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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Robert Wolders was a great comfort to her during her divorce and the loss of her mother.
The presence of Robert in Audrey's life was a refreshing one.
Accompanied by Robert, Audrey began the first of her many field trips of behalf of UNICEF starting with Macao and then followed by Japan and Ireland.
iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Spring02/Talbot/page5bio.htm   (584 words)

  
  Robert Wolders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Wolders was a TV actor born September 28, 1936 in the Netherlands.
However, he is most famous for his marrige to famed actress Merle Oberon in 1975.
After she died in 1979, Wolders later became the companion of Audrey Hepburn until her death in 1993.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Wolders   (114 words)

  
 UNITED NATIONS HONORS AUDREY HEPBURN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Among those who will attend: her son Sean Ferrer and Robert Wolders, who commissioned the statue created by sculptor John Kennedy and donated it to UNICEF.
Wolders was Hepburn's companion for nearly 14 years.
Wolders and Shirlee Fonda have been companions these past six years, but he reminds they have been friends since days when she was married to Henry Fonda and he was Merle Oberon's companion.
www.mylovehewitt.com /mylovenews/hepburntribute001.htm   (357 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Merle Oberon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
I, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, (ISBN 067972477X) first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesars assassination in 44 BC to Caligulas assassination in 41 AD...
Merle Oberon divorced Sir Alexander Korda in 1945, to marry cinematographer Lucien Ballard.
She married twice more, to Italian-born industrialist, Bruno Pagliai (with whom she adopted 2 children) and Dutch actor Robert Wolders (who would later become Audrey Hepburn's companion), before her retirement in Malibu, California, where she died after suffering a stroke at the age of 68.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Merle-Oberon   (1296 words)

  
 Concerned Women for America - U.N. Honors the Late Audrey Hepburn
Robert Wagner brought his wife, Jill St. John.
Robert Wolders, Audrey Hepburn’s “long-time companion,” who donated the sculpture, was there wiping his brow, but Ms.
Audrey Hepburn was an inspiration and she “selflessly performed the most humble of tasks to help impoverished children.” She held sick and needy children in her arms and expressed sincere concern and love.
www.cwfa.org /printerfriendly.asp?id=1865&department=cwa&categoryid=nation   (625 words)

  
 Concerned Women for America - U.N. Honors the Late Audrey Hepburn
Robert Wagner brought his wife, Jill St. John.
Robert Wolders, Audrey Hepburn’s “long-time companion,” who donated the sculpture, was there wiping his brow, but Ms.
Audrey Hepburn was an inspiration and she “selflessly performed the most humble of tasks to help impoverished children.” She held sick and needy children in her arms and expressed sincere concern and love.
cwfa.org /articledisplay.asp?id=1865&department=CWA&categoryid=nation   (633 words)

  
 Merle Oberon Part II
In the early seventies, she was introduced to a soft-spoken Dutch man named Robert Wolders.
Wolders was an aimless airline heir who had half-heartedly settled on an acting career.
Wolders lovingly cared for Merle; she was the center of his life, a fact that deeply concerned Merle.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_actresses/65518/3   (399 words)

  
 Audrey Hepburn.com: The UNICEF Years
With her long time companion, Robert Wolders, and assisted by her dear friend Christa Roth, Audrey traveled for UNICEF with acclaimed photographer John Isaac on behalf of UNICEF.
Determined to raise awareness and badly needed funds, Audrey applied her first-hand knowledge to inform Special Assemblies at the U.N., shared details with various Press Associations, and lobbied on behalf of children to World Parliaments.
In 1993, Sean H. Ferrer, Luca Dotti (Audrey's sons) and Robert Wolders (her companion) created The Audrey Hepburn Memorial Fund at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to commemorate the humanitarian efforts she made as a UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador.
www.audreyhepburn.com /html/unicef/index.html   (453 words)

