In 1962, Robert Evans went into film producing instead, using his accumulated wealth from the clothing business, and began a meteoric rise in the industry.
32 Facts About Robert Evans
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Robert Evans was made head of Paramount Pictures in 1967.
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Robert Evans was born in New York City, New York, the son of Florence, a housewife who came from a wealthy family, and Archie Shapera, a dentist in Harlem.
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Robert Evans described both of his parents as "second-generation Jews".
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Robert Evans grew up on New York City's Upper West Side during the 1930s, where he was better off than most people living during the Great Depression.
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Robert Evans was spotted by actress Norma Shearer next to the pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel on November 6,1956.
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Robert Evans successfully touted him for the role of her late husband Irving Thalberg in Man of a Thousand Faces.
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Robert Evans got his start by purchasing the rights to a 1966 novel titled The Detective which Evans made into a movie starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman, Robert Duvall and Jacqueline Bisset, in 1968.
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When Robert Evans took over as head of production for Paramount, the floundering studio was the ninth largest.
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Robert Evans made Paramount the most successful studio in Hollywood and transformed it into a profitable enterprise for Gulf+Western.
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Dissatisfied with his financial compensation and desiring to produce films under his own banner, Robert Evans struck a deal with Paramount in 1972 that enabled him to stay on as executive vice president of worldwide production while working as an independent producer on five films.
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Robert Evans produced only two films over the next twelve years: The Cotton Club and The Two Jakes.
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Robert Evans produced and provided the voice for his eponymous character in the 2003 animated series Kid Notorious.
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In 2009, Robert Evans was in talks to produce a film about auto executive John DeLorean, as well as an HBO miniseries titled The Devil and Sidney Korshak.
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Robert Evans had a staff of three and had been working from his Woodland estate in Beverly Hills because of poor health.
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Robert Evans's involvement was said to be over a fear of being cut out of a producer's role and potential profits from the film.
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Police reports that had been submitted to obtain search warrants indicated at least two witnesses said Robert Evans was involved in the Radin murder.
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Greenberger testified during her 1991 trial that Robert Evans was not involved in the murder.
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Robert Evans claimed during her trial that she had been Evans's lover.
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Robert Evans entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor in federal court after being arrested for engineering a large cocaine buy with his brother Charles.
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The alleged drug dealing, which Robert Evans continued to deny, came out of his own involvement with the drug.
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Robert Evans told the Philadelphia Inquirer in a 1994 interview, "Bob 'Cocaine' Evans is how I'll be known to my grave".
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Robert Evans argues that he never should have been convicted of federal selling and distribution charges, as he was only a user.
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Robert Evans first married Sharon Hugueny in 1961, staying with her until 1962.
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Robert Evans married his seventh wife, Victoria White O'Gara, while in Mexico, in August 2005 shortly after his 75th birthday.
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Robert Evans filed for divorce on June 16,2006, citing irreconcilable differences.
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Robert Evans had one child, Josh Robert Evans, from his marriage to MacGraw.
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Robert Evans's brother Charles Robert Evans was a businessman involved in clothing, real estate, promoting fire detectors and was an occasional film producer.
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On May 6,1998, during a dinner party in honor of director Wes Craven, Robert Evans suffered a stroke while giving a toast, and was rushed to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Robert Evans eventually regained his ability to talk and returned to producing.
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Robert Evans died in Beverly Hills, California on October 26,2019, at the age of 89.
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Robert Evans was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.