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== Personal life == Holm was married four times:<ref name=holm>{{cite book |last=Holm |first=Ian |author2=Jacobi, Steven |title=Acting my Life |pages=220, 224, 313ff |location=London |publisher=Bantam Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-593-05214-3}}</ref> to Lynn Mary Shaw in 1955 (divorced 1965); to Sophie Baker in 1982 (divorced 1986); to the actress [[Penelope Wilton]], in [[Wiltshire]], in 1991 (divorced 2002); and to the artist Sophie de Stempel in 2003. He had five children.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="Telegraph Obit">{{Cite news |author=Telegraph Obituaries |date=19 June 2020 |title=Sir Ian Holm, gifted actor whose many films included Alien and The Lord of the Rings – obituary |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/06/19/sir-ian-holm-gifted-actor-whose-many-films-included-alien-lord/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620112745/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/06/19/sir-ian-holm-gifted-actor-whose-many-films-included-alien-lord/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Holm and Wilton appeared together in the BBC miniseries ''[[The Borrowers (miniseries)|The Borrowers]]'' (1993). His last wife, Sophie de Stempel, was a protégée and a [[Model (art)|life model]] of [[Lucian Freud]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Portrait of the actor and his fourth wife |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/02/07/dp0701.xml |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 February 2004 |access-date=14 July 2008 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040630191135/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2004%2F02%2F07%2Fdp0701.xml |archive-date=30 June 2004}}</ref> and an artist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sophie De Stempel |url=https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/sophie-de-stempel/ |publisher=[[Royal Drawing School]] |access-date=26 January 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126201732/https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/sophie-de-stempel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] in [[1989 Birthday Honours|1989]] by [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name="BFI Holm Obit">{{Cite web |title=Ian Holm obituary: an actor of many facets |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/ian-holm-obituary-actor-many-facets |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=BFI |date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214061357/https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/ian-holm-obituary-actor-many-facets |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC Obit">{{cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=Sir Ian Holm: Lord of the Rings and Alien star dies aged 88 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |access-date=7 February 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222040343/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |url-status=live }}</ref> Holm was treated for [[prostate cancer]] in 2001.<ref name=holm/> He was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in 2007.<ref name="Variety obit">{{cite web |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=19 June 2020 |title=Ian Holm, Shakespearean Actor Who Played Bilbo Baggins, Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/ian-holm-dead-bilbo-baggins-lord-of-the-rings-1234642549/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=Variety |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619143304/https://variety.com/2020/film/global/ian-holm-dead-bilbo-baggins-lord-of-the-rings-1234642549/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC obit">{{cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian Holm dies aged 88 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619124429/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Steeple Times">{{cite web |date=27 May 2019 |title=True Crime Stories: Baroness de Stempel (and family) |url=https://www.thesteepletimes.com/movers-shakers/true-crime-stories-baroness-de-stempel-and-family/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |website=The Steeple Times |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612092158/https://www.thesteepletimes.com/movers-shakers/true-crime-stories-baroness-de-stempel-and-family/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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