Robert Redford, Oscar-Winning Actor and Director, Dies at 89 (Connecting the Dots: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane, Green Cross International, Mikhail Gorbachev, The Natural Resources Defense Council, The Sundance Institute & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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Tuesday,
16 September 2025 09:03 AM EDT
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Robert Redford,
the actor who became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars before turning to
directing and championing independent film through Sundance, died Tuesday at
his home in Utah. He was 89.
A statement
from his publicist said Redford died in his sleep in the
mountains near Provo; no cause was given.
Once
dismissed as "just another California blond," Redford's charm and
craggy good looks made him one of the industry's most bankable leading men for
half a century, and one of the world's most recognizable and best-loved movie
stars.
Redford
made hearts beat faster in romantic roles such as "Out of Africa,"
got political in "The Candidate" and "All the President's
Men" and skewered his golden-boy image in roles like the alcoholic
ex-rodeo champ in "The Electric Horseman" and middle-aged millionaire
who offers to buy sex in "Indecent Proposal."
He used
the millions he made to launch the Sundance Institute and Festival in the 1970s,
promoting independent filmmaking long before small and quirky were fashionable.
He
never won the best actor Oscar, but his first outing as a director – the 1980
family drama "Ordinary People" – won Oscars for best picture and best
director.
Yet he
remained best known for the two early movies he made with Paul Newman — the
1969 Western caper "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," and
"The Sting" (1973), both of which became classics.
Despite
their chemistry and long personal friendship, Redford was never to team up
again with Newman, who died in 2008.
"Butch
Cassidy" made blue-eyed Redford an overnight star but he never felt
comfortable with celebrity or the male heartthrob image that persisted late
into his 60s.
"People
have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a
self-conscious blob of protoplasm. It's not easy being Robert Redford," he
once told New York magazine.
Intensely
private, he bought land in remote Utah in the early 1970s for his family
retreat and enjoyed a level of privacy unknown to most superstars. He was
married for more than 25 years to his first wife, before their divorce in 1985.
In 2009, he married for a second time, to German artist and longtime partner
Sibylle Szaggars.
Redford
used his star status to seek out challenging film projects and to quietly
champion environmental causes such as the Natural Resources
Defense Council and
the National Wildlife Federation.
"Some
people have analysis. I have Utah," he once remarked.
Although
he never showed an interest in entering politics, he often espoused a liberal
viewpoint. In a 2017 interview, during the presidency of Donald Trump, he told
Esquire magazine that "politics is in a very dark place right now"
and that Trump should "quit for our benefit."
DREAMS
OF BEING A PAINTER
Born in
the Los Angeles beach city of Santa Monica on Aug. 18, 1937, to what he
described as a "lower working class family," Redford landed a college
baseball scholarship but lost it after spending too much time partying.
Deciding
he wanted to be an artist, he moved to Italy and later New York to study
painting. He enrolled in drama school to try his hand at theatrical set design
("Acting seemed ludicrous to me," he recalled) but was persuaded to
take to the stage and by 1959 he was a full-time performer on Broadway and
later found work on television.
He made
his movie debut in 1962 in a low-budget film called "Warhunt," but
first won attention in "Barefoot in the Park" (1967), opposite Jane
Fonda.
He
turned down the role taken by Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate"
("I never did look like a 21-year-old college student who'd never been
laid," he said later) and held out for "Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid." The 1970s brought "The Way We Were" and "The
Great Gatsby."
From
the 1980s he devoted more time to producing films and to the establishment of
the Sundance Institute — a year-round workshop for aspiring filmmakers — and
the Sundance Festival, which has become one of the most influential independent
film showcases in the world.
In
2001, he won an honorary — or lifetime achievement — Oscar.
Redford
remained active in films as an actor and producer right up to the end of his
life. In 2017, he reunited with Fonda for the Netflix drama "Our Souls at
Night," a romance between a widow and a widower.
"I
live for sex scenes with him," Fonda told journalists when the film
premiered in Venice. "He's a great kisser so it was fun to kiss him in my
20s and to kiss him again in my almost 80s."
Redford
said at the time that it would be one of his last films as an actor and that he
was planning to focus more on directing and his first love – art.
Connecting
the Dots:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev
https://www.gcint.org/who-we-are#History
Mikhail Gorbachev
was the general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the founder of Green Cross International.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford
https://www.gcint.org/who-we-are#HonoraryBoard
Robert
Redford
Honorary Member
Robert
Redford is an American acclaimed actor, director, producer and environmental
activist. He is a philanthropist, avid environmentalist, and a trustee of the
Natural Resources Defense Council. Redford founded the Sundance Film Festival
in 1981, bringing togther independent filmmakers. In 2014 Time Magazine
included Redford as one of the “Most Influential People in the World”. He
founded the Redford Center in 2005 to bring forth and media to empower
environmental justice.
Robert Redford was
an honorary board member for Green Cross International, a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, the founder &
president for the Sundance Institute and member of Kappa
Sigma.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural
Resources Defense Council and the Sundance Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Sundance
Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Norman
Lear.
Norman Lear is
married to Lyn Davis Lear and a director at People for the
American Way.
Alec Baldwin is
a director at People for the American Way.
