Anne Douglas, Widow of Kirk Douglas, Dies at 102 [View all]
Source: Hollywood Reporter
by Mike Barnes
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.
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. He died Feb. 5, 2020 at age 103.
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.
Kirk was divorced from actress Diana Dill and secretly engaged to Italian actress Pier Angeli and Anne was married to a Belgian, Albert Buydens, when they met. He offered her a job as her assistant, and she immediately turned him down.She was a location scout for John Huston, a publicist at Cannes and president of her husband's production company.
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