Complex sentence: Dahl met actor Lex Barker in the early 1950s, and on April 16,1951, Dahl and Barker wed. A year later she and Barker divorced, and Dahl would go on to marry another matinee idol, Fernando Lamas.
Split into simpler sentences: Dahl met actor Lex Barker in the early 1950s, and they wed on April 16,1951. They divorced the following year, and Dahl went on on to marry another matinee idol, Fernando Lamas.