Adorable Throwback Photos of Longtime Loves Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline

Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline's love story is in its fourth decade.

The actors met at an audition in 1982, later linking up at an event in New York City and marrying in 1989.

”When I first met Phoebe, I remember thinking, ‘She’s too happy to be with me,’ ” the actor toldEntertainment Weeklyin 2002. “ ‘She’s too enthusiastic about life. .... What’ll we talk about?’ ”

Seemingly a lot: they'll mark their 35th wedding anniversary in 2024, and together share two kids and a passion for acting. Though they live a somewhat under-the-radar life in New York City, where Cates runs a store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, they've stepped out for many premieres and events together through the years.

Here, look back on some of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates' sweetest throwback photos together.

Four years after they met, the couple kicked back at a party in 1986.

Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline got to the point at a 1987 screening of Ishtar in N.Y.C.

The couple coordinated in complementary blue shades at the 25th annual New York Film Festival opening ceremony in 1987.

The young and in love pair shared a snuggle at the opening night of The Tenth Man on Broadway in 1989.

Something was funny as Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline had a laugh at the January Man premiere in N.Y.C. in 1989.

Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates glowed while arriving at the 1991 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Four years into their marriage, the couple looked to be having a good time following dinner at Tequila Sunrise in New York City.

The pair bundled up for the 1993 premiere of Bodies, Rest & Motion in Los Angeles.

At N.Y.C.'s Fashion Institute of Technology in 1993, Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline smiled bright on their way into the St. Augustine screening.

At the opening night of the Public Theater's Merchant of Venice in 1995, the stars were glowing.

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ne stayed connected while arriving to the 1997 Friends of Incarnation Children's Center gala in New York City.

At the 7th annual Gotham Awards in 1997, Phoebe Cates looked adoringly at her husband.

The couple put their best feet forward for the 1997 premiere of Kevin Kline's film, In & Out.

In their black tie best, Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates arrived at amfAR's Season of Hope Awards in 1998 in N.Y.C.

The pair was red carpet ready for the 1998 Golden Globe Awards, where Kevin Kline was up for best actor for his work in In & Out.

Kevin Kline kept his arm around his longtime love for the 1999 Fresh Air Fund spring gala at N.Y.C.'s Tavern on the Green.

For the American Museum of the Moving Image's Salute to Steve Martin in New York City in 2000, the pair complemented each other in black and white.

The lovebirds shared a whisper at the 2001 premiere of The Anniversary Party at N.Y.C.'s Tribeca Grand Hotel screening room.

Fixtures on the New York City fundraising scene, the pair arrived with smiles for the 2002 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's ... comedy event.

Things were looking up for the couple at the 2002 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Man of the Year award benefit honoring President Clinton in N.Y.C.

Phoebe Cates dressed for the occasion at the 2002 Rhapsody in Pink benefit gala in New York City.

Kevin Kline only had eyes for Phoebe Cates while arriving at the 2002 National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City.

The stars were, well, De-Lovely at the premiere event of the same name in New York City in 2004.

The pair was all dressed up for a night at the theater at the 2004 Tony Awards in New York City.

Kevin Kline shared a sweet moment with Phoebe Cates at the 2005 opening of The Paris Letter in N.Y.C.

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