By everyone that knew her! Susan had been cautioned about the complications of having children, given her severe diabetes. Susan Harling-Robinson was the inspiration for the play and movie "Steel Magnolias", written by her brother Robert Harling. Dolly wrote a song called Eagle When She Flies. It was written for the movie, and Herbert was going to play it over the credits, but he changed his mind. The 32 year old Susan left behind her husband Dr Pat Robinson and their two-year-old son Robert after years of battling diabetes. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. It would make her very happy to know you are experiencing it now. She was a majorette. Yes, he dearly loved her. 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. The play wasnt even originally supposed to be a comedy. When Mama asked me if she could read it, I said, You dont want to. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. It can take you to an uncompromisingly dark place sometimes. 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. Susan Harling-Robinson was the inspiration for the play and movie "Steel Magnolias", written by her brother Robert Harling . They married in 1979. Then he said, I was thinking that Id love to see Dolly do Truvy. And I almost choked on my pizza bread. Im not a hairdresser. I took the opportunity to share my story with her about having known Susan many years ago, and she told me about a memorial park in her honor. ", 7. Besides being based on the true story of his sister, Susan, Harling shared 13 other things fans might not know about the movie. Failed to delete memorial. - Rob What is your son to your husband's cousin's child? ROBERT HARLING Susan was incredibly supportive after I came to New York. Its original incarnation was a play that had a successful off-Broadway run. Susan had Type 1 diabetes. We thought we were just talking like the people from that part of the country talk. She is an inspiration to me as a mother. Harling wrote the play, and eventual screenplay, as both catharsis and as something that Harling could pass along to his nephew. 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. This answer is: Study guides. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. and what Susan would do would be outrageous," he said. There will be people now who watch the film now who dont know it was based on a true story, muses Robert: Its really interesting and emotional and a nice journey to go back and revisit - 25 years is a long time. Bobbie's Bests for Less: Save up to 50% off on Elemis, IT Cosmetics and more. Learn more about managing a memorial . Herbert said, Its a wonderful Hollywood move. At Natchitoches Central High, Susan was very involved in extra-curricular activities. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. So Pam and I are standing in the back and MLynn says her line, and then Mary, kind of glancing at her hand, said, Im not crazy The house detonated. She said it was on the corner right behind me and that I could pull in and park beside the house. I didnt know it, until I met Dr. Robinson, down here in Lake Charles. After I told her I had an appointment, I told her about my blog story and that she was indeed my Truvy. Resend Activation Email. 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. Harling at first thought his story was a drama, When the play was first in rehearsal, Harling says they thought it was strictly a drama, since they were performing a dark, emotional story. ", 11. This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Steel Magnolias, a play Robert Harling wrote just months after his sister, Susan, died of complications from diabetes. 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. He now lives in Austin and is happily engaged to a wonderful woman. Just after my dinner with Herbert, Olympia Dukakis won the Oscar for, 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. To use this feature, use a newer browser. The title was inspired by real life Harling said the title,. 1. The last time I talked to Susan was on her birthday, October 7 [1985]. Robert Harling, the author and creator of Steel Magnolias, lost his sister Susan Harling-Robinson, from diabetic complications. - Playwright Robert Harling wrote the play STEEL MAGNOLIAS shortly after the death of his beloved sister Susan Robinson aged just 33 in 1985. Hey, dont you worry none about my coils. Year should not be greater than current year. So Susans protecting him, its so clear to me. TOM WHITEHEAD [Natchitoches resident and then member of the Louisiana Film Commission] There was a buzz in the community the whole time the shoot was here. This browser does not support getting your location. My sister had to die for all that to happen. ROBERT HARLING The L.A. people required things that you didnt find at the local Piggly Wiggly. ", 5. