She said it was on the corner right behind me and that I could pull in and park beside the house. Friday night while attending the welcome social held at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, I met the Director of Communications for the Cane River Heritage Area. His off-Broadway play became a hit and was then turned into a Hollywood blockbuster in 1989 starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley Maclaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis - and a young and unknown Julia Roberts, then just 19, who played Shelby, the character based on Susan. - Playwright Robert Harling wrote the play STEEL MAGNOLIAS shortly after the death of his beloved sister Susan Robinson aged just 33 in 1985. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Twenty-five years ago, "Steel Magnolias" captivated moviegoers with the heartbreaking, yet laugh-filled story based on how playwright Robert Harling lost his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, in 1985, and how a group of women in a small southern town cope with their tragic loss. Sally Field admitted last year: He went after Julia with a vengeance. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Susan left behind her husband Dr Pat Robinson and their two-year-old son Robert after years of battling diabetes, and amid the . That was something somebody said who sold makeup in Natchitoches. Harling modeled the women in the play after his moms friends that he knew from his childhood. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Laura Susan Harling Robinson I found on Findagrave.com. Ross was hired as director. At the early stages of readings, I was attached, and when the play was finally produced, it came with me. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. As the film's creator describes, Robert Harling grew up moving "from southern town to southern town, to southern town, eventually ending up in Louisiana." This nomadic childhood made it hard to make friends from place to place. Nothing to stop her: Susan Harling Robinson was so determined to be a majorette, despite her diabetes diagnosis aged 12 - that she made her mother sew pockets into . Herbert gave me the greatest, simplest advice: Always remember who the important person is here, meaning my sister. photo: Northwestern State University at Louisiana, Next, Herbert said, I really like Daryl Hannah for I thought he was going to the Shelby place, but before he got there, he said Annelle. This answer is: Study guides. She played flute in the high school band. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Harling wrote the play, and eventual screenplay, as both catharsis and as something that Harling could pass along to his nephew. ROBERT HARLING Im still working out the ramifications of this whole insane journey that only art can let you move through. A peaceful fountain forms the centerpiece of the park, with benches placed around for silent meditation. When the producer Ray Stark made an offer to buy the rights, Harling was thrilled. He says that although Robert looks just like his dad he has his mothers eyes, adding: He has a great job as an admissions director, he has his family in Texas. They married in 1979. That was a statement, not a joke. Although Robert was brought up by his father Pat, who is now married for a third time, Robert has remained in contact with his nephew and last saw him at his mothers funeral. This was pretty much her first big film.'. That was a statement, not a joke. Softly spoken and with a Southern accent that still hints at his Louisiana upbringing, Robert Harling wrote the play Steel Magnolias shortly after the death of his beloved sister Susan Robinson aged just 33 in 1985. They werent looking to make money, they wanted to support the continuation of the saga. Ill have to ask Gary if and when hes going to use that footage. Written as a tribute to the strength of his sister, his mother, and the coterie of women who supported them, the work broke records at . I can make food for Johnny [Harlings younger brother], I can whip Mama and Daddy into line, but I dont know how to help you, and I wish I could. Even when she was sick, shed come home from the hospital and make a box of brownies and send them to me. ", 6. Quick as a flash, he was, Read More Chapter 6 The CaptainContinue, Crew-change day was there before I knew it and time to embark on a new adventure. "It became a play because I wanted to hear the dialogue. "When we lost her, it was really devastating to me, and I was having a lot of trouble dealing with it.". BW is cooking her way through La. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? in the early quiet morning on Saturday . NATCHITOCHES, La. Shirley is from Virginia, and Sally had done Places in the Heart and Norma Rae, and then of course theres Dolly. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. SHIRLEY MACLAINE Herbert called and said, Im going to send you this script, and you can play any part you want, except for MLynn and the daughter. So I read it and I said, I want to play the really bitchy one. I think I was rehearsing for my old age. Ive never told a living soul who Ouiser is based on. Learn more about managing a memorial . Susan passed away in October of 1985. However, he recalls calling his nephew one day as a young child, who proudly proclaimed that he was a cool kid at school, smiling: Roberts a very handsome man now, but he was a preemie, and at that age he was skinny not the definition of cool! But with a slight grimace, Robert reveals how at first he didnt even plan to tell his parents that he had written a play about the darkest moment of their lives. Stark had made the hit The Way We Were, and the plays hed made into movies included Funny Girl and Chapter Two. It only ran for four weeks at the WPA, and we all wanted to figure out how to keep it going. 