Anne Hendricks Bass
| Anne Hendricks Bass | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anne Hendricks October 19, 1941 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Residence |
Westover Hills, Texas 960 Fifth Avenue, New York City South Kent, Connecticut |
| Education | Tudor Hall School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Vassar College |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker, philanthropist, art collector |
| Net worth | US$690 million (2000) |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Sid Bass (divorced) |
| Children |
Hyatt Bass Samantha Bass |
| Relatives | Josh Klausner (son-in-law) |
Westover Hills, Texas 960 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Anne Hendricks Bass (born October 19, 1941) is an American investor, documentary filmmaker, philanthropist and art collector. She is the former wife of billionaire oilman Sid Bass. She directed the 2010 documentary film Dancing Across Borders. She is a patron of the arts in New York City and Fort Worth, Texas.
Anne Hendricks was born on October 19, 1941 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her father was a "successful Indianapolis surgeon" and urologist. Her mother, a graduate of Vassar College, was a "golf-champion mother". She has younger sisters and a brother.
She was educated in public schools in Indianapolis until 1957, when she transferred to the Tudor Hall School for Girls, a private girls' school in Indianapolis now known as the Park Tudor School, graduating in 1959. She took ballet lessons as a child. She graduated from Vassar College in 1963, where she majored in Italian literature.
After graduation, she was an executive trainee at Bonwit Teller, where she worked as an associate buyer. She later became a contributing editor at Vogue.
Through her divorce settlement, Bass became the owner of over one million shares of The Walt Disney Company. She has been on the Forbes 400 list since 1989. She was worth an estimated US$690 million in 2000.
Bass directed Dancing Across Borders, a documentary about dance released in February 2010. The documentary shows how Bass sponsored a teenager from Cambodia to attend the School of American Ballet and become a professional ballet dancer for the Pacific Northwest Ballet. The film was shown at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan.The New York Times suggested the documentary lacked "an objective voice," as Bass was the one directing and producing a film showcasing her goodwill.
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