Anne Buydens

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Anne Buydens
Anne and Kirk Douglas meet with president Ronald Reagan, December 1987
Born	Anne Buydens 1930 (age 81–82) Hanover, Germany
Other names	Anne Douglas
Occupation	Producer
Spouse	Kirk Douglas (m. 1954-present)
Children	Peter Douglas Eric Douglas (1958-2004)
Relatives	Michael Douglas (stepson) Joel Douglas (stepson)

Anne Buydens (born 1930) is a German-American producer.

Early life

Buydens was born in Hanover, Germany. Buydens was in her early teens when her family fled fascism^{[citation needed]} and emigrated to Belgium, where she became a citizen. Buydens continued her education there and in Switzerland before moving to Paris, where her fluent knowledge of several languages kept her busy subtitling films.

Personal life

Anne Buydens married Kirk Douglas on May 29, 1954. She has two children with him, Peter Douglas (born November 23, 1955) and Eric Douglas (June 21, 1958 - July 6, 2004).^[1]

Charity work

One of Anne Douglas' first forays into powerhouse philanthropy came on the heels of recovering from breast cancer: With six fellow survivors, she established Research for Women's Cancers, which raised millions of dollars to help finance a research facility at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Both Kirk Douglas and Buydens were behind the establishment of Harry's Haven, an Alzheimer's disease unit at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Home in Woodland Hills. It is named after Kirk Douglas' Father. The Douglases perhaps are best known for rebuilding Los Angeles Unified School District playgrounds. The effort began when Anne read in the newspaper that the district's schoolyards were so decrepit that children were being kept indoors.

References

1. ^ Douglas, Family. "Douglas History". Douglas History. http://douglashistory.co.uk/history/annedouglas.htm. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 

External links

• Anne Buydens at the Internet Movie Database