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ok we have decided on the theme of our party. we are having a cemetry theme and want to invite couples to dress as famous past couples. we want all the couples to already be past, like, adam and eve, cleo and mark, bonnie and clyde. on the invite i will be asking ppl to dress as the couples. so need some more names....so far we have
Bonny and Clyde
Cleopatra and Mark
Fred and Ginger
Robin Hood and Maryanne
adam and eve

we need heaps more,
come on guys please put on you thinking caps.

Romeo and Juliet
Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler
Annie Oakley and Frank Butler
Pocahontas and John Smith
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Lucille Ball and Ricky Ricardo
King Arthur & Guinevere

morticia + gomez
frankenstien and his bride
jack o lantern and sally
sweeney todd and mrs lovett
burke and hare (the body-snatchers)
kermit the frog and miss piggy

Donnie Darko + Frank
Beauty and the Beast


on a less whimsical note:
Famous Couples - Index of Famous Couples
may help

Roger and Jessica Rabbit
Groucho and Harpo Marx(ok, so they were brothers, but a woman could easily pull off harpo)
Cyrano and Roxane
Mickey and Minnie
Ma and Pa Kettle

I saw Marilyn Manson & marilyn Monroe- different!

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer
Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI

I had a couple come in to The Costume Shop and we got them outfitted to be Boris Badenoff and Natasha (from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons for those of you not old enough to remember.)

Corpse bride and Victor
Hugh Hefner and bunny
Barbie and Ken
Sherlock Holmes and Watson (for 2 guys)
Laurel and Hardy (skinny guy, fat guy)

Check out "Never Been Kissed" (1999 with Drew Barrymore). Towards the end is the prom, famous couples theme. Some interesting ideas for couples - Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay in "Risky Business" I remember.

Movie wise.
Norman Bates and Lila Crane (lila dressed in a shower curtain, of course)
Luke & Lia, Han & Lia, etc.
Vincet Vega & Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction)
Hannibal Lecter & Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
Neo & Trinity (Matrix)
Ripley & Alien (Alien...works best if girl is willing to wear grey cotton undies)
The Bride & Bill (Kill Bill)
Evey & V (her in the schoolgirl outfie, him as him)
Westley & Buttercup (Princess Bride)

Historical:
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
Lancelot and Guinevere
Pocahontas and John Smith
Marie and Pierre Curie
John Lennon & Yoko Ono

The couple from American Gothic (I actually saw this done very well)

How about a partially painted Mona Lisa with a DaVinci carrying paintbrush and palette.