Sibylle Szaggars Redford: Robert Redford Weds German Girlfriend

HAMBURG — Robert Redford married his partner, a 51-year-old German artist, over the weekend, a German church said Wednesday.

Renate Massfeller of the St. Catherine Church in Hamburg said that Pastor Frank Engelbrecht presided over the wedding of the 72-year-old U.S. actor and artist Sibylle Szaggars at the luxury Louis C. Jacob Hotel.

The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper said 30 friends and family members attended the service.

Szaggars, born in Hamburg, is an abstract artist whose work has been exhibited in Britain, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. She moved to Sundance, Utah – where Redford's Sundance Institute is based – in the 1990s, according to her Web site.

A message seeking comment from Redford's publicist in New York was not immediately returned.

Redford has starred in dozens of films, including "The Sting" and "The Natural." He won the Academy Award for best director for the 1980 film "Ordinary People."

In 1981 he founded the Sundance Institute to create what its Web site called "an environment designed to foster independence, discovery and new voices in American film."

Since then, it has grown to encompass the Sundance Film Festival, one of the world's premier film festivals that focuses on independent film but also has become known for its parties and celebrities.

Comments

[GenRom]

I'll never forget how incredibly handsome he was in The Way We Were.

[LMPE]

Actually, her last name sounds either Polish or Hungarian. By all accounts, Polish women are quite attractive (Carroll Baker is ancestrally Polish), and I assume that Hungarian women also are.

[Kzb]

The only thing they put in their registry was moisturizer.

[Mattie]

congrats to them, she's a lucky gal!

[yellowdoggie]

Curse you, Sibylle! Now I have to rewrite my favorite fantasy.

[SouthpawSass]

Well, I guess he got tired of waiting for me. Sorry Robert, but divorcing my husband was not an option, but there will always be a special place for you in my heart...

Good luck to them both.

[clabberty]

Nice looking woman. No apparent silicone. Not 23 years old. What a refreshing thing to see a man chose a natural woman instead of a silicone stuffed hoooters girl.

[SouthpawSass]

I say good for her for choosing a real man not stuffed with hooter's silicone girls.

[tigerlyly]

Good show!

[Viledems]

So it's ok for him to have a hairpiece but not for her to have implants. Please explain.

[Jackalheadedgod]

Wow! I think you might be right.

Cheers, Jack

[sexyrexy]

he does NOT wear a hairpiece-- NEVER DID! he's really got soooo much hair..in fact,only now, is it even thinning..

[kiss]

when a man chooses a woman 20 years younger than him and is praised for not choosing someone 50 years younger....

[epiphany1234]

I adore Robert Redford.

To listen to this man voice his views on art, the environment, politics....is just awesome!

She is a very lucky lady.

[Aesthete]

My sincere congratulations to this couple and best wishes for their happiness. I met and talked to Mr. Redford in person some years ago and he seemed like a secure and balanced individual.

[Bitsko]

Boy, the camera sure does like that guy.

[Viledems]

yep, hairpiece and all.

[Jamesdean]

Bitsko, you must be a very sad person.

[tlgeiger62]

Beautiful couple! Hope it works out better than it did for me.

No disrespect. Just sayin'.

[gretchenart]

why, were you married to her first?

[colette]

Well, if it couldn't be me it had to be someone!

Congrats, Mr. Redford. YOu're a great movie star, and a dedicated environmentalist. And since you started out as a painter, I imagine sharing your life with a visual artist will suit you well.

[Bigrcube]

Ja, die deutsche Frau ist fein.
(Yes, the German woman is fine.)
Glückwünsche.
(Congratulations.)
Am besten des Glücks.
(Best of luck.)

[Fremon]

Congrats Robert. So glad you picked a woman of an appropriate age and not some 20-30 something "actress". From the little I read she seems to be a fine lady. Saw you several times on Central Park South when you were in NYC. Best wishes.

[lessbs]

A woman twenty years younger sounds appropriate to me.

[sleek]

Well, the guy is Robert Redford after all. What's twenty years?

[tigerlyly]

12 years when you're 71 is nothing.

[nocoward]

Becaue he is for real and real a man is not afraid, therefore he doesn't go marrying a woman who is an age to be his granddaughter

[roshni]

congratulations!