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Plus, long lasting at night. I guess I started writing the play about six months later, it came out very, very fast. MARGO MARTINDALE Bobby and I were introduced by our commercial agent, and it was instant love. Hes about to marry again I think Susan is just hoping this one works!, Stories about Susan come out organically, Robert says, adding: I think Robert talks to my dad about Susan more than me because everybody thinks Ill go write it down! So, I loved all that, of course! Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. But even in the darkest moments, Susan would take time to marvel at the kindness and compassion of the community that surrounded her. An oral history of one of the most unforgettable Southern movies of all time, The biggest name in Southern lit didnt spend his whole life in Mississippi, How much shrimp is required to create a movie classic? 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. Robert Harling reveals: 'Susan died in the fall of 1985. ", 6. ", The reason why everyone at school thought he was cool: His mom was played by Julia Roberts. [Roberts grew up in Smyrna, Georgia.] He arrived in 1977 without a coat in the middle of a snowstorm. Thanks for the update. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Ive never told a living soul who Ouiser is based on. Susan passed away in October of 1985. 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. Laughter was very important to her. Susan Harling-Robinson was the inspiration for the play and movie "Steel Magnolias", written by her brother Robert Harling. This is a fun one for trivia buffs: One of Nicole Kidman's first roles on stage was playing Shelby in a Sydney, Australia, production. 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. ROBERT HARLING Ray said, Why dont we shoot it where it happened? That was unheard-ofnormally youd find your locations in the Valley and in L.A., but Ray insisted. 14:14 GMT 28 Mar 2014 ROBERT HARLING We were shooting part of the Christmas scene, and this was in the dead of August, and we were sitting out on the porch of Truvys beauty shop. ROBERT HARLING Herbert had this wayhe was from Brooklyn and started out as a chorus boy, but he became this acclaimed director and managed to talk like British gentry. Truvys all about heart, and Dolly Parton has a big heart. Don't worry about me. She loved it. The circus had come to town. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Sally Field admitted last year: He went after Julia with a vengeance. And lo and behold, every woman in town was saying, He based Ouiser on me., photo: Tristar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection. He is one of the most genuine and drawing people that i think i have ever met, and i could have talked to him forever! but it was a good trip! But first a lot of stuff had to happen. SHIRLEY MACLAINE We immediately saw that Herbert was cruel to both Dolly and Julia. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Laura Robinson (8696788)? From that point on, the cathartic experience of Steel Magnolias started in our family. It chronicles the lives of Susan Harling, her mother Margaret Harling and the community of witty, strong and loving women that supported them through good times and bad. She went against her doctors wishes and gave birth to a baby boy in 1983. Susan helped Harlingwrite the "hit me" scene. She then died during surgery in 1985 at the young age of 33. Michael is a wonderful playwright [, York to see it, I was really worried because Ouisers such a crotchety old curmudgeon. What happened to Susan in the early hours of July 23 . ROBERT HARLING Im still working out the ramifications of this whole insane journey that only art can let you move through. So THATS what her voice sounded like. Try again. He must have been a special man if Susan loved him! Andit was a Christmas in August for the film, The Christmas festival scene was shot during the summer, with everyone wearing sweaters, fur and ski parkas in 100-degree heat. nobody out and about except the BandB lady. Speaking of the characters, the play features an all-female cast in comparison to the film, which is not all-female. His mother is duly immortalised as MLynn Eatenton whose hair is said to closely resemble a teased brown football helmet while his fathers character is called Drum. Author Bobby Harling grew up here and wrote the story in 10 days time about his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, the mother of a 2-year-old son. Shelby was based on Robert Harling's real sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who passed away from complications due to her type 1 diabetes. But when you put it in a theatrical situation, people respond to the honesty of it. Sara Nathan Where is Robert Robinson-Susan Harlings son? I was thinking at the time, Elizabeth Taylors going to sit there and hear the line When it comes to suffering, shes right up there with Elizabeth Taylor. No one laughed harder than she did. But there was just something about the name that fit., ROBERT HARLING All the characters were based on real people, Mamas friends. The 32 year old Susan left behind her husband Dr Pat Robinson and their two-year-old son Robert after years of battling diabetes. I hope you enjoy getting to know her a little better and in so doing, can make a deeper connection with the film. 