Inside James Earl Jones’ 34-Year Marriage to Cecilia Hart: ‘I Could Relax and Be Myself with Her’

Published: Sep 10, 2024 Duration: 00:02:13 Category: Entertainment
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James Earl Jones who died at age 93 on Monday sept nine left behind a powerful body of work on both screen and stage but another part of his legacy was his 34-year marriage with Cecilia Hart she made me laugh she was stimulating the late actor wrote in his 1993 Memoir voices and silences and she did not seem to take me seriously at all which meant I could relax and be myself with her Jones who was previously married to Julian Marie Hendrick from 19 68 to 1972 met Hart on a television series that ended up being short-lived Paris a police procedural from Steven botko that ran for 13 episodes Between 1979 and 1980 The Lion King actor starred as detective Captain Woody Paris well Hart who had also previously been married to actor Bruce whites played Sergeant Stacy Erikson in a people interview in 2009 Jones indicated it was Hart who suggested to him he should accept the part of the reclusive Terren man and Kevin C 1989 movie Field of Dreams that's on my cherished list he said of the hit project my wife read the script before I got home she said here's a little movie you've got to do it was a family that was special speaking to the Washington Post in 2014 Jones shed light on some of his own family's daily routines rest is important and it's hard to get on this schedule he said at the time but I try to get eight hours every night which is not something I'm used to I'm used to staying up and until 1:00 2:00 but my wife feeds me well and I do moderate exercise on the treadmill or the step up just to get the heart going he also recalled meeting Hart's parents and asking them to approve the marriage Jones joked that the only problem in marrying Hart was that he had to stop flirting with her mother tragically Hart died in 2016 at age 68 of ovarian cancer Jones gave his wife of 34 years a touching tribute when at the 2017 Tony Awards he accepted a special Tony for Lifetime Achievement I want to thank my wife Cy for being such a wonderful companion in my life and in my work he said on stage and for being the great co-producer of our son Flynn and for being so dazzling on the red carpet

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