Chrissie May & Brian May

Brian May and Chrissie May
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Chrissie May and Brian May were married for 10 years. They dated for 7 years after getting together in Oct 1969 and married on 29th May 1977. 10 years later they divorced in 1988.

They had 3 children, Jimmy (45), Louisa (42) and Emily Ruth (37).

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Chrissie May is a British Relative. She is famous for First wife of Brian May.

Brian May is a 76 year old British Guitarist. Born Brian Harold May on 19th July, 1947 in Hampton, Middlesex, England, he is famous for Guitarist for Queen in a career that spans 2001 > 2001 (inductee: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) and 2005 > 2005 (awarded: CBE in 2005) and 1964–present. His zodiac sign is Cancer.

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Relationship Statistics

StatusDurationLength
Dating26th Oct 1969 - 29th May 1977 7 years, 7 months
Married29th May 1977 - 1988 10 years, 7 months
Total Oct 1969 - 1988 18 years, 3 months


In 1968 Chrissie’s flatmate, Josephine “Jo” Morris, was dating medical student Roger Taylor, who also played drums in a band called “Smile” and run a stall in Kensington market selling second hand clothes with a friend who called himself Freddie Mercury. When Jo took Chrissie along to one of “Smile”’s gigs at Imperial College (the night Smile debuted at Imperial that October 26th [1968], supporting Pink Floyd) she was introduced to Roger’s friend and bandmate Brian May, who played the guitar. Slender, with long dark hair, Chrissie had a pretty elfin face, and that evening there was an instant connection between her and Brian, though initially they settled for being just good friends, as he was dating a girl named Mary Austin, who eventually would date Freddie Mercury. Chrissie was happy to rank among the growing circle wich formed “Smile”’s travelling support. After about a year of careful friendship, they become a couple in a serious stable relationship, and they soon moved in together in a small apartment with a cat, Squeaky. Brian recalled in 2010: “It was probably the happiest time of my life. I was living with my future wife in a bedsit about the size of this table. We lived on cod in a bag, we had one gas ring, we had no problems in life.” Brian was busy with the band, sometimes with Chrissie and sometimes without, but Brian’s strict father loomed on them: “When Queen was taking off, we didn’t speak [Brian and his father Harold] for nearly two years. He also hated the fact that I was living with a woman, who turned out to be my first wife, Chrissie. He thought it was immoral, I couldn’t understand it.” The second disapproved thing was the choice of music instead of astronomy. Brian and Chrissie had fallen deeply in love. This romantic commitment went further that Brian had ever experienced and he found it hard to envisage life without her. The anchor of a stimulating yet stable relationship provided a solid platform from which he could try to further his ambitions. At the begining of the New Year [1976] he and Chrissie Mullen set a wedding date. They had been together for seven years and for a lot of that time had been inseparable. On 29 May 1976 Chrissie and Brian married at st. Osmund`s Roman Catholic Church in Barnes, Richmond-upon-Thames, London. By the end of 1976, they had bought a comfortable house in Barnes. They had three children: Jimmy who was born on 15 June, 1978; Louisa who was born on 22 May 1981 and Emily Ruth who was born on 17 February, 1987. Chrissie went on on tour with Queen and also to some of their and at parties. She followed Brian pretty often, even with their children, and they seemed inseparable whenever she was there. Despite touring with Queen, though, she’s a very private person, we don’t know much about her personality and Brian tried to protect his family’s privacy as much as possible. When Queen stopped touring at the end of 1986, Brian reckoned: “It’s very hard to adapt back to normal life. I was married and I had kids and the marriage survived the whole touring life really well. It was only when I stopped touring that things fell apart, because we couldn’t adapt to living ‘a normal life' … People thought I’d defined myself in terms of being a rock star, but I defined myself as a husband and a dad, above everything else.” In 1986 Brian fell in love with actress Anita Dobson, and not even the birth of his and Chrissie’s last child Emily in 1987 could save the marriage. They divorced in 1988.

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Relationship Timeline

1988 - Divorce

17th February, 1987 - Child

1987 - Breakup

22nd May, 1981 - Child

15th June, 1978 - Child

29th May, 1976 - Marriage

1970 - Dating

26th October, 1969 - Hookup

Couple Comparison

Name
Chrissie May
Brian May
Chrissie May
Brian May
Occupation
Relative
Guitarist
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Grey
Eye Color
Brown - Dark
Hazel
Nationality
British
British
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Children

NameGenderBornAge
JimmyMale15th June, 197845 years old
LouisaFemale22nd May, 198142 years old
Emily RuthFemale17th February, 198737 years old

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QueenFan1949Jul 7, 2022

Brian and Chrissy were married in 1976, not 1977. The picture you're showing here as Louisa may, is not Louisa May. You need to correct

little_queenieslittle_queeniesJul 11, 2010

In the book Queen: The Early Years, and in a Brian may biography, they talk about Jo , a Roger`s girlfriend ca. 1968-1969 that she was Chrissy Mullen`s flatmate and who introduced Chrissy to Brian May after one Smile gig. Does anybody have more info on her? Thanks

little_queenieslittle_queeniesMay 23, 2010

yep, around 1987-88 happenned things around Queen.... they woulnd`t play concerts anymore, Roger also did separate from Dominique and he create a new band for playing live...

Alison ClarkeApr 20, 2010

Brain got married 2 times ? Whoa. When Brian married Anita Dobson they got married when Freddie became ill in 1987. Strange is`nt it? But Im sure they are still together and love eachother .

little_queenieslittle_queeniesNov 25, 2009

yes, she`s so lovely. I think they met on 1970 or maybe 1969, I read it on a book, I`ll check again and then I`ll post it here.

rogertaylorgirlrogertaylorgirlOct 4, 2008

She`s so sweet (:


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