Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have proven for decades that Hollywood romances can stand the test of time.
According to Hanks, it was love at first sight when it came to his eventual wife — even if he didn’t meet her until years after he first saw her. Wilson made her TV debut on the Brady Bunch in 1972, as Pat Conway, which is when the actor first fell for her.
“Oh, every now and again I just pull it up in YouTube. All of the stuff that she was in,” Hanks told The Knot and other reporters in 2016. “I was actually at a friend of mine’s house when that aired and remember thinking, ‘That girl is cute.’”
After meeting on the set of Bosom Buddies in 1981, sparks between the two could instantly be seen. At the time, Hanks was married to his college school sweetheart, Samantha Lewes. When the pair reunited to film Volunteers in 1984, their chemistry was undeniable and a relationship between the two followed — after the Splash actor’s marriage broke apart a few years later.
Although his divorce wasn’t finalized until 1987, Hanks and Wilson took their relationship public in 1986. On April 30, 1988, the pair tied the knot,
Scroll below to see how Hanks and Wilson’s relationship has evolved over the years.