  
 Review: Interval
Before Wolders can discover her terrible past, she abandons him without a word, leaving him to pour his troubles out to a pal.
When Wolders replies, "Older," his friend responds with new understanding: "You've got heat prostration." That would explain everything up to this point, but not what happens next.
Trying to forget his sorrows, Wolders boozes it up and engages in a jailbait menage a trois, after which Oberon suddenly returns to patch things up.
movieline.standard8media.com /reviews/interval.shtml?page=2   (397 words)

  
 REMINDER/Art Tribute for Audrey Hepburn to be Unveiled At United Nations Plaza On May 7th; Top Celebrities and Other ...
WHO: Robert Wolders, Audrey Hepburn's long time companion, Sean Ferrer, Ms.
About her work with UNICEF she said, "I've been auditioning my whole life for this role and I finally got it." WHERE: The "Spirit of Audrey" unveiling is at U.N. Plaza adjacent to UNICEF headquarters at 3 U.N. Plaza at 44th St., between First and Second Avenues.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30PM For more information, invitations or interviews with Robert Wolders, Sean Ferrer or other special guests contact: Jackie Markham at 212-687-1765 or jmarkham@aol.com NOTE: Renowned artist and sculptor John Kennedy created "Spirit of Audrey" a monumental depiction of a tall, slender woman holding a small child by the hand.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-85495268.html   (370 words)

  
 The Cactus Saloon: Laredo
(played by Robert Wolders) was a sophisticated European with an outrageous wardrobe featuring silk cummerbunds and coordinated hats and jackets in colors and patterns guaranteed to make him the center of attention and, one would have thought, an un-missable target.
Prior to the hiring of Robert Wolders, the character's name was intended to be Cletus Hunter.
While Robert Wolders is both handsome and charming, the character was not a good fit to the show.
www.people.virginia.edu /~fke2d/laredo/index.htm   (1531 words)

  
 At UNICEF, The Spirit of Audrey Hepburn Lives On
Hepburn's long-time companion, Robert Wolders, who donated the work to UNICEF.
Wolders said "is particularly well-suited for expressing Ms.
The Spirit of Audrey was originally set to be unveiled last October, but the ceremony was postponed after the September 11 attacks.
www.unicef.org /newsline/02pr20audrey.htm   (829 words)

  
 Tribute to the Humanitarian Work of Audrey Hepburn | The Spirit of Audrey
A tribute honoring her work was held on May 7th at the UNICEF headquarters in New York, where a seven-foot tall bronze sculpture dedicated to Audrey was unveiled.
The sculpture, entitled "The Spirit of Audrey," was commissioned and donated to UNICEF by Audrey's long-time companion, Robert Wolders.
The tribute was attended by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Mia Farrow, Vendela Thommessen, Anatoli Karpov, Judy Collins, Robert Wagner, Ralph Lauren, Diane von Furstenberg and Isabella Rossellini as well as several hundred guests and reporters.
www.ahepburn.com /spirit.html   (642 words)

  
 Audrey Hepburn - Wikipedia
1980 lernte sie den Holländer Robert Wolders kennen, mit dem sie bis zu ihrem Tod meist in der Schweiz zusammenlebte.
Gemeinsam mit ihrem Lebenspartner Robert Wolders und dem Fotografen John Isaac reiste sie für UNICEF bis kurz vor ihrem Tod in folgende Länder, um die Projekte von UNICEF dort zu unterstützen: Äthiopien, Sudan und Somalia auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent und El Salvador, Honduras, Mexiko, Venezuela und Ekuador auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent.
Robin und Marian (1976) - Regie: Richard Lester (mit Sean Connery, Robert Shaw und Richard Harris)
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Audrey_Hepburn   (839 words)

  
 TV Westerns - 1964 - 1968
Although British attorney Dundee's offices were in Sausalito, across the Bay from San Francisco, he and apprentice Culhane wandered the West for their clients, always trying to impose rule of law in an often lawless land.
Robert Simon in 1992 of a heart attack
Two sons with widely different backgrounds (and different mothers) arrive to help their father keep his land and manage his holdings.
www.fiftiesweb.com /western-5.htm   (1277 words)

