Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director, philanthropist and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.
Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films. Douglas was known for his explosive acting style, which he displayed as a criminal defense attorney in Town Without Pity (1961).
Anne Douglas, Widow of Kirk Douglas and Stepmother of Michael Douglas, Dead at 102
etonline.comKirk Douglas and stepmother of Michael Douglas has died at 102, ET confirms. Anne died peacefully at home in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
Her death comes just over a year after Kirk died in February 2020. He was 103. “My father could never keep a secret. Anne was just the opposite," Michael said in a statement. «That's why when I read their co-authored book, in which she talked about her early life in Germany; her war years in occupied Paris; her career before she met my father.
She also included their private correspondence, which gave me new insights into their courtship and marriage.»«Anne was more than a stepmother, and never 'wicked.' She brought out the best in all of us, especially our father,» he continued.
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