On the set of Act of Love, (a movie that Kirk Douglas filmed with Brigitte Bardot), a German-born Belgian woman was working on the movie as Sub-Titler, Translator, whatever she with her language skills was needed for.
Part of that would sometimes involve translating between Production Crew and Actors.
One of those actors on the film fell in love with her.
This wasn't just any actor.
He was a Huge Star and the Star of the movie.
She was Anne Budyens. The following year her name would become Anne Budyens Douglas when she and Kirk Douglas married.
62 Years later, they are still married today.
In a brilliant demonstration of Why You Should Not Just Automatically believe stuff on Wikileaks, on there it says that Kirk met Anne while filming Lust For Life the film he did about Vincent Van Gogh for which Principal photography started in August 1955 which, were this the true time that Kirk and Anne met since they married on May 29, 1954 would have had them somehow not meeting each other until 15 months after their wedding.
Throughout their married life Anne & Kirk Douglas have been among if not THE most generous couples in Hollywood, donating to various charities and many many individuals who needed help, already giving away a majority of their $80 Million fortune with plans to make donation of more.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-anne-douglas-homeless-20160428-story.html
MAYbe we can Trust WikiLeaks on this......
Kirk's son Michael was born during Kirk's previous marriage to Diana Dill.
Michael Douglas with his Mom on the set of The Streets of San Francisco
During World War II, Kirk Douglas was serving in the U.S. Navy as a communications officer in anti-submarine warfare when he saw the May 3, 1943, issue of Life magazine, which featured a photograph of Diana Dill on the cover.
He showed the cover to his shipmates and said that he would find the girl and marry her.
The two were married on November 2, 1943.
Diana Douglas appeared in may popular TV shows in the 70’s and 80’s such as; “Naked City,” “Flipper,” “Kung Fu,” “Barnaby Jones,” “Cagney & Lacey,” ” Knots Landing,” and “ER.”
Her career included starring roles in Dynasty, The West Wing, the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles, among others.
She also had a recurring role on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” as Martha Evans from 1977 to 1982, and appeared in an episode of “The Streets of San Francisco,” the detective series that launched her son, Michael’s, career.
Her last film, “It Runs in the Family” in 2003, was a family reunion of sorts.
She played matriarch Evelyn Gromberg opposite Kirk Douglas as her husband. Michael Douglas played her son and her grandson Cameron Douglas played her grandson.
Diana Douglas passed away on July 3, 2015 in Woodland Hills California. She was 92 years old.
Diana Douglas lived, during the latter part of her life, at Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
Part of that would sometimes involve translating between Production Crew and Actors.
One of those actors on the film fell in love with her.
This wasn't just any actor.
He was a Huge Star and the Star of the movie.
She was Anne Budyens. The following year her name would become Anne Budyens Douglas when she and Kirk Douglas married.
62 Years later, they are still married today.
In a brilliant demonstration of Why You Should Not Just Automatically believe stuff on Wikileaks, on there it says that Kirk met Anne while filming Lust For Life the film he did about Vincent Van Gogh for which Principal photography started in August 1955 which, were this the true time that Kirk and Anne met since they married on May 29, 1954 would have had them somehow not meeting each other until 15 months after their wedding.
Throughout their married life Anne & Kirk Douglas have been among if not THE most generous couples in Hollywood, donating to various charities and many many individuals who needed help, already giving away a majority of their $80 Million fortune with plans to make donation of more.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-anne-douglas-homeless-20160428-story.html
MAYbe we can Trust WikiLeaks on this......
Douglas and his wife have donated to various non-profit causes during his career, and are planning on donating most of their $80 million net worth.[SUP][82][/SUP] Among the donations have been those to his former high school and college.
In September 2001, he helped fund his high school's musical, Amsterdam Oratorio, composed by Maria Riccio Bryce, who won the school Thespian Society's Kirk Douglas Award in 1968.[SUP][83][/SUP]
In 2012 he donated $5 million to St. Lawrence University, his alma mater. The college used the donation for the scholarship fund he began in 1999.[SUP][84][/SUP][SUP][85]
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In September 2001, he helped fund his high school's musical, Amsterdam Oratorio, composed by Maria Riccio Bryce, who won the school Thespian Society's Kirk Douglas Award in 1968.[SUP][83][/SUP]
In 2012 he donated $5 million to St. Lawrence University, his alma mater. The college used the donation for the scholarship fund he began in 1999.[SUP][84][/SUP][SUP][85]
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He has donated to various schools, medical facilities and other non-profit organizations in southern California. These have included the rebuilding of over 400 Los Angeles Unified School District playgrounds that were aged and in need of restoration.
They established the Anne Douglas Center for Homeless Women at the Los Angeles Mission, which has helped hundreds of women turn their lives around.
In Culver City, they opened the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2004.[SUP][76][/SUP] They have also supported the Anne Douglas Childhood Center at the Sinai Temple of Westwood.[SUP][85][/SUP] In March 2015, Kirk and his wife donated $2.3 million to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.[SUP][86]
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They established the Anne Douglas Center for Homeless Women at the Los Angeles Mission, which has helped hundreds of women turn their lives around.
In Culver City, they opened the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2004.[SUP][76][/SUP] They have also supported the Anne Douglas Childhood Center at the Sinai Temple of Westwood.[SUP][85][/SUP] In March 2015, Kirk and his wife donated $2.3 million to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.[SUP][86]
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Since the early 1990s Douglas and his wife have donated up to $40 million to Harry's Haven, an Alzheimer's treatment facility in Woodland Hills, to care for patients at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.[SUP][56][/SUP] To celebrate his 99th birthday in December 2015, they donated another $15 million to help expand the facility with a new two-story Kirk Douglas Care Pavilion.[SUP][87][/SUP]
Kirk's son Michael was born during Kirk's previous marriage to Diana Dill.
Michael Douglas with his Mom on the set of The Streets of San Francisco
During World War II, Kirk Douglas was serving in the U.S. Navy as a communications officer in anti-submarine warfare when he saw the May 3, 1943, issue of Life magazine, which featured a photograph of Diana Dill on the cover.
He showed the cover to his shipmates and said that he would find the girl and marry her.
The two were married on November 2, 1943.
Diana Douglas appeared in may popular TV shows in the 70’s and 80’s such as; “Naked City,” “Flipper,” “Kung Fu,” “Barnaby Jones,” “Cagney & Lacey,” ” Knots Landing,” and “ER.”
Her career included starring roles in Dynasty, The West Wing, the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles, among others.
She also had a recurring role on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” as Martha Evans from 1977 to 1982, and appeared in an episode of “The Streets of San Francisco,” the detective series that launched her son, Michael’s, career.
Her last film, “It Runs in the Family” in 2003, was a family reunion of sorts.
She played matriarch Evelyn Gromberg opposite Kirk Douglas as her husband. Michael Douglas played her son and her grandson Cameron Douglas played her grandson.
Diana Douglas passed away on July 3, 2015 in Woodland Hills California. She was 92 years old.
Diana Douglas lived, during the latter part of her life, at Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
