Editing Robert Shaw (actor) (section)

==Personal life==
Shaw was married three times and had 10 children, two of whom were adopted. His first wife was Jennifer Bourke from 1952 to 1963, with whom he had four daughters. His second wife was actress [[Mary Ure]] from 1963 to 1975, with whom he had four children. He adopted a son from his wife's previous marriage to playwright [[John Osborne]]. This marriage ended with Ure's death from an overdose. His third and final wife was Virginia Jansen from 1976 until his death in 1978, with whom he had one son; he also adopted her son from a previous relationship.<ref name=GoInterview>{{cite web |url=http://goseetalk.com/interview-composer-rob-kolar-takes-the-sonic-wheel-for-the-detour-on-tbs/ |title=Composer Rob Kolar Takes the Sonic Wheel for 'The Detour' on TBS |first=Marc |last=Ciafardini |website=goseetalk.com |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2010/music/news/brother-sister-act-is-film-fest-friendly-1118021868 |title=Brother, sister act is film fest friendly |date=17 July 2010 |access-date=25 August 2018 |first=Nick |last=Holdsworth |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media, LLC.]]}}</ref>

For the last seven years of his life, Shaw lived at Drimbawn House in [[Tourmakeady]], [[County Mayo]], Ireland.<ref name=irishtimes>{{cite news |first=Connie |last=O'Toole |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0811/1218232689497.html |title=Robert Shaw memorial unveiled in Mayo village |work=[[Irish Times]] |date=11 August 2008}}</ref> Like his father, Shaw was an alcoholic for most of his life.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/revealed-the-scottish-roots-behind-hellraiser-1129360#ewkYWxOxAvt8BEwd.97 |title=Revealed: The Scottish roots behind hellraiser Robert Shaw as Jaws hits cinemas again |first=Brian |last=McIver |date=14 June 2012 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]}}</ref>

Shaw referred to himself as a [[socialist]] during the 1976 [[Cork International Film Festival]]. "I started as a militant socialist, and I couldn't even now vote [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]] under pain of death," he elaborated in an interview later the same year, adding that "I still think I am a socialist in a way."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leland |first1=Mary |title=A Man for Most Seasons: Mary Leland talks to ROBERT SHAW, actor and writer, and one of the personalities at the recent Cork Film Festival |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/527567430 |access-date=25 May 2024 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |page=8|id={{ProQuest|527567430}} }}</ref>