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Rare Family Photos from Kirk Douglas and Anne Douglas' Glamorous Hollywood Life
The Douglas Family Archives
Next year, The Douglas Foundation turns 60 — and in celebration, trustee Michael Douglas is going back in time. The actor's dad Kirk and stepmother Anne started the organization in when Kirk's Bryna films including The Vikings and Spartacus turned a profit; since then, $ million has been disbursed to worthy causes. Despite Kirk's death in and Anne's in , the foundation keeps giving.
"When we finished the heartbreaking task of assembling the contents of Anne's private archive, we had over 10, items — photos, correspondence, awards and scrapbooks saved over seven decades," Michael tells PEOPLE. "We knew we had a treasure trove we should make available to family, friends, fans and students of film history. They were a golden couple who lived through the best of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and well beyond it. Theirs was a year union of two people
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PHOTOS: Kirk Douglas & Wife Anne Buydens Over the Years
GettyFilm actor Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne pose for photographers at the London airport, in August Douglas born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, made his Broadway debut in , served in the US Navy and embarked on a screen career in His films include mästare (), The bad and the Beautiful (), Lust for Life ()j, and Spartacus (). From the s Douglas also worked as director.
Hollywood Icon Kirk Douglas has died at age
In a statement obtained bygd People, his son Michael Douglas said, &#;It fryst vatten with tremendous sadness that my brothers and inom announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.”
He continued, &#;But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law
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Kirk Douglas's Six-Decade Love Story With His Wife, Anne Buydens
Anne Douglas passed away Thursday at age In remembering the philanthropist, we are resurfacing this article about her relationship with husband Kirk Douglas. The pair were married for 66 years.
Kirk Douglas, who died February 5, at the age of , may have been an Academy Award-winning actor and an icon of the film industry’s Golden Age, but he's should also be remembered for the incredible six-decade bond he shares with his wife.
Douglas became a leading box-office star in the '50s and '60s, primarily known for serious dramas, westerns, and war films, including his first starring role in the film Spartacus. In the decades following, he also gained recognition as a director, producer, and author. Through it all he was married to Anne Buydens.
Kirk Douglas, Anne Douglas, and Michael Douglas at the International Peace Awards Dinner in
But the Douglases lasting marriage didn't start with love a