One of the most talented and famous British actors, elevated to cult status thanks to his participation in the Potterian, Alan Rickman throughout his life was surprisingly consistent in his actions. So Rima Horton lived with him for about fifty years. The spouses all supported and anxiously took care of each other.
How it all began
Rima Horton, Alan Rickman's wife, friend and hard shoulder, ran for Parliament, was once an active Labor Party politician. A little later, she even taught economics at Kingston University.
The meeting with the future spouse occurred at a time when Alan studied in Chelsea, at the Royal School of Art and Design. He then wanted to become a graphic designer. At such a young age, Rickman was not yet able to perceive the profession of an actor as something stable. Therefore, thoughts about the stage and the big screen were present only in his dreams. When the young people met, Rima Horton had already reached the age of majority, she was 18years. Alan was a year older. So they started dating. A chance meeting gradually grew into a huge love that warmed them all their lives.
Like a mother
Rima Horton was an amazing beauty in her youth. Many men looked after her. But she gave her heart to one of the most mysterious personalities in Hollywood (at that time - in the future) Alan Sydney Patrick Rickman. Who was he - an obsessed workaholic or the last monogamous - will argue for a long time. But for this woman, he was the embodiment of intelligence, strength, masculinity, sincerity and great love.
For Alan Rome, Horton was a kind of reflection of his mother, whom he loved very much. He was only eight when his father died of cancer. Mom was left with four children in her arms. From that moment on, she became Rickman's closest person. Until the end of his days, along with love for Rima, a warm affection for his mother will live in Alan's heart.
She always helped and supported her son, being absolutely sincerely sure that her boy has a special talent that will definitely help him in life.
From designer to actor
Rima Horton in her youth, shortly after meeting Rickman, made an important decision to support him in any undertakings and to be on his side in any situation. Perhaps it was this strong spiritual unity that helped them live together for so long.
She was with him even at that important moment of choice for him, when Alan, despite some success in the craftgraphic designer, quits his not-so-favorite craft and becomes a student again because he decided to become an actor.
Rickman writes a letter asking to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He passes all the entrance tests with honors and gradually begins to comprehend all the secrets of acting.
Away from the hustle and bustle
In her younger years, Rimma Horton, whose biography is not as well known as that of her famous husband, met Rickman for quite a long time. Their romance lasted approximately twelve years (starting in 1965) before they decided to live together as one family. Spouses could be seen at many social events. But still, they preferred a quiet, calm life that took place far from the usual life of celebrities, from all the gossip and scandals.
They liked being just the two of them. The spouses never ran out of topics for long conversations by the fireplace. They could discuss anything and not bother each other.
Child question
True, the couple had no children. Rima Horton once firmly decided so. Many years later, however, regret about this decision crept into her, but age did not allow anything to change. But her husband supported her from the very beginning, just as she supported him in the decisions that he made.
Once annoying journalists asked him why it so happened that the couple lives without children. He rather sternly replied that it was mutualdecision. But initially Rima Horton didn’t want kids, whose filmography practically does not contain her works, because she never became an actress and taught economics all her life. She was completely satisfied with their life, closed on each other, but at the same time, a rich and free from peanuts life.
Alan Rickman and his wife give all their unspent love for children to their nieces. They pamper them as best they can, take them to museums, cinemas, theaters, and try to walk with them more often. The actor is sure: if they had children with Rome, he would gladly allow them whatever they please; he would have been a weak-willed father because he would have adored them infinitely.
He was always like this, one of the great actors of modern cinema Alan Rickman. The family was for him that island where he could rest from all hardships. For five decades, the couple walked through life hand in hand.
Long-awaited marriage
Despite the fact that the relationship of the couple in love was quite calm and stable, they were in no hurry to conclude a marriage. Only last spring, the media spread the information that Rima Horton and Alan Rickman officially became husband and wife. A little later, the actor said this in an interview. He told reporters that the wedding ceremony took place in New York. In addition to the newlyweds themselves, there was no one on it. They decided so. After the ceremony, they had lunch, and then walked already as legal spouses. Rickman gave his wife an engagement ring, but Rima refused to wear it.
Maybe a simple laymanit will seem strange, but for many years the couple lived an ordinary life, despite the fact that Alan was mega-popular. He did not even always attend the premieres of his paintings. Never, in any "yellow" edition it was impossible to find an article with gossip; there was not a single scandal associated with the fairer sex or with drinking and drugs; there were no quarrels with colleagues in the shop, no twists and turns due to zeros in fees. For this, Rima was always grateful to him.
Once upon a time, the actors who encountered him on the set of the film "Mesmer" noted that Rickman is an amazing person. Now these simply do not happen. And this is the real truth. He was a real gentleman, a wonderful family man, a very decent person and a brilliant actor. And all these wonderful qualities easily fit in it alone. Rima Horton not only loved her husband, but also had infinite respect for him and was proud of him.
Till death do us part…
A few months after the wedding, in the summer of 2015, they learned that Alan was very seriously ill. Doctors diagnosed him with cancer. The prognosis was very disappointing. But even in this difficult situation, Rome, like for many years in a row, was a support and support for her beloved husband. She looked after him and was by his side for the rest of his life.
On Old New Year's Eve, January 14 of this year, actor Alan Rickman died of pancreatic cancer. Many still do not believe that Alan is no more. His wife, Rima Horton, was with him while hea heart. And later, at all the solemn events that were dedicated to the memory of her husband, she was also present.