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 . If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Kathy said, You werent there through all of that pain, you didnt watch your child die. "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.". Harling said he wrote the scene by channeling his sister after a bout of writer's block. Theres a restaurant called Mariners out on Sibley Lake, and every night Dolly, her assistant, the guy who did her hair, and her bodyguard went to dinner there. Robert Harling reveals: 'Susan died in the fall of 1985. Harling ended up writing the play truly becauseall he wanted to do was have somebody remember her, particularly her two-year-old son who may have no recollection of her in the future. Anywhere you point the camera youre going to frame a good shot. Somebody had told Elizabeth Taylor that MLynn was the perfect role for her, and when word got out that she was coming, they had to shut the street. Wiki User. If you dont tell them, I will.. The film is a film adaptation of Robert Harling 's 1987 play of the same name about the bond a group of women share in a small-town Southern community, and how they cope with the death of one of their own. He TRULY loved that woman! Such a saga of strength and tolerance had gone on, and I kept saying, This kid wont know anything about it. I wasnt a writer, so I fought that demon for a while and then one day I said, Why not? Id planned to write a short story, and I was a couple of pages into it when I realized I wasnt capturing the way these women talked. Harling said that he was particularly touched by one email from a fan of the movie, who was inspired to donate his kidney to a neighbor in need. 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. Add to your scrapbook. The 32 year old Susan left behind her husband Dr Pat Robinson and their two-year-old son Robert after years of battling diabetes. It is the image of a small, blonde-haired all-American boy beaming in the Easter sunshine that flashes up at the end of Hollywood classic Steel Magnolias and stays with you long after the credits have rolled. And shes the only one who didnt sweat. . Complications ensued. Robert Harling reveals: 'Susan died in the fall of 1985. It sounds like something her granddaddy might have called her as a kid. I had the pleasure and honor of not only touring all the filming sites but spending an afternoon with Margaret and Robert Harling talking about Susan. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. They had to start bringing in all these people and all this equipment to this little tiny place. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. 10. Ray called and said, Olympias doing Clairee. I knew Olympia from her work in New York theater, so I knew she could do anything, but I was worried that she wasnt Southern. They think I'm really cool. It was the only time Id ever seen Kathy get riled at me. Harling's work, with elements of tragedy and comedy, was inspired by the playwright's hometown of Natchitoches and the death of his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, in 1985 due to complications from diabetes. . If there is one moment of joy to be gained out of this experience, you cannot deny them that. 2007-2023 Garden & Gun Magazine LLC. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? The family has taken care never to burden Susans son Robert with the legacy of Steel Magnolias, mainly on the behest of Margaret, who died aged 90 last summer. She would look through their scrapbooks and dad would cook hamburgers. This is a carousel with slides. It was not even until his 20s that Robert heard his mothers voice after a family member put together a reel of home movies. Thats all I wanted, for him to know who his mother was.. The rest of us were always complaining. "I said, 'What would Susan do?' 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. I realised, 'okay, this kid doesn't remember his mom.. but he does know it took the biggest star in the world to play her'. BW is cooking her way through La. You look forward to seeing more of this story another day. Glad u enjoyed your trip too! In true Steel Magnolia fashion she rolled with it, she asked me if she could read it and we went back to the hotel and I would walk past the door and she was just sobbing and sobbing and sobbing. Its the kind of humor that would sear through treacle. Once again, thank you for sharing this beautiful town and story with us. Its honest all the way down. She was one of the great goddesses of cinema [Hannah had already starred in, All that was left was Shelby. As you might recall, both the water heater and the refrigerator went out the day before my scheduled trip to Captains Weekend at Cabelas in Gonzales, LA. My mom and dad had their own kind of come-to-Jesus moments with all this stuff. The restaurant was sold out for the duration. ROBERT HARLING Its like the line There is no such thing as natural beauty. That was something somebody said who sold makeup in Natchitoches. Susan was diagnosed with diabetes when she 12 and said well, this isnt going to stop me, according to Robert. 