53rd Annual Academy Awards: Robert Redford, winner of Best Director for "Ordinary People" (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) CHICAGO - It’s time to celebrate the Sundance Kid.
Multitalented matinee idol Robert Redford was born on Aug. 18, 1936, making this the actor, director and famously handsome gentleman’s 85th birthday.If Redford, a native of Santa Monica, California, had stuck solely to acting, he’d still have a legendary career.