Should you have information that conflicts with anything shown please make us aware by email. [15][16][17][18][19], Widmark's performance in Kiss of Death inspired the name of mystery and crime writer Donald E. Westlake's best-known continuing pseudonym, Richard Stark, under which he wrote some of his darkest, most violent books. He died about six months later of complications. Richard Widmark & Susan Blanchard Married, Joint Family - FameChain In this article, we will discuss Richard Widmark's Biography including Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Height, Weight, Family, Children etc. After seeing his screen test for the role of Tommy Udo, 20th Century-Fox boss Darryl F. Widmark was married for 55 years to playwright Jean Hazlewood, from 1942 until her death in 1997 (they had one child, Anne, who was born in 1945). Being that Widmark was 80 years old at the time, the role eventually went to Robert De Niro. Richard Widmark, Actor, Dies at 93 - The New York Times They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, an artist and author who was married to baseball player Sandy Koufax from 1969 to 1982. Richard Widmark Obituary (2008) - Hartford, CT - Legacy Hazlewood died in March 1997. Richard Widmark - Facts, Bio, Favorites, Info, Family - Sticky Facts Family & Companions. When Richard Weedt Widmark was born on 26 December 1914, in Sunrise Township, Chisago, Minnesota, United States, his father, Carl Henry Widmark, was 22 and his mother, Ethel Mae Barr, was 17. He appeared in more westerns, adventures and social dramas and pushed himself as an actor by taking the thankless role of the Dauphin in Otto Preminger's adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan (1957), a notorious flop that didn't bring anyone any honors, neither Preminger, his leading lady Jean Seberg, nor Widmark. Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas thought that Widmark should have won an Oscar nomination for his turn in When the Legends Die (1972) playing a former rodeo star tutoring Frederic Forrest's character. She remained married to him until 1982 when they divorced. In 1969, Richard and Jean's daughter Anne married professional baseball player, Sandy Koufax. Actor. At 5' 10", he was one of the shorter leading men of his era. Her sexuality remains unabated, said the naturally youthful-looking Jones (healthy eating, daily exercise and no plastic surgery, she said). Deceased on March 24 39. Sunrise Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, USA, Susan Blanchard (27 September1999 - 24 March2008)( his death), Jean Hazlewood (5 April1942 - 2 March1997)( her death)( 1 child).