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Significant Others:
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Wife: Grace Hightower, former flight attendant.
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Married: June 17, 1997 |
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Wife: Diahnne Abbott, Actor, singer.
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Married Spring, 1976 |
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Divorced 1988 |
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Singer with band (One Love) |
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Toukie Smith, Actor, restaurateur.
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Mother of twin boys born via surrogate |
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Naomi Campbell, Model |
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Family:
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Father - Robert De Niro, Sr.
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Artist: abstract expressionist |
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Separated from De Niro's mother |
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Died: May 3, 1993, at 71. |
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Mother - Virginia Admiral
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Artist: painter |
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Daughter - Dreena De Niro
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Model |
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Mother: Diahnne Abbott(from 1st marriage) |
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Adopted by De Niro |
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Son - Raphael De Niro
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Born: 1978 |
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Mother: Diahnne Abbott |
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Sons - Aaron Kendrick and Julian Henry (Twins)
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Born: 1995 to surrogate mother |
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Mother: Toukie Smith |
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Studied at Actors Studio with Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. |
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In his 1980 Oscar acceptance speech he thanked Joey LaMotta, who was at the time
suing United Artists for Raging Bull (1980)'s portrayal of him. |
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De Niro formed his production company, TriBeCa Productions, in 1989. |
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Personal Quotes:
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"It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings,
they try to hide them." |
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"I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies."
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"Don't talk it (shooting a scene) away, do it!" |
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"The Complete Films of Robert DeNiro", by Douglas Brode. Citadel
Publishers. 1993 |
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"Untouchable: Robert De Niro", Andy Dougan, Virgin, 312pp ISBN 1 85227
537 5, 1996 |
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"De Niro, The Man, The Myth, The Movies", Patrick Agan |
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"The Unofficial Robert De Niro", Elfreda Powell, Parragon Book Service
Ltd. Bristol UK, 1996 |
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"The cinema of Robert De Niro", James Cameron-Wilson, London Zomba,
1986 |
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"Robert De Niro: the hero behind the masks", Keith McKay, Sevenoaks New
English Library, 1988, c1986 |
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"The films of Robert De Niro", Douglas Brode, New York Citadel Press,
1993 |