 1984.

The duo separated successful 1987 and divorced successful 1990. Sadly, Barbara passed distant connected August 2, 2013, aft a conflict with Leukemia.

 Alyce Faye Eichelberger

John Cleese and his ex wife, Alyce. (Tim Rooke/Shutterstock)

In 1992, John went successful an wholly antithetic absorption and joined psychotherapist Alyce Faye Eichelberger. They divorced 16 years later, and according to CTV News, she walked distant with a monolithic $12.2 cardinal successful the California-based settlement. To boot, she took 600,000/year for 7 years. The histrion didn’t clasp backmost erstwhile recalling however the punitive magnitude wounded him. “What I find truthful unfair is that if we some died today, her children would get overmuch much than excavation … I got disconnected lightly,” helium said of the volatile split, per a study successful the The Telegraph in 2009. “Think what I’d person had to wage Alyce if she had contributed thing to the relationship—such arsenic children, oregon a conversation”

He besides quipped that, “At slightest I volition cognize successful aboriginal if a I spell retired with a woman they volition not beryllium aft maine for my money.” “My 2 different divorces were precise peaceful affairs,” helium aboriginal said.

Jennifer Wade

John Cleese and his wife, Jennifer Wade. They joined successful 2012. (Nils Jorgensen/Shutterstock)

John took a fewer years disconnected earlier giving matrimony different shot, In August of 2012, helium joined exemplary and jewelry designer Jennifer Wade, present 51, successful an intimate ceremony connected Caribbean land Mustique. Per HELLO! via CTV News, John was overwhelmed with happiness and “fought backmost tears.”

“I knew from the archetypal infinitesimal I met her that this could beryllium thing precise serious,” helium said of their 2009 gathering via communal friends. “She is an bonzer one-off. I ne'er felt determination was thing incorrect with the instauration of matrimony – the lone happening incorrect was my quality to take the close person. I couldn’t ideate being with anyone different than Jenny now. And with my record, that’s a beauteous singular happening to say.”

“It was rather overwhelming successful a joyful way,” Jennifer told the mag astatine the time. “We’re kindred spirits. When radical spot america together, they instantly get it.” She continued, saying that they didn’t “need” to get married. “John and I didn’t request to get married, but we wanted to,” she added. “We felt similar we were joined already. We’ll person a enactment for our friends and household successful London aboriginal adjacent year.”

While John seems to person recovered his everlastingly love, helium spoke retired successful aboriginal years astir his continual narration problems and placing the blasted connected his “tyrant” mother, Muriel. “My ingrained wont of walking connected eggshells erstwhile dealing with my parent dominated my romanticist liaisons for galore years,” helium said, per The Independent successful 2014. He slammed Muriel for her allegedly “utterly egotistical impulses” and “emotionally difficult” quality and afloat blamed her for her narration and marital issues. “It cannot beryllium a coincidence that I spent specified a ample portion of my beingness successful immoderate signifier of therapy and that the immense bulk of the problems I was dealing with progressive relationships with women,” helium said.