Anne Douglas, widow of Hollywood legend Kirk, dies at 102

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Anne Douglas, widow of Hollywood legend Kirk, dies at 102
In this file photo taken on February 26, 2012 Kirk Douglas and his wife Ann arrive to the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, California. Anne Douglas, a philanthropist and widow of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, died Thursday, April 29 at her home in Beverly Hills, her family said. She was 102. Kirk Douglas, who died in February 2020 at the age of 103, met his future wife in Paris in 1953, while filming "Act of Love." After a whirlwind courtship, the couple got married in Las Vegas on May 29, 1954. ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ / AFP.



LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Anne Douglas, a philanthropist and widow of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, died Thursday at her home in Beverly Hills, her family said. She was 102.

Kirk Douglas, who died in February 2020 at the age of 103, met his future wife in Paris in 1953, while filming "Act of Love."

After a whirlwind courtship, the couple got married in Las Vegas on May 29, 1954.

"It wasn't romantic, but it was legal and her new husband vowed that someday he would marry her again in a big celebration," the Douglas family said in their statement.

Kirk Douglas, one of the last superstars of Hollywood's golden age of cinema renowned for performances in "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory," fulfilled that promise in 2004 for their 50th anniversary.

The couple were married for 66 years and had two sons, Peter and Eric. Their family also included two other sons, Michael and Joel, children from Kirk Douglas's first marriage.

Anne Douglas was born Hannelore Marx in Hanover, Germany on April 23, 1919. She was a student in Belgium when the Nazis bombed Brussels in 1940.

Anne escaped by car with friends, headed toward France. But her German papers were a liability, and she married a Belgian to obtain nationality.




Months after their arrival in Paris, the Germans occupied the city. When the Nazis decreed that movies must be shown with German subtitles, Anne's knowledge of German, English, French and Italian enabled her to find work with a French film distributor.

After the war, she continued her career in the industry, working for American network NBC, then for John Huston on the production of "Moulin Rouge," before meeting Kirk.

Anne Douglas was active in diplomacy and philanthropy, including visiting 44 countries as a goodwill ambassador for American values, work for which she was honored by the State Department's United States Information Agency.

Her philanthropy benefited causes including performing arts, women's cancers research and homeless women.

After learning of unsafe playgrounds at Los Angeles schools, Anne was determined to fix them.

"She convinced her husband the only way to fund the massive endeavor was to auction most of their art collection at Christie's," the family said, adding that the effort had resulted in 403 refurbished play spaces.

"I often wonder what would have happened to me if I hadn't married Anne," her husband had said. "I might not have survived without her business acumen and her finely-honed instincts."


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