Most-frequently divorced celebrities (12 images)

Famous for her modeling, and having signed the largest contract in cosmetics history with CoverGirl, according to Brinkley herself, Brinkley also eventually gained fame for her series of marriages. She began with French artist Jean-Francois Allaux in 1973, who she divorced after eight years. Next came Billy Joel in 1985, with whom she had one child, with the marriage ending in 1994.

Real estate developer Richard Taubman came next in the same year, with Taubman proposing to Brinkley while she was still married to Joel. They divorced a year later. Finally came architect Peter Halsey Cook, who she married in 1996. They had one child, and divorced in 2008. UPI/Monika Graff.

Most famous for her role as the fiendish Alexis Colby on "Dynasty," Collins first married in 1952 at the age of 19 to Irish actor Maxwell Reed. The two divorced in 1956, moving on to singer Anthony Newley in 1963 and divorcing him in 1970. Keeping along with the musical theme, Collins married Apple Records president Ron Kass in 1972, with divorce following 11 years afterward.

Again, in 1985, Collins married to Swedish singer Peter Holm, with the end to that union coming just two years later. After a lengthy hiatus from matrimony, Collins married Percy Gibson in 2002, and the two are still married, despite a 32 year age difference between them. UPI/John Angelillo

Lewis, one of the most influential figures in the formative years of rock 'n roll music, experienced an equally rocky series of marriages. His first marriage, in 1952, ended after 20 months, while he was reportedly 14 years old (a fact that comes from Lewis during a 1978 interview in People Magazine). His second marriage lasted for four years until ending in 1957, and he had two children during that stretch.

Lewis' third marriage was his most notorious. In 1957, he married Myra Gale Brown, who just happened to be his first cousin once removed, and 13 years old. When news of the marriage broke out to the public, his career was almost completely ruined, and he was blacklisted from radio. Their marriage, strangely, lasted 13 years, before they divorced. Lewis' fourth wife, who he married in 1971, drowned in their swimming pool and his fifth wife also met an unfortunately early end when she died from a methadone overdose in 1984. Lewis' last wife, Kerrie McCarver, came onto the scene in 1984, and their marriage lasted 20 years until, again, ending in divorce. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)

The daughter of Judy Garland and breakout star from the film adaptation of "Cabaret," Minelli first married Peter Allen in 1967, and quickly turned around after their divorce in 1974 to marry director Jack Haley Jr. That union lasted five years, until she married artist Mark Gero. The two remained together for 13 years. Then, in 2002, Minelli captured the attention of tabloids with her marriage to the admittedly strange promoter David Gest, before their marriage came to an end in 2007. (UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten)