robert-evansOn this day in 1930, movie mogul ROBERT EVANS was born. This from WIKI:

Robert Evans grew up on New York City’s Upper West Side during the 1930s, where he was better off than most people living during the Great Depression. His father was a dentist in Harlem, and his mother was a housewife who came from a wealthy family. In his early years, he did promotional work for Evan Picone, a fashion company founded by his brother, in addition to doing voice work on radio shows.
He was spotted by actress Norma Shearer next to the pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel on election day 1956; she successfully touted him for the role of her late husband Irving Thalberg in Man of a Thousand Faces. The same year, Evans also caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck, who cast him as Pedro Romero in a film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, against the wishes of Hemingway himself.[1] In 1959, he appeared in Twentieth Century Fox’s production of The Best of Everything with Hope Lange, Diane Baker, and Joan Crawford.
In the 1997 movie Wag the Dog, a Washington, D.C. spin doctor distracts the electorate from a U.S. presidential sex scandal, by hiring a Hollywood producer played by Dustin Hoffman. Hoffman’s character was based directly upon Robert Evans; Hoffman emulated Evans’ work habits, mannerisms, quirks, clothing style, hairstyle, and his large square-framed eyeglasses; the real Evans is said to have declared, “I’m magnificent in this film!”[2]

Evans has been married seven times, to Sharon Hugueny (1961-1962), Camilla Sparv (1963-1965), Ali MacGraw (1969-1972), Phyllis George (1977-1978), Catherine Oxenberg (1998),[3] Leslie Ann Woodward (2002-2004) and Victoria White (2005-2006). Evans’ marriage to Oxenberg was annulled after nine days.[4] He married White in Mexico on August 2005, shortly after his 75th birthday; she filed for divorce on June 16, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.[citation needed]

Evans has one son, Josh Evans, from his marriage to MacGraw, and a daughter-in-law, Charis Michelsen.

 

One of the all-time great Hollywood characters!

 

 

 

 

 


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