Robert Redford

Who they were

Charles Robert Redford Jr. was an American actor, director, and producer, celebrated for his magnetic presence as a leading man during the American New Wave. Across a career spanning more than six decades, Redford earned widespread recognition and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and five Golden Globe Awards, including a Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994. He also earned various other honors, including the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002,

Early life

Educated at: Pratt Institute, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and University of Colorado Boulder.

Early life and education Charles Robert Redford Jr. was born on August 18, 1936, [ 1 ] in Santa Monica, California , to Martha Woodruff Redford (née Hart; 1914–1955), who was from Austin, Texas , and Charles Robert Redford Sr. (1914–1991), an accountant. [ 2 ] He had a paternal half-brother, William. [ 3 ] Redford was of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His patrilineal great-great-grandfather, a Protestant Englishman named Elisha Redford,

Path and career

Worked with / for: Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Awards / honours: National Medal of Arts, Directors Guild of America Award, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Academy Award for Best Director.

Career 1959–1966: Early roles Redford and Patricia Blair in The Virginian (1964) Redford's acting career began in New York City, where he worked both on stage and in television. His Broadway debut was in a small role in Tall Story (1959), followed by parts in The Highest Tree (1959) and Sunday in New York (1961). His biggest success on Broadway was as the stuffy newlywed husband of Elizabeth Ashley in the original 1963 cast of Neil Simon 's Barefoot in the Park . [ 1 ] Starting in 1960,

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Robert Redford appears on our September 16 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.