25 Feb/23. The women are getting it done and the guys cannot function. And then one of the men walked into the kitchen, and I saw how the womens body language completely changed. ROBERT HARLING Just after my dinner with Herbert, Olympia Dukakis won the Oscar for Moonstruck. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. MARGO MARTINDALE In the second act, when I talk on the phone to somebody, I would always put in, See you then, Susan. I think that finally got published in the play. Softly spoken and with a Southern accent that still hints at his Louisiana upbringing, Robert Harling wrote the play Steel Magnolias shortly after the death of his beloved sister Susan Robinson aged just 33 in 1985. Family members linked to this person will appear here. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Kathy said, You werent there through all of that pain, you didnt watch your child die. We talked about life, and I tried to help her because I was a dancer and understood the choreographer mentality. Robert Harling reveals . It wasnt until audiences came in and started responding to the way the women talked and how wonderful the actresses were that we realized,I guess this is funnyuntil its not, Harling says. I tried to quit several times during rehearsals because the actresses would piss me off, saying, Oh, youve got to roll my hair like this, dont do that. I said, I am playing a hairdresser. Glad u enjoyed your trip too! ROBERT HARLING My father, my uncle, and our next-door neighbor all invested, and I was horrifiedyou almost always lose money in theater, but there was no stopping them. She said, Oh, no, its a bed and breakfast and Im the hired slave! Turns out, she is the caretaker for the Samuel Guy House, which is a fantastic story for another post. The untold story of what would become one of the most beloved touchstones of Southern culture. So I started writing in dialogue form. Julia said, Dolly, were dying and you never say a word. But you never know how people are going to react having that kind of personal information up there onstage. After graduating from Natchitoches High, she entered Northwestern State University and immersed herself in campus life. I hope you enjoy getting to know her a little better and in so doing, can make a deeper connection with the film. Robert Harling reveals: 'Susan died in the fall of 1985. She hasnt been able to audition because shes been off making some movie about a pizza. [Roberts had just finished filming Mystic Pizza.] Please reset your password. But she never let her disease inhibit or alter her life in any way. And shes the only one who didnt sweat. When Mama asked me if she could read it, I said, You dont want to. He arrived in 1977 without a coat in the middle of a snowstorm. I walked in . Be sure to SHARE this article if you love the play and film, Steel Magnolias! The women were dressed for Christmas, and Dolly was sitting on the swing. Im very glad I found out about the park and had a chance to visit. When he graduated, he chose acting over lawyeringHe didnt even pick up his diploma, says his dad, Bob Harlingand moved to Manhattan with a promise of a month or two of support from his parents. It only ran for four weeks at the WPA, and we all wanted to figure out how to keep it going. Anywhere you point the camera youre going to frame a good shot. Shes Shelby. I thought, Okay, I can breathe now, my sisters in good hands., SHIRLEY MACLAINE The moment Julia walked into the reading, I thought, That woman is going to be a star. I called my agent and said, I dont know if she has an agent, but you should handle her.. Hey, dont you worry none about my coils. Herbert said, Its a wonderful Hollywood move. I asked her if that was a private home. I said, Okay, say, Oh, Im not crazy, Ive just been in a very bad mood for forty years. She wrote it on her hand. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Early Friday morning found me on a boat with Gary Rispone of Paradise Louisiana TV show and retired Col. Bruce Wilson, our fishing guide for the day. Many people can quote the movie line for line, but don't realize how the fictionalized group of women are grounded in reality. Id go to the ice cream store and the magazine place and the video store. He was walking through the room and Susan was on the screen and he stopped. Conditions for catching were off that day, but we still had a fun time in good company. She was familiar with my frustration in terms of auditions, and she used to say, You know what really makes me mad is the fact that I cant do anything for you. The filming lasted through Labor Day, and all the stars lived in houses in Natchitoches. At the urging of friend Kathy Weller, Robert told his mother about his play while she was visiting him in New York, and recalls: She was stunnedShe said whats it about? I said You!, 'Susan died in the fall of 1985. There was Dolly with a waist cincher no more than sixteen inches around and heels about two feet high and a wig that must have weighed twenty-three