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Born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. he won a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado, but dropped out in 1957, to spend a year travelling and painting in Europe. Eventually, he settled in New York and took up acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Lola Redford Van Wagenen dropped out of college to marry Robert in September 1958 - they divorced in 1985 after having four children, one of whom tragically died of "sudden infant death" syndrome.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he worked on several Broadway productions, with his biggest success in Neil Simon's 'Barefoot in the Park'.

He also appeared in several television programmes, and made his film debut in 1962 with 'War Hunt', the antiwar drama set during the Korean conflict.

Following this, he gradually won bigger and better feature roles. He was a bisexual movie star who marries Natalie Wood, in 'Inside Daisy Clover', and re-teamed with her a year later, in 1966, for Sydney Pollack's 'This Property Is Condemned'.

His leap into stardom came in 1967, when he again starred opposite Jane Fonda, in the movie version of 'Barefoot in the Park'. He reaffirmed his star status two years later with his fantastic performance, opposite Paul Newman, in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'.

Robert didn't trade on his "pretty-boy" looks but, instead, sought out challenging and intelligent film projects, from 'Downhill Racer' and 'Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here' to 'The Candidate'.

In 1973, he re-teamed with Paul Newman for the con-artist comedy 'The Sting' (for which he earned his first Oscar nomination) and struck box office gold, opposite Barbra Streisand, in 'The Way We Were'.

He used his clout to advance environmental causes and his riches to acquire Utah property, which he transformed into a ranch and the Sundance ski resort. In 1980, he established the Sundance Institute for aspiring filmmakers, and its annual film festival has become one of the world's most influential.

He also moved behind the camera, to make his directing debut with 'Ordinary People', a highly charged drama about the slow disintegration of a middle-class family, which won him an Academy Award for his efforts.

Besides his directing and producing duties, Robert did not stop acting. He made a fine romantic lead, opposite Meryl Streep, in Sydney Pollack's Oscar-winning 'Out of Africa'.

He also earned Oscar nominations for directing and co-producing the superbly crafted 'Quiz Show'.

A year later he announced the formation of Sundance Cinemas, a chain of cinemas that will only show independent films.



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Established the Sundance film festival in Utah.
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