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Apr 30, 2021
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Anne Douglas, the widow of Kirk Douglas and stepmother of Michael Douglas, died Thursday in California. She was 102.
Douglas died at her home in Beverly Hills, according to an obituary provided by spokeswoman Marcia Newberger. No cause of death was given.
Kirk Douglas, the Hollywood legend who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, died in February 2020 at 103.
He married Anne Buydens in 1954 after they met in Paris while he was filming “Act of Love” and she was doing publicity. They had two sons, Peter, a producer, and Eric, an actor.
Anne Douglas, the widow of Kirk Douglas and stepmother of Michael Douglas, died Thursday in California. She was 102. Douglas died at her home in Beverly Hills, according to an.
Anne Douglas, widow of late actor Kirk Douglas, dies at 102
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Anne Douglas, the widow of Kirk Douglas and stepmother of Michael Douglas, died Thursday in California. She was 102.
Douglas died at her home in Beverly Hills, according to an obituary provided by spokeswoman Marcia Newberger. No cause of death was given.
Kirk Douglas, the Hollywood legend who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, died in February 2020 at 103.
He married Anne Buydens in 1954 after they met in Paris while he was filming “Act of Love” and she was doing publicity. They had two sons, Peter, a producer, and Eric, an actor.
Kirk and Anne Douglas in 1966
She was a location scout for John Huston, a publicist at Cannes and president of her husband s production company.
Anne Douglas, a film publicist who first met Kirk Douglas on the Paris set of
Act of Love in 1953 and married him a year later, died Thursday. She was 102.
Douglas died at the longtime Beverly Hills home she shared with the legendary actor and husband of 66 years, her family announced. He died at age 103 on Feb. 5, 2020.
She worked for director John Huston as a location scout and assistant on
Moulin Rouge (1952), then began a three-year stint in 1953 as head of protocol at the Cannes Film Festival, scheduling parties and making sure they were filled with celebrities and media.
She reportedly passed peacefully at her home in Beverly Hills.
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She was the wife of the late Kirk DouglasCredit: Getty
According to TMZ, reps for the famous family confirmed that Anne peacefully died on Thursday in the home she shared with her late husband.
In addition to being a longtime staple in Hollywood due to her marriage to the famous actor, Anne presided over the Douglas Foundation and The Bryna Company before her death.
Anne was born in Germany on April 23, 1919 and worked as an American philanthropist, producer and actress.
She originally fled from Germany to escape Nazism and emigrated to Belgium.