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Christopher Plummer Found Happiness With ‘Bond Girl’ Elaine Taylor After Two Failed Marriages | “She’s My Best Friend”
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Christopher Plummer Found Happiness With ‘Bond Girl’ Elaine Taylor After Two Failed Marriages | “She’s My Best Friend”

“I was just about to go down with the ship when, to the rescue came . . . a graceful angel,” he wrote in his memoir.

Christopher Plummer and wife Elaine Taylor arrive at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer is best known for The Sound of Music. According to PEOPLE, he bagged an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for his role in Beginners. He won two Tony awards for his stage work as well as two Emmys for his performances on TV. He received a prestigious civilian honor in 1968 when Queen Elizabeth II made him a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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With great fame came great struggles, and Christopher was plagued by his dependence on alcohol. He also went through the pain of two failed marriages. The Oscar winner was first married to singer and actress Tammy Grimes. They had a daughter, Amanda Plummer, who became a Tony-winning actress. Plummer admitted that he was " a lousy husband and an even worse father,” in his 2008 memoir In Spite of Myself

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His second marriage was to Patricia Lewis, a showbiz columnist for a London newspaper. They met during a period Plummer called the "Swinging Sixties." One night they were out drinking, and Lewis crashed the convertible near Buckingham Palace leaving her in critical condition where she slipped into a coma that lasted months. When she recovered the two ended up tying the knot in 1962 but they split a few years later in 1967. 

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It was his third marriage that gave him happiness and joy that lasted forever. He met Elaine Taylor the Bond girl in the 1967 James Bond movie Casino Royale on the set of 1969's Lock Up Your Daughters. The pair ended up getting married a year later and were together until his death in 2021 at age 91. "She’s my best friend,” he previously said according to Everything Zoomer.

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Elaine Taylor and Christopher Plummer arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Elaine Taylor and Christopher Plummer arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

 

“We can part during the day and then get together for dinner and talk about it. We’re not in each other’s pocket. [That] couldn’t be more boring and kills marriages. I’m very lucky.” He also admitted that the relationship was a huge positive influence in both his life and career, from Taylor’s “enormous” artistic taste to her healthy cooking. Taylor made sure to take care of her husband and ensured that he ate well and stuck to a healthy way of living.

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In fact, according to The Washington Post Taylor said she would only marry him if he cleaned up his act and quit drinking. The A Beautiful Mind actor agreed to stay away from hard liquor so he can settle down with his beloved wife.  “I was just about to go down with the ship when, to the rescue came . . . a graceful angel,” he wrote in his memoir.

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Canadian actor Christopher Plummer and his wife, actress Elaine Taylor in his 40-year-old Invicta, UK, 22nd October 1971. (Photo by Dove/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Canadian actor Christopher Plummer and his wife, actress Elaine Taylor in his 40-year-old Invicta, UK, 22nd October 1971. (Photo by Dove/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

References:

https://www.everythingzoomer.com/arts-entertainment/2019/12/12/the-winter-of-his-content/

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/christopher-plummer-dead/2021/02/05/2e6d8408-67dd-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

https://people.com/movies/christopher-plummer-dies-at-91/

Cover Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Frazer Harrison