pounds. . My first was a ride out to the edge of the Gulf of Mexico on a fifty-foot crew-boat run by a suntanned crew, Read More Chapter 8 Crew Boat RideContinue, Your email address will not be published. Its honest all the way down. When I finished the play, I took it to the receptionist at a literary agency, and she gave it to one of the agents. And lo and behold, every woman in town was saying, He based Ouiser on me., photo: Tristar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection. MARGO MARTINDALE I think they actually did see me for the role of Truvy, but that was just a courtesy, and I was not upset that Dolly got the role. Lets open it up. The casting director said, Theres this girl. 0 cemeteries found in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA. He TRULY loved that woman! And I went of course, he had no idea how would he know what her voice sounded like, said Robert. Robert Harling, living and working in New York City, not only distraught over his sister Susan's death, he was also upset with his brother-in-law, who remarried within six months of his sister's demise. ", 3. Yes, he dearly loved her. If its going to air, Ill let you know. My mother would speak to the Senate wives about kidney transplants and diabetes research, she embraced it as an opportunity to be about Susans life even though it was short.. You look forward to seeing more of this story another day. Robert said: She walked into the room and that smile lit everything up and I said thats my sister, so she joined the party and she was magnificent., Director Herbert Ross was notoriously tough on newcomer Julia, who would go on to be nominated for her first Oscar for Steel Magnolias. Susan had Type 1 diabetes. The rest of us were always complaining. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Harling apparentlyfelt that it was important for the characters in the play to use humor to cope with hard times and difficult situations. The rest of us were always complaining. Thanks for the article, I truly enjoyed it! For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. , updated He pulled through. Verify and try again. Writer Robert Harling at Oaklawn Plantation, his farm near Natchez, Louisiana. They married in 1979. - Rob. Sara Nathan It sounds like something her granddaddy might have called her as a kid. The scenery was gorgeous, and the company was fantastic! Finally, the date was set, and we started shooting at the end of June 1988. IE 11 is not supported. Failed to report flower. But when Olympia came down, all the women in town thought she had the most accurate accent. I gave her the script, and Id walk past and shed be sobbing, and I felt terrible. I guess I started writing the play about six months later, it came out very, very fast. "He doesn't remember his mother, but he does know as a teenager that his mother was so cool, it took the biggest star in the world to play her.". What people dont understand is that its honest even below what they see as a story. ROBERT HARLING I knew the actress Margo Martindale, who is now a huge star, and I wrote the role of Truvy for her. TOM WHITEHEAD They all lived life locally. We became one. Sad that he also wanted to be a NICU doctor, but never went on to specialize, because he had the love of his life that took up his time, and she was so much more important! Steel Magnolias has been his way, he says, of keeping Susan alive for her son, now 31, about to marry for a second time this summer and living in Texas. Harling said the title, "Steel Magnolias," is the perfect description for the women it profiles: They're both delicate like a flower, but also hard as steel. Bobbie's Bests for Less: Save up to 50% off on Elemis, IT Cosmetics and more. And as I promised in the previous story, after the fishing trip I went a few blocks from Chateau St. Denis over to All Tangled Up to get my hat-hair repaired. Its about you and Susan and the whole thing. But shes a Steel Magnoliashe was going to read it. I wasnt sure where to go, and while I was about to back out (because there was no place to turn around), along walked a little grey-haired woman, headed toward the dead end. Harling did not tell his parents he had written the play until just before it opened at the WPA, but hed sent versions back and forth to his brother, John, who was working in Philadelphia. Come see what she cooked this week! Go back and ask what would amuse her, how she would edit, what would be too vulgar, where she would put her foot down. So we got a draft of the script together, and Ray was happy. Its the oldest town in the Louisiana Purchase. If there is one moment of joy to be gained out of this experience, you cannot deny them that. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. If you dont tell them, I will.. So THATS what her voice sounded like. I said, Its got to be a painful thing for them. She loved it. In one famous scene, as Sally Field's character, M'Lynn, mourns the death of her daughter, the character of Clairee played by Olympia Dukakis offers another friend of the group for M'Lynn to hit. Harling says he went to a place of rage and anger, a state exacerbated by the fact that his sisters widower remarried shortly after her death. It was an extraordinary time, Dolly would come over with her guitar, she said Ive written a song for Susan, which never made it into the movie. Robert Harling reveals: 'Susan died in the fall of 1985. It was originally going to be a shortstory, Harling said when he began putting his sister's story down in writing, it began as a short story. Ray said, You know what, weve got a lot of Oscar winners and stars. The playwright and screenwriter reflects on the Southern film that touched the world. After her death, Susan's brother, Robert Harling, wrote the play " Steel Magnolias ". Im sure your emotions were in high gear all weekend. 