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Paul Newman

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself on Anderson Cooper 360°
Gender:
Male
Born:
1-26-1925
Died:
9-26-2008 (Lung Cancer)
Birthplace:
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Birth Name:
Paul Leonard Newman
He was born in an affluent suburb of Cleveland called Shaker Heights. Born to parents Arthur S. Newman Sr. and Theresa Fetzer. He has one brother named Arthur.

Before he became an actor, Newman ran the family sporting goods store in Cleveland, Ohio


Allegedly at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, he was asked to leave for crashing a beer keg into the president's car.

Significant Other(s):
Wife: Joanne Woodward; married January 29, 1958 - present.
Wife: Jackie Witte; married 1949; divorced 1958.

Family:












More Father: Arthur S., sporting-goods store owner; deceased.
Mother: Theresa Fetzer; deceased.
Brother: Arthur, producer, production manager.
Son: Alan Scott; deceased at 28; mother, Jacqueline Witte.
Daughter: Stephanie; mother, Jacqueline Witte.
Daughter: Susan; mother, Jacqueline Witte.
Daughter: Elinor (aka Nell), food-sales executive; mother, Joanne Woodward.
Daughter: Melissa (aka Lissy), singer; mother Joanne Woodward.
Daughter: Claire (aka Clea); mother, Joanne Woodward.

Education:
Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland, OH.
Kenyon College in Gambier, OH; economics major.
School of Drama, Yale University.
Actors Studio in New York, NY

Awards:
1953: Theatre World Award
1956: Golden Globe: Most Promising Newcomer-Male
1958: Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor, The Long Hot Summer
1961: British Film Academy Award: Best Foreign Actor, The Hustler
1965: Golden Globe: World Film Favorite-Male
1967: Golden Globe: World Film Favorite-Male
1967: NATO Star of the Year Award; presented by the National Association of Theater Owners
1968: Producers Guild of America Award: Best Motion Picture Producer, Rachel, Rachel
1968: New York Film Critics Circle Award: Best Director, Rachel, Rachel
1968: Golden Globe: Best Director, Rachel, Rachel
1984: Cecil B DeMille Award; presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1985: Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award; shared honors with Joanne Woodward
1985: Honorary Oscar; presented "in recognition for his many memorable and compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft"
1986: National Board of Review Award: Best Actor, The Color of Money
1986: Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award
1986: Oscar: Best Actor, The Color of Money
1992: Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award
1993: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; statuette presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1994: New York Film Critics Circle Award: Best Actor, Nobody's Fool
1994: National Society of Film Critics Award: Best Actor, Nobody's Fool
1995: Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear: Best Actor, Nobody's Fool
1997: Ranked #19 in Empire (UK) magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time

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    I've personally found really difficult to pick just one word to cl@ssify him. I was very sad and sorry when I've heard about his death, even tough he was really sick. In my opinion with his death the world has lost one of the greatest man and actor of all time.. He was a star but not the kind of star that behave like they are the owner of the world.. he was a true gentleman and a great human being, one of the latest man of the Old Hollywood. His movies are all masterpieces: "The sting", "Torn Curtain", "The virdict", "Butch Cassidy" just to name a few. I'm sure he will definitely will be missed.

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    "Legend" seems like too small a word to describe Paul Newman. hide show

    Although he was one of the most recognized names and faces in the history of film entertainment, Paul Newman never fell in with the Hollywood crowd. As a profoundly personal man (he rarely ever even gave out autographs), he shunned most reporters and interviewers. Only those that he felt were a credit to their profession (Barbara Walters, Johnny Carson, etc.) ever got him to agree to an interview. His performances on stage and on film were superb and will never be equaled.

    In addition to his work as an actor, he championed so many charitable causes. His "Newman's Own" brand of consumer goods has raised over 200 million dollars for causes that Newman felt strongly about like the "Hole In The Wall" camps for gravely ill children.

    People like Mr. Newman come along once in a very long time. His passing on September 26 2008 was both a sad day in that he is no longer with us and a day to celebrate all that he accomplished in his life and the legacy he left behind.

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    Paul Newman is a true actor. You really believe that he got into acting because he loves it for what it is. You'll never see him in any tabloids and you won't hear any gossip about him. In his roles, you sense more realism than many other actor's who are considered more talented than he. Of all of his roles in all of his movies, my favorite has to be "The Color of Money."

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    Gorgeous actor since many years hide show

    It's a long time since Paul Newman became an actor and he is really one actor who set his mark in Hollywood. In more than 50 years of acting he proved in many different roles his amazing talent.
    Not many actors are able to make the development from a young hot blue-eyed youngster to a charismatic and interesting legend.

    But he is not only a Hollywood actor but also played on Broadway and worked as producer, director and writer.

    With films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" he really wrote film history and in films like "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge" he proved a good and thoughtful choice of roles he played.

    Even though today Paul Newman isn't young anymore he still kept his charm and impresses again and again with his acting performances.

    And honestly: one look in his amazing blue eyes and you just have to love him!

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