Troubled Times Growing Up
Robert Redford was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Martha Hart and Charles Robert Redford, who boasted English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. During Robert’s formative years, his father struggled as a milkman and only later secured a job as an accountant and moved the family to Van Nuys, California.
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Robert’s happiest childhood memories were playing football with his Uncle David. Unfortunately, David was killed in 1945 in World War II, and double tragedy struck when Robert’s mother passed away in 1955. Charles remarried, and soon stepbrother William became part of the family.