Robert Coburn (June 23, 1900 - 1990) was an American photographer. For three decades, he was one of the most important portrait photographers in Hollywood from the 1930s to 60s. He was well known for photographing Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard, Hedy Lamarr, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Lucille Ball, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Kim Novak. Rita Hayworth said he was her own favorite photographer and he took some of her best known photos including those for her most remembered film, "Gilda."

Beginning in 1940, he started working for Columbia for 20 years and is most associated with that studio for not only his portrait photography but also his set stills for many classic films. Some of the films he worked on include: "Vertigo", "The Birds," "Our Town", "Algiers", and "Cover Girl."

He died on July 3, 1990 in Canoga Park, California. He is burried in Los Angeles at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

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