  
 Texas Monthly August 1973: What's Up Documentary?
Lambert in the story of an allegedly forty-plus mystery woman, wandering around the world to recover (flashbacks tell us) from accidentally driving into her husband and winding up in a loony bin, who runs into this kid painter who's been "making love without love" to teeny-boppers and falls for her.
As Mal, incidentally, Wolders sports almost as much pancake and eyeshadow as Miss Oberon, along with a need for speech therapy as far as diction and intimations-of-Brooklyn-past are concerned, and he seems just a wee bit long in the tooth, let alone the muscle-beach physique, to be the "boy" of the script.
There are, for the audience as well as for the actor, those moments of perfect conjunction, when the actor and the role are suddenly one in a unique yet universal creation, and somehow neither would exist without the other.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/1973-08-01/film-3.php   (909 words)

  
 Intimate Portrait: Audrey Hepburn: Unapix / a-Pix Ent. Self-Help Resources VHS at SelfHelpShelf.com
Her dream to be a dancer was dashed--she'd be good, she was told, but never great--so she worked as an actress in Europe until William Wyler found her when looking for an unknown for his film Roman Holiday.
Intimate Portraits: Audrey Hepburn looks at the life of this actress who epitomized glamour through interviews with her son; her last partner, actor Robert Wolders; and friends and colleagues; and through clips from interviews with Hepburn herself.
From her childhood in wartime Belgium--where she raised funds for the Resistance by dancing, until malnutrition forced her to stop--to the memorial foundation created after her death, Portrait briefly touches on all aspects of Hepburn's personal and professional life, providing insight into one of the most cherished actresses of all time.
selfhelpshelf.com /info-1575236672.html   (388 words)

  
 Audrey Hepburn
During 1981 she met Dr Robert Wolders and he remained as Audrey's partner till her death.
In 1992 Audrey was diagnosed with colon cancer and was given 3 months to live but hung for 79 days.
Her last walk with Robert was in 10th January in her gardens at La Paisible in Tolochenaz Switzerland on January 20th 1993.
www.angelofoz.com /audrey/index.htm   (332 words)

  
 Bewitched: The Corsican Cousins - TV.com
Darrin is almost out of a job until Larry discovers that the client is linked to the underworld, and Darrin's job and sanity are saved again.
Robert F. Simon (Frank Stephens (1) 14- 228 (6 episodes)), Elizabeth Montgomery (Serena)
Robert Wolders, who plays Clark in this episode, would later marry screen legend Merle Oberon and would stay with her until her death in 1979.
www.tv.com /bewitched/the-corsican-cousins/episode/25547/summary.html   (217 words)

  
 CowboyDirectory.Com: Page W - 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Robert Wolders, actor, was born on Sept. 28, 1936 in The Netherlands.
Robert Wolders played the part of Ranger Erick Hunter on the Western TV show, "Loredo" (1966-67).
But on December 28th, 1957 Natalie married the love of her life, Robert Wagner.
www.cowboydirectory.com /W/w-oa.html   (3119 words)

  
 AMCTV.com - Audrey Hepburn Biography
Her longtime marriage to actor Mel Ferrer ended in divorce in 1968.
After a second short-lived marriage to an Italian psychiatrist, she settled down with another Dutch actor, Robert Wolders.
Although she still made appearances at the Academy Awards® - often as a presenter - her work for UNICEF proved more meaningful to her than restarting her acting career.
www.amctv.com /article/0,,1120-1--0-10-EST,00.html   (517 words)

  
 VHS - Intimate Portrait: Audrey Hepburn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Her dream to be a dancer was dashed--she'd be good, she was told, but never great--so she worked as an actress in Europe until William Wyler found her when looking for an unknown for his film Roman Holiday.
Intimate Portraits: Audrey Hepburn looks at the life of this actress who epitomized glamour through interviews with her son; her last partner, actor Robert Wolders; and friends and colleagues; and through clips from interviews with Hepburn herself.
From her childhood in wartime Belgium--where she raised funds for the Resistance by dancing, until malnutrition forced her to stop--to the memorial foundation created after her death, Portrait briefly touches on all aspects of Hepburn's personal and professional life, providing insight into one of the most cherished actresses of all time.
www.usa.md /ItemId/1575236672   (399 words)