Margery Tabankin is
a director at the People for the American Way and the
treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Natural Resources
Defense Council.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural
Resources Defense Council and the Sundance Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Robert Redford was
a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, the founder
& president for the Sundance Institute an honorary board
member for Green Cross International and member of Kappa
Sigma.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, a member
of Kappa Sigma, the founder of CNN, the co-chairman for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was married
to Jane Fonda AKA Hanoi Jane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner
Honorary Member
https://www.gcint.org/who-we-are#HonoraryBoard
Robert
Edward “Ted” Turner III, born 19 November, 1938, is an American media mogul and
philanthropist. As a businessman, he is best known as the founder of the cable
television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In
addition to CNN, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in
cable television.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
David Gergen is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a senior
political analyst for CNN.
Walter Isaacson
is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc.
J. Stapleton Roy was
the vice chairman for the Kissinger Associates, Inc., the U.S.
ambassador for China, is a director at the National
Committee on United States-China Relations, and an executive board member
for the United States-China Policy Foundation.
James R. Sasser
is a director at the National Committee on United States-China
Relations, a co-chairman for the United States-China Policy
Foundation, a member of Kappa Sigma and was the U.S. ambassador
for China.
Robert Redford was
a member of Kappa Sigma and an honorary board member for Green
Cross International.
Ted Turner is a
member of Kappa Sigma, an honorary board member for Green
Cross International, the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
and was married to Jane Fonda AKA Hanoi Jane.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was the executive in charge of original productions for
the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., is a board member for Global
Green USA and the vice chair for the Sundance Institute.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Natural Resources
Defense Council.
Robert Redford was
the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, a trustee
at the Natural Resources Defense Council and an honorary board
member for Green Cross International.
Leonardo DiCaprio is
a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an honorary
board member for Green Cross International and a board member for Global
Green USA.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio
Leonardo
DiCaprio
Honorary Member
https://www.gcint.org/who-we-are#HonoraryBoard
Leonardo
DiCaprio established the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998, a non-profit
organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness. He has produced two
short web documentaries, "Water Planet" and "Global
Warning". He has been an active supporter of numerous environmental
organizations and sat on the board of the World Wildlife Fund, Global Green
USA, and International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural
Resources Defense Council and the Sundance Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Robert Redford was a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Lyn Davis Lear is a trustee at the Sundance Institute and
married to Norman Lear.
Sundance
Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.
Kenneth D. Cole is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Maria
Cuomo Cole.
Maria Cuomo Cole is
married to Kenneth D. Cole and a trustee at the Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
group for guns.
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a national partner with the America Votes.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
Cecile Richards was
the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the
founder & president of America Votes, the president of
the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and a grant
overseer for the Turner Foundation.
Ted Turner is a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
chairman for the Turner Foundation, an honorary board member
for Green Cross International, the founder of CNN and
was married to Jane Fonda AKA Hanoi Jane.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was the president of CNN Productions, is a board
member for Global Green USA an honorary board member for Green
Cross International and the vice chair for the Sundance Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute and the Roosevelt Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and is Jonathan Soros’s father.
Jonathan Soros was the vice chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, is George Soros’s son and a senior
fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel was a governor for the Roosevelt
Institute, is a director at the Roosevelt Institute, married
to Stephen F. Cohen and the editor & publisher for The
Nation.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, the
president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a
general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the
founder of Green Cross International and a friend of Stephen F.
Cohen.
Stephen F. Cohen was
a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev, is married to Katrina vanden
Heuvel and a contributing editor for The Nation.
Tom Hayden is an
editorial board member for The Nation and was married to Jane
Fonda AKA Hanoi Jane.
Jane Fonda AKA Hanoi
Jane was married to Tom Hayden and Ted Turner.
Ted Turner was
married to Jane Fonda AKA Hanoi Jane, is a member
of Kappa Sigma, an honorary board member for Green Cross
International, the founder of CNN and the co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Natural
Resources Defense Council and the Sundance Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Robert Redford was
a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, the
founder & president for the Sundance Institute, a member
of Kappa Sigma and an honorary board member for Green Cross
International.
Resources:
Past Research
China
Is Africa's New Colonial Overlord, Says Famed Primate Researcher Jane Goodall (Past Research on Kappa Sigma)
Wednesday,
February 19, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/02/normal-0-false-false-false_19.html
Behind-the-Scenes
With Hollywood Icon Robert Redford (Connecting his Dots!) (Past Research on Robert Redford & Green Cross
International)
Monday,
March 21, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/behind-scenes-with-hollywood-icon.html
2025
Sundance Film Festival (Connecting the Dots: Sundance Film Festival, Robert
Redford, The Sundance Institute, America Votes, Mikhail Gorbachev, The Green
Cross International & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Norman Lear & Lyn Davis Lear)
Sunday,
March 2, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-sundance-film-festival-connecting.html
Alec
Baldwin Threatens Trump Impersonator (Connecting the Dots: Alec Baldwin, People
for the American Way, Saturday Night Live, MSNBC & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on People for the
American Way)
Tuesday,
February 25, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/alec-baldwin-threatens-trump.html
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Roosevelt
Institute)
Monday,
January 6, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Mikhail
Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation and the Roosevelt Institute)
Monday,
January 6, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html
Jane
Fonda to Build Shrine to Herself: ‘The Idea Came to Me While I Was Meditating’
(Past Research on Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane)
Wednesday,
December 24, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/jane-fonda-to-build-shrine-to-herself.html
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