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. In a lot of ways, they talked in bumper stickers, he recalls. You cant inherit that disease and its no contagious. However, there are moments that were dramatized for the cameras, he says. It all seemed too intimate, too cozy for me to just drive up in there. My son is a T1 diabetic. The rich history of this town is filled with amazing women noted for their strength, courage, and purpose. 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. What people dont understand is that its honest even below what they see as a story. While a student at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, he sang with a big band and performed in summer community theater. Be sure to SHARE this article if you love the play and film, Steel Magnolias! Later I thought, This play needs to be somewhere there can be no men, which was, of course, the beauty parlor, and I started putting the characters together. But Harling said one of the film's stars, MacLaine, helped him realize that no one's really gone. and there she was. How lovely a person she was. If its going to air, Ill let you know. I grew up very near the Red River, but had never fished it before. "I wrote him back and I said, 'Save your toast to me. It takes your breath away how quick they are. The film, shot entirely on location in Natchitoches in the summer of 1988, celebrates the strength and indomitable spirit of Southern women. BW, 7th Annual Grand Isle Ladies' Fishing Rodeo. 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 the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Manhattan, where it ran almost three years. This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Steel Magnolias, a play Robert Harling wrote just months after his sister, Susan, died of complications from diabetes. ROBERT HARLING Julia was so eager to have the stamp of approval from Mama and Daddy to play their daughter. 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. She said, Oh, yes! Its autoimmune disease that kills the insulin making parts that help break carbohydrates. Score: 4.2/5 (2 votes) . TRISTAR PICTURES ROBERT HARLING I had two dear friends, Kathy and Michael Weller. Harling didnt want to use real names, so he gave the character based on his mother the name of a close friend from Alabama, who was called MLynn. Ray said, You know what, weve got a lot of Oscar winners and stars. The play and beloved movie "Steel . What happened to Susan Harling Robinson husband? To get more in-depth on the story, Susan had been wanting to have children, but doctors told her that she could potentially jeopardize her health as she was dealing with type 1 diabetes. Learn more about merges. As the years have gone by, there are a lot of lines that get quoted back to me. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Lee Radziwill, who had just started dating Herbert, said, Shes it. in the early quiet morning on Saturday . Afterward, I said, Mom, well just kill it, I cant put you through this. And she said, Its wonderful because its true. She just closed it and that was it, end of topic. 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. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. So I started writing in dialogue form. Harling will be attending an upcoming Atlanta production of the play, which will be the first time the write will see the work since he's lost all the women who inspired the play and movie. Isnt this just crazy fun? ', It was beyond a dream that Steel Magnolias would be turned into a Hollywood movie. The play came out at breakneck speed and had its first production in February 1987. In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Robert reveals: Susan died in the fall of 1985. We were basically grieving with the world. 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.. A friend had advised Harling to write down the story as a way to come to terms with everything that had happened. The magnolia specifically references . 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. Im glad you had a great trip, Cuz. I dont get their show down here, but they put everything on their YouTube channel. Now comes the true metaphor behind Steel Magnolia.What does it mean? Not every diabetic is the same, but because of her particular condition, the doctors were concerned that carrying a child would affect her. Theres a line about the sweet magnolia that originally had been steel magnolia, and she played it for my parents as she was writing it. I couldnt imagine it. Harlings mother donated one of her kidneys, but in the end, the transplant couldnt save her daughter. It was never like any of us thought we were doing jokes. You think of this flower that is so delicate and has to be handled with care, but is actually made of much stronger stuff.. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Welcome, Wendy, and thanks for sharing. "That hit me like a ton of bricks," Harling said. A peaceful fountain forms the centerpiece of the park, with benches placed around for silent meditation. They werent looking to make money, they wanted to support the continuation of the saga. And that was it. With nothing but the knowledge that it was on the corner of Cypress and something, I headed out with camera in hand early Saturday morning before the group field trip to the USFWS fish hatchery. 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. 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. Im not a hairdresser. Showing a strength and love equal to Susans determination for a normal life, Susans mother Margaret donated one of her kidneys. It has a sense of history you could never capture in Pasadena. Nobody could sit through the actual health dilemmas that my sister went through. Robert had a cameo, playing the minister who marries Shelby, and he gives a fascinating insight into how Julia Roberts came to join the stellar cast. Also, What happened to Susan Harling Robinson husband? She underwent a kidney transplant from her mother, which did little to help her case. 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. Family members linked to this person will appear here. She was a real-life force just like the character of Shelby, says Robert: She was just all the things that Shelby is stubborn and wonderful. The park was dedicated to her after I was there but it is my motivation to come back to see it. Stark had made the hit The Way We Were, and the plays hed made into movies included Funny Girl and Chapter Two. Its a very Republican area of the country, but there were some people who put Dukakis signs in their yard just to be neighborly. The default was not to break down, the default was to change the conversation or lift it somehow. It was about her fight with diabetes and her death . TOM WHITEHEAD They all lived life locally. Im leaving. Thank God it didnt stick. ROBERT HARLING Just after my dinner with Herbert, Olympia Dukakis won the Oscar for Moonstruck. Sadly, the transplant didnt work. She will jump at the chance to wear a bad wig and glasses., All that was left was Shelby. And it is clear that the bonds that have kept Susan tied closely to Robert all these years are still as tight as ever. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. So, I parked beside the fabulous plantation home and walked back a half block to the park at the corner. Pat, my ex-brother-in-law, he remarried five or six months after her death and the first time I heard my nephew call this other woman mama was when I said No Susan cant disappear' Robert Harling. See answer (1) Copy. They were saying things like, You know this would be a lot better if she had just put a little white pepper in it. And I thought, This is very interesting. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. I put money into it and Connie Shulman [the actress who played Annelle] did, and Bobbys family did too. "She would do something completely inappropriate and totally out of the box. It was right on Front St. in a long row of Spanish-influenced buildings with wrought-iron balconiesa picturesque setting. A bit of irony that Susan should be in Shreveport and you just across the river all those years ago. April/May 2017. illustration: Steve Brodner. June 19, 1923 - July 29, 2019. Never one to drink much but coffee in the morning, but not wanting to hurt his feelings, I said sureanything. But you never know how people are going to react having that kind of personal information up there onstage. The one thing she couldnt ever abide and the only thing that made her cry, she once told me, is when someone couldnt accept what life had given them, they couldnt accept death, they couldnt accept how their life was going. This beautiful setting is among the first images seen in STEEL MAGNOLIAS, the true story of Susan Harling Robinson who inspired both the movie and the play upon which it was based. We did a reading of it at a small off-Broadway theater, the WPA, which had an amazing reputationLittle Shop of Horrors started there. The 32 year old Susan left behind her husband Dr Pat Robinson and their two-year-old son Robert after years of battling diabetes. The Oscar winner was the last to be hired and Robert reveals the role was originally offered to Meg Ryan however, on the day they offered her the part, she won the lead in When Harry Met Sally. Harling grew up in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the oldest settlement from the Louisiana Purchase, with two younger siblings. After the play had some success and everybody from Natchitoches went up to New York to see it, I was really worried because Ouisers such a crotchety old curmudgeon. "We were completely thrown back because we thought we were doing a drama. We were all tested, said Robert, but my mother said the buck stops here, she was going to do it, she had to be there for Susan, thats the way my mother was. 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