Robert Evans Biography

Fast Facts

• 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