‘Thorn Birds’ Rachel Ward Looks ‘Stunning’ at 65 – She Found Love with a Co-star & Is a Doting Grandma
American actress Rachel Ward rose to stardom after her role in “The Thorn Birds” in 1983.
She is now in her mid-60s, but fans don’t think she has changed much since she starred in the series.
The series brought Ward not only fame but love too. Ward and her husband met on the production’s set, and their romance quickly blossomed.
THE THORN BIRDS – TV Miniseries – Airdate: March 27 through 30, 1983. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
BRYAN BROWN;RACHEL WARD
Yet the actress says it was not love at first sight.
THE THORN BIRDS – TV Miniseries – Airdate: March 27 through 30, 1983. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
RACHEL WARD;BRYAN BROWN
Ward played the heroine in the series, and Bryan Brown played her husband. Their relationship turned romantic and culminated in the couple’s onscreen marriage translating into their real life, although their first attraction was “basic.”
Brown and Ward have been married for four decades and are still as in love as they were when they first met. They tied the knot a couple of months after filming for “The Thorn Birds” had ended.
THE THORN BIRDS – TV Miniseries – Airdate: March 27 through 30, 1983. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
RACHEL WARD;BRYAN BROWN
While Ward says she is grateful that the show brought her many work opportunities and other things in her life that have been invaluable, the one thing she remains the most thankful for and proud of is her enduring marriage to Brown.
Actress Rachel Ward and Australian actor Bryan Brown at their wedding at her father’s estate Cornwell Manor, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
Once, when the couple was on set, Brown offered to read Ward’s palm. She agreed, and he told her she would have three children. Later, he quipped:
“Yes, I did say that. But I didn’t say they would be mine!”
Brown’s reasoning for wanting to marry Ward was somewhat unconventional. The pair had traveled to Ireland together so Brown could film “Give My Regards to Wall Street” when they argued.
