Frank Sinatra was married four times. His first marriage was to his longtime girlfriend Nancy Barbato in 1939. They had three children—Nancy, Frank, Jr., and Christina (Tina)—before Sinatra began an affair with actress Ava Gardner. He and Barbato divorced in 1951, and one week later Sinatra married Gardner. Theirs was a notoriously tempestuous relationship, and in 1953 they separated. Their divorce was finalized four years later. Gardner is considered by many to have been the love of Sinatra’s life.
In 1966 he married actress Mia Farrow; at age 21 she was 30 years younger than Sinatra. They divorced two years later. Sinatra’s final marriage was to Barbara Blakely Marx (who had formerly been married to comedian Zeppo Marx) in 1976.