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      • Although Robert Redford's career has spanned sixty years, the 1970s was very much his decade. He appeared in some of the most iconic films of the '70s, including All the President's Men, The Great Gatsby, and The Way We Were. He was photographed with some of the decade's most compelling people. He looked incredibly stylish in every shot.
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  2. Jan 19, 2018 · Getty Images. Although Robert Redford's career has spanned sixty years, the 1970s was very much his decade. He appeared in some of the most iconic films of the '70s, including All the...

  3. Browse 1,166 robert redford 1970s photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Robert Redford rides a horse during the filming of 'The Electric Horseman', directed by Sydney Pollack on March 1, 1979 in Utah, United States.

  4. www.biography.com › actors › robert-redfordRobert Redford - Biography

    • Who Is Robert Redford?
    • Early Life
    • Artist's Life Abroad
    • Career Beginnings
    • 'Sundance Kid' and 'Way We Were'
    • Oscar For 'Ordinary People'
    • Playing Dan Rather in 'Truth'
    • Personal Life
    • Retirement

    Born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, Robert Redford has proved to be one of the great talents in American film, starring in classics such as The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Candidate and The Way We Were. Redford also helped start the Sundance Film Festival, which has grown into one of the movie industry's most pr...

    Born Charles Robert Redford Jr. on August 18, 1936, in a multicultural neighborhood in Santa Monica, California, actor and director Robert Redford has proven to be one of the great talents in American film. He is equally at home behind the scenes as he is in front of the cameras. In addition to his own career, Redford has helped advance others in h...

    Redford won a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado, but he did not distinguish himself as an athlete there. Instead, "I became the campus drunk and blew out before I could ever get going," he told Peoplemagazine in a 1998 interview. Some reports say he dropped out, while others say that Redford was expelled from the university. In eit...

    After returning to the United States, Redford met Lola Van Wagenan in Los Angeles. The couple married in 1958 and lived in New York City, soon welcoming their first child. Redford studied first at the Pratt Institute and then the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, switching from design to acting. Then in 1959, he and his wife experienced a terrible...

    Redford did a good amount of TV work for a time and made his big-screen debut in 1962's War Hunt. Still, the actor's film career didn't really take off until 1967 when he reprised his stage role as Paul in the film adaptation of Barefoot in the Park, opposite Jane Fonda. Redford then gave an iconic, star-making turn in the 1969 western Butch Cassid...

    With 1980's Ordinary People, Redford showed that he was more than a movie idol, providing a heartbreaking look at a family torn apart by loss and grief. The film served as his directorial debut and starred Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherlandand Timothy Hutton. The drama brought Redford his first Academy Award—one for best director. Around this time...

    In more recent years, Redford has been selective about his film work. After 2000's The Legend of Bagger Vance, he directed and starred in 2007's political drama Lions for Lambs with Tom Cruise and Streep, which proved to be a commercial and critical disappointment. His next directorial effort, The Conspirator, was released in 2011 and looks at the ...

    Redford is currently married to Sibylle Szaggars, a German painter. The couple wed in 2009 in Hamburg after being together since the mid-1990s. His first marriage to wife Lola ended in 1985, and they had four children together—daughters Shauna and Amy and sons Scott and Jamie.

    On August 6, 2018, Redford announced that his starring role in the upcoming crime comedyThe Old Man & the Gun would bring his long and distinguished acting career to a close. "Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I'll] move towards retirement after this 'cause I've been doing it since I ...

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    • 'Ordinary People' (1980) Groundbreaking, timeless drama masterwork. Remarkably, the very first feature film Robert Redford directed ended up being his most successful critically, and arguably his best overall, too.
    • 'Quiz Show' (1994) Flawlessly acted genre hybrid. Quiz Show would probably be more well-known if it had come out in a year that wasn't 1994, because 1994 is known for being one of the greatest years in cinematic history for movie releases.
    • 'A River Runs Through It' (1992) Appealing, stodgy period family saga. Starting in the early 1990s, Brad Pitt was starting to pick up some steam career-wise, with a prominent role in A River Runs Through It counting as one of his earliest notable/popular performances.
    • 'The Horse Whisperer' (1998) Uneven but enchanting bestseller adaptation. 16 years before they were both featured in one of the best movies in the MCU, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson were both in The Horse Whisperer (Redford also directed).
  5. Robert Redford is a name synonymous with Hollywood royalty, and his impact on the film industry in the 1970s is undeniable. With his rugged good looks, undeniable charm, and impressive acting skills, Redford became one of the biggest stars of the decade.

  6. Mar 20, 2024 · Movies. Movie News. Why Robert Redford Was “Chronically Late” to ‘The Sting’ Set. The superstar appeared opposite Paul Newman in the 1973 con picture, topic of a new episode of THR's 'It...

  7. Aug 18, 2022 · 1/15. Robert Redford in France in 1980. Photo: Getty Images. 2/15. On the set of The Way We Were c. 1973. Photo: Getty Images. 3/15. At the Cannes Film Festival in the early 1970s. Photo:...