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  1. Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redfordnoun

    United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936)

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  1. Robert Redford

    Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from four nominations, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2014, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962). His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband of co-star Elizabeth Ashley's character in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963). Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). He starred with Natalie Wood in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) which won him a Golden Globe for the best new star. He starred alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. He had a critical and box office hit with Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper The Sting, a reunion with Paul Newman, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award; that same year, he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were. The popular and acclaimed All the President's Men (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. In the 1980s, Redford began his career as a director with Ordinary People (1980), which was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four Academy Awards including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. He continued acting and starred in Brubaker (1980), as well as playing the male lead in Out of Africa (1985), which was an enormous box office success and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. He released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, in 1992. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show. He received a second Academy Award—for Lifetime Achievement—in 2002. In 2010, he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur. Redford is also one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival.

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  1. robert redford

    Robert Redford is an American actor, director, and producer best known for his roles in films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "All the President's Men," and "The Sting." He received an Academy Award for directing "Ordinary People" and was awarded the Honorary Award at the Oscars in 2002 for his contributions to the film industry. Furthermore, Redford is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, a highly influential film festival showcasing independent films from around the world.

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  1. Robert Redford

    Charles Robert Redford, Jr. is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. In 2010 he was awarded French Knighthood in the Legion d'Honneur. At the height of Redford's fame in the late 1960s to 1980s, he was often described as one of the world's most attractive men and remains one of the most popular movie stars.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Robert Redford in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Robert Redford in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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    I've heard Ryan can't get over his thing for me, but Robert Redford is The One.

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    When the [ first ] book came out, I had absolutely no idea it was going to be such a massive hit, and then, to be followed by Robert Redford making really an iconic movie … I realized I don't want to compete with Robert Redford and that great work of art they did. So I had to let it go and go on and do a number of other novels.

  3. Baghdad Betty, Iraqi radio announcer, to gulf war troops:

    While you are away, movie stars are taking your women. Robert Redford is dating your girlfriend, Tom Selleck is kissing your lady, Bart Simpson is making love to your wife.

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