Robert Evans

Birth Name:

Robert J. Shapera

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Actor, Writer

In June 1999, he received an honor for being the only living producer to have two films selected for perpetual preservation by the Library of Congress of the United States
Got his foot in the door as a producer by buying a number of properties that would go on to become hits, including the film rights to the bestseller "The Detective," before they hit the market
His acting career started when Norma Shearer discovered him swimming at the Beverly Hills Hotel and insisted he play her late husband in "Man of a Thousand Faces․"
Set up an exclusive production partnership with Paramount Pictures so that he could put his own signature on his films, starting with "Chinatown․"
While serving as production chief of Paramount Pictures, he brought the studio from ninth to first place in revenues earned in four years
As a faculty member of Brown University, he became the first full professor in the Ivy League to hold no Ph․D․, M․A․ or high school diploma
His 1994 autobiography became an international bestseller

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