Anne Buydens: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Hanover]], Germany[[Weimar Republic|German Reich]]

Buydens was born Hannelore Marx in [[Hanover]], [[Weimar Republic]] (now [[Germany]]), on April 23, 1919,<ref>[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/23/douglass-wife/ "The Centennial Couple – Kirk Douglas is 102 and his Wife Anne Just Turned 100!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423134717/https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/23/douglass-wife/ |date=April 23, 2019 }} by Nancy Bilyeau, ''The Vintage News'', April 23, 2019</ref> the daughter of Siegfried Marx,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B12DQAAQBAJ&dq=siegfried&pg=PT25| access-date = 11 June 2021| title = Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood| isbn = 9780762462186| last1 = Douglas| first1 = Kirk| last2 = Douglas| first2 = Anne| last3 = Movies| first3 = Turner Classic| date = May 2, 2017| publisher = Running Press}}</ref> a [[textile]] merchant who imported silk for making parachutes, and Paula Marx,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B12DQAAQBAJ&q=siegfried&pg=PT25|title=Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood|isbn=978-0-7624-6218-6|last1=Douglas|first1=Kirk|last2=Douglas|first2=Anne|last3=Movies|first3=Turner Classic|date=May 2, 2017|publisher=Running Press }}</ref> a socialite.<ref name="Barnes" /> After her parents were divorced, she was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland, where she learned English, French and Italian.{{r|Barnes}} She later studied in Brussels but fled the bombed city for Paris during World War II.{{r|Italy}} As her German identity was a problem, she became a Belgian citizen by marrying a Belgian, Albert Buydens, whom she later divorced.<ref name="Italy">{{cite web |title= Anne Buydens, the widow of Kirk Douglas, died: she had just turned 102 years old |website= italy24news.com |date= April 30, 2021 |url= https://www.italy24news.com/entertainment/news/3213.html |access-date= May 1, 2021 |archive-date= 25 January 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220125102825/https://www.italy24news.com/entertainment/news/3213.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>{{r|Barnes<!-- source used for husband's name -->}}

Buydens and Douglas married in [[Las Vegas]] on May 29, 1954.<ref name="Italy" /> The couple had two sons: [[Peter Douglas|Peter]] (born 1955) and [[Eric Douglas|Eric]] (1958–2004), who both went into the film business.<ref name="Irish Times" /><ref name="Times of India" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Douglas|first=Family|title=Douglas History|url=http://douglashistory.co.uk/history/annedouglas.htm|access-date=May 10, 2011|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181156/http://douglashistory.co.uk/history/annedouglas.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Douglas credited Buydens with saving his life in 1958 when she had insisted that he not travel via private plane with director [[Mike Todd]]; the plane crashed the next day, killing all four people aboard.{{r|Barnes}}

Buydens died on April 29, 2021, sixaged days after her 102nd birthday102, at their longtime [[Beverly Hills]] home. She was interred at the [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] next to her husband and their son Eric.<!-- The cause of death has not been disclosed. -- source does not appear to actually report this, but simply did not report a cause of death --><ref name="Barnes">{{cite news | last = Barnes | first = Mike | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-douglas-dead-producer-widow-kirk-douglas-102 | title = Anne Douglas, Philanthropist and Widow of Kirk Douglas, Dies at 102 | date = April 29, 2021 | access-date = April 29, 2021 | publisher = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | archive-date = May 2, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210502094143/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-douglas-dead-producer-widow-kirk-douglas-102 | url-status = live }}</ref>

One of Buydens' first forays into philanthropy came on the heels of recovering from [[breast cancer]]: With six fellow survivors, Buydens established the "Research for Women's Cancers" charity, which raised millions of dollars to help finance a research facility at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="cancer">{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/read-this/who-is-kirk-douglas-philanthropist-wife-anne-buydens-1387172|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210502015922/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/read-this/who-is-kirk-douglas-philanthropist-wife-anne-buydens-1387172|url-status=dead|title=Who is Kirk Douglas' philanthropist wife, Anne Buydens?|website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk|accessdate=May 2, 2021|archivedate=May 2, 2021}}</ref>

Buydens was inducted into the [[International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List|International Best-<!-- vanity fair uses a dash, and it's their list -->Dressed Hall of Fame List]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_women?currentPage=1|title=World's Best Dressed Women|publisher=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|work=The International Hall of Fame: Women|year=1970|access-date=July 26, 2012|author=Staff|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712215415/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/the-international-best-dressed-list/hall-of-fame-women|archive-date=July 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ultimate Style – The Best of the Best Dressed List|page=116|isbn=2-84323-513-8|year=2004|last1=Zilkha|first1=Bettina|publisher=Assouline }}</ref>

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