Robert Taylor and Ursula Thiess

After a bitter divorce from his former wife, Barbara Stanwyck, his fear of another failure keep him away from serious commitments. He was a lonely man just looking for uncomplicated company. But when he met Ursula Thiess in April 24, 1952, he found his soulmate. Two years later this beautiful brunette and rising star in Hollywood became his wife and his inseparable companion on all his journeys, hunting and fishing trips and on distant film locations. After the birth of the couple's first child, Terry, in 1955, and although she had been voted "The most promising star of 1952" by Modern Screen Magazine along with Marilyn Monroe, she decided to give up her screen career and stardom to be a full time mother and wife. A second child, Tessa, joined the family in 1959 and they all enjoyed a quiet family life away from the limelight. Ursula Thiess wrote an autobiography:" But I Have Promises to Keep: My Life Before, With and After Robert Taylor" in 2003. She shares her memories of those happy days at home, the famous Robert Taylor Ranch in Mandeville Canyon. In her book, she also tell us about her children from her previous marriage, Manuela and Michael, and the sorrowful times of Bob Taylor eight-month battle with cancer. He died in her arms and his last words were for her: "I love you Mutti".
Ursula passed away on June 19, 2010, at the age of 86. Now, they are reunited again. I can see her with his beloved husband riding the wide open fields of a land called Heaven.

I chose the song "For Once in my Life" to illustrate Bob feelings about Ursula. I have uploaded this clip many times using the Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra versions of the song and Youtube disabled the audio due to copyright claim by WMG over and over. So I decided to use "For Once in my Life" performed by Argentinean musician and singer Guillermo Bruto, who faithfully recreates Michael Bublé's performance and style. Youtube is still saying me that my video "may include content that is owned or administered by W...." but "it's still available worldwide. In some cases ads may appear next to your video".................

"For Once in My Life" lyrics (Steve Wonder):

For once in my life
I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once unafraid
I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong
For once I can touch
What my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone warm like you
Could make my dream come true.

For once in my life
I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before
For once I've got someone
I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore
For once I can say
"This is mine, you can't take it"
As long as I know
I've got love I can make it
For once in my life
I've got someone who needs me ...

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Robert
• Taylor
• Ursula
• Thiess
• Classic
• Films

[12345Jocko]

Uhh.. I have a lump in throat..

Yes.. they are reunited.. I can imagine them looking down at us fans, from up there and smiling.. =`)

♥ We love you Bob ♥

Oh, and you certainly did a wonderful job on this video!

From where did you get the photos of Terry and Tessa please? I've been trying to find some!

[EgoSumQuiSum7]

@12345Jocko Thanks for your comment :-).Taylor raised his children away from public life and the public eye, family photographs are very hard to find. The photos I used to make my video come from different sources. Those with little Terry and Tessa belong to Life Magazine, they were taken by photographer Dmitri Kessel in 1961 at Taylor's cabin in Wyoming.

[izabelaborysek]

wspaniały klip, chylę czoło, pozdrawiam wszystkich fanów:)

[secretwonder007]

Beautiful...... what about pic's of her other two children??

[MrGuidomuse]

Great video.

[Dragonrdh]

Thanks for sharing these pics Alejandra!

[Opium1958]

That song is perfect for them.

[spacepatrolman]

@DukeFanGermany taylor had operable lung cancer from smoking but he didnt want an operation babara stanwick real name ruby stevens called hippies the unwashed minority they named a building in the movie studio after robert taylor but took his name off it when they realised it was a blunder because he helped senator eugene mcarthy to persucute writers because the building was the writers building

[DukeFanGermany]

Ursula was such a beautiful German Woman.Thx for upload this in memory of both, Ursula Thiess and the unforgettable Robert Taylor. 

[EgoSumQuiSum7]

@MrOn6uard Terry was born in 1955. You can see him here at age seven and thirteen. His father died when he was only fourteen years. Does this answer your question?