  
 Laredo (a Titles and Air Dates Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Robert Wolders as Ranger Erik Hunter [ 2 ]
Original Episode # Prod # Air Date Episode Title _____ ______ ____________ ___________ ___________________________________________ Pilot P- 0 21 Apr 65 We've Lost a Train [an episode of The Virginian] Season 1 1.
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www.epguides.com /Laredo   (595 words)

  
 The Richard Gere Forum
Among those who will attend: her son Sean Ferrer and Robert Wolders, who commissioned the statue created by sculptor John Kennedy and donated it to UNICEF … Wolders was Hepburn's companion nearly 14 years.
THIS READS LIKE A SPY STORY -- and it is: Publication of "Into the Mirror" by HarperCollins was pushed ahead one week and author Lawrence Schiller winged to N.Y. where, for the past three days, he was putting new info into the final manuscript.
The story, based on investigations by Schiller and Norman Mailer, is that of FBI Special Agent Robert P. Hanssen who for 22 years was a spy for Russia.
www.milams.com /discus/messages/308/1718.html   (509 words)

  
 Laredo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Show went downhill when dude character Erik (Robert Wolders) joined the cast.
This show jumped the shark it's last season when Erik Wolder joined the cast and they started showing the original characters only sometimes.
I watched this show as a kid and I liked it a lot, but I remember not liking it as much when Robert Wolders joined the cast.
www.jumptheshark.com /l/laredo.htm   (333 words)

  
 Laredo Robert Wolders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
There isn’t much on Netherlands-born ROBERT WOLDERS credits list, nothing after his 1975 marriage to Merle Oberon.
After Merle Oberon died, Wolders became the companion of Audrey Hepburn until her death.
The picture below is from a nice Hepburn fansite that has several pictures of Robert.
www.williamsmith.org /wolders.html   (435 words)

  
 Laredo, season 2, part 2
Neither Neville Brand nor Robert Wolders appeared in this episode.
Reese has amnesia and is taken for a notorious outlaw; believing what he's told about himself, even though he doesn't feel like a bad man, he goes on about the life of a bad man--until a cantina owner with a soft spot for bad men captures his heart.
Unfortunately, the outlaw escapes the Mexican authorities and shows up in Laredo, where a head-on collision with his brother is unavoidable.
www.people.virginia.edu /~fke2d/laredo/laredo2-2.htm   (772 words)

  
 Tribute to the Humanitarian Work of Audrey Hepburn | Her Work   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
By the late 1980's Audrey's film career was coming to a close, her two sons were grown, and she was living in Switzerland with her companion Robert Wolders.
In April 1989, Audrey and Wolders arrived in Sudan to watch the start of a miraculous UNICEF-sponsored relief effort called "Operation Lifeline." Its goal was to ferry food to southern Sudan, which was cut off from all aid because of the civil war.
But when everybody else was throwing up their hands, Audrey said, 'I want to go there and be with them and promote their cause.' I thought that was amazing." Isaac recalls, "She traveled to every little corner.
www.ahepburn.com /herwork.html   (2204 words)

  
 Zap2it: Audrey Hepburn Memorialized With Sculpture at United Nations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) - The United Nations has honored late actress Audrey Hepburn by placing a sculpture created to represent her dedication to helping underprivileged children worldwide next to the United Nations Children's Fund headquarters in New York City.
The 7-foot (2-meter) bronze sculpture by artist-sculptor John Kennedy, titled "The Spirit of Audrey," was commissioned by Hepburn's longtime companion, Robert Wolders, who donated the work to UNICEF.
Hepburn, who starred in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Sabrina," and "Roman Holiday" for which she won a best actress Oscar®, served as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador from 1988 until her death from cancer in 1993.
www.zap2it.com /movies/news/pstory/0,3382,12248,00.html   (229 words)

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