Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke has lived a long and storied life. Born in 1925, the entertainer has had to hit the gym, quit smoking, and overcome alcoholism to get where he is today.
But perhaps his partner should get also some credit for keeping him young. Dick Van Dyke’s wife Arlene Silver is a perfect match for the star—even if the public is too focused on their age difference to admit it.
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Dick Van Dyke wife: Who is Arlene Silver?
In 2012, Dick Van Dyke tied the knot with Arlene Silver, who is 46 years his junior.
She is known as a make-up artist who has worked on a number of projects in the art department including Carolina, Murder 101, and The Caretaker 3D.
Silver is also a singer in her band Arlene & The Vantastix. She regularly posts on her Instagram @bijoubox. and loads numerous fun cat videos to her TikTok account @bijoubelly.
How did they meet?
Arlene and Dick first met in 2006 at the SAG Awards where she had applied Van Dyke’s stage make-up and a friendship instantly started.
Silver told the Huffington Post in 2013: “We got along immediately as friends, so it didn’t feel like he was so much older than me.”
At the time, Van Dyke was still in a relationship with his longtime partner Michelle Triola Marvin, with whom he had lived with for more than 30 years. Following her tragic passing in 2009 from lung cancer, Silver and Van Dyke then started a relationship and got married a few years later.
In February 2022, just weeks shy of their 10th wedding anniversary, the couple appeared in a music video together showing off their timeless love.
The video was a cover of the song Everybody Loves A Lover, performed by Silver’s band Arlene & The Vantastix. The song was originally performed in 1958 by Doris Day with Frank DeVol & His Orchestra.
Dick Van Dyke children: Do Arlene and Dick have any children together?
Despite being married for almost a decade, all of Van Dyke’s children are from his previous marriage to Margie Willett. The couple were married from 1948 until 1984, although they were separated long before they divorced.
Willett died in 2008. They had four children together – Christian (born May 13, 1950), Barry (born July 31, 1951), Carrie (born October 18, 1961), and Stacy (born 1963). All four have featured in Van Dyke’s shows over the years.
Actor Barry went on to star alongside his father in Diagnosis Murder, which also featured Dick’s grandchildren Shane, Carey, Wes and Taryn. Dick’s daughter Stacy also appeared in one episode.
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