Anne Douglas, wife of Kirk who shrewdly invested the star’s earnings in art and raised millions for good causes – obituary
No mere socialite, she gave as good as she got, brought order to her husband’s finances, and faced a series of crises at his side
The Douglases in 1964
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Anne Douglas, who has died in Beverly Hills aged 102, was the widow of the film star Kirk Douglas and for 65 years by no means the lesser half of one of the most fascinating and enduring marriages in Hollywood.
She and Douglas met in Paris in 1953 when he was looking for a bilingual publicist for the film company he was planning to start. His box-office appeal recently established by performances in films such as Young Man with a Horn (1950), Douglas had gained a reputation for being as intense and self-interested off screen as he could be on it.
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Murió Anne Douglas, la viuda de Kirk, a los 102 años
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