2007-2023 Garden & Gun Magazine LLC. This beloved classic's true story still has more to share. There was a problem getting your location. Susan left behind her husband Dr Pat Robinson and their two-year-old son Robert after years of battling diabetes, and amid the waves of his grief, Robert, then an actor, put pen to paper at the urging of close friends and wrote all about the town of Natchitoches, where his mother Margaret ruled the roost and the women spoke in bumper stickers. A friend had advised Harling to write down the story as a way to come to terms with everything that had happened. Im the meanest woman in town and you hurl the biggest insult so far to me, Im going to say something. Id written no line there. But when you put it in a theatrical situation, people respond to the honesty of it. Susan had been cautioned about the complications of having children, given her severe diabetes. He'd been in New York for eight years at that point, a period during which Susan had married and decided to start a family, despite . Fish Fry Mixes. Robert Harling, the author and creator of Steel Magnolias, lost his sister Susan Harling-Robinson, from diabetic complications. based on information from your browser. But she wanted a child, she went ahead and had a child, and then, sure enough, her metabolism started to failcirculatory system, kidneys, the whole thing. I just wanted to see how people acted, how they belonged to themselves. Finding that park and just being there was very moving . Were there to help. We were in previews, and the actress who played Ouiser, Mary Fogarty, God bless her, came to me and said, I need to say something. The default was not to break down, the default was to change the conversation or lift it somehow. Harling says the name Annelle just came to him one dayIts so Southern to take two first names and just jam them together. And then there was Truvy, the operator of the salon. Then, eight years after his arrival, his beloved younger sister, Susan, who had been a diabetic since she was twelve, got sick. . Everything they talk about in the play is true. By everyone that knew her! When playwright Robert Harling wrote Steel Magnolias back in 1987, he undoubtedly had no idea that more than 30 years later, people would still be quoting it regularly. Then Paramount bought the movie rights and Harling wrote the script, transforming the play into a movie. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Unfortunately for Susan, the pregnancy had taken a toll on her kidneys. It was not even until his 20s that Robert heard his mothers voice after a family member put together a reel of home movies. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). We really did make fast friends, all of us, and have been ever since. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. BOB HARLING I felt happy, I felt sad, I just couldnt believe what was happening. In the film, Shelby is found unconscious at home by her husband while her baby son cries in the background. Well, by the time she got to Shreveport, I was already gone! Besides being based on the true story of his sister, Susan, Harling shared 13 other things fans might not know about the movie. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8696788/laura-susan-robinson. I actually had to get off the call because I was going to an audition. MARGO MARTINDALE I tried to quit several times during rehearsals because the actresses would piss me off, saying, Oh, youve got to roll my hair like this, dont do that. I said, I am playing a hairdresser. Kathy said, You werent there through all of that pain, you didnt watch your child die. They werent leaning against the counter anymore; the dish towel that was slung over a shoulder was all of a sudden being folded and hung up on the rack. Steel Magnolias is a play that debuted off-Broadway in 1987. Why dont you let loose? Dolly very serenely smiled and said, When I was young and had nothing, I wanted to be rich and famous, and now I am. Steel Magnolias is a stage play by American writer Robert Harling, based on his experience with his sister's death. Lee Radziwill, who had just started dating Herbert, said, Shes it. People filled it up to see Dolly Parton eating in the back corner. When Susan learned she was a diabetic at age twelve, one of the first things she said was that her illness was not going to get in the way of anything. True to her word, she never let it slow her down. "Ten days later, that's all it took because I had lived the story. So over dinner one night at Orso [the evergreen New York theater district restaurant], he said, Rawbuht, how would you feel about Sally Field playing your muthuh? I couldnt speak. What happened to Susan Harling Robinson husband? She directed the Youth Choir. If there is one moment of joy to be gained out of this experience, you cannot deny them that. I wish they did so that more people could honor and learn about this amazing woman. She never complained about anything. 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