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Birth Name Paul Leonard NewmanDate of Birth 26 January 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USADate of Death 26 September 2008, Westport, Connecticut USAHeight 5' 9½" (1.77 m)Spouse Joanne Woodward (29 January 1958 - present) 3 childrenJackie Witte (December 1949 - 28 January 1958) (divorced) 3 childrenTrade MarkSparkling, blue eyesHis movies often reflect his political viewsScreen legend, superstar, and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history, Paul Newman was born in 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a successful sporting goods store owner. He acted in grade school and high school plays and after being disharged from the navy in 1946 enrolled at Kenyon College. After graduation he spent a year at the Yale Drama School and then headed to New York, where he attended the famed New York Actors Studio. Classically handsome and with a super abundance of sex appeal, television parts came easily and, after his first Broadway appearance in "Picnic" (1953), he was offered a movie contract by Warner Brothers. His first film, The Silver Chalice (1954) was nearly his last. He considered his performance in this costume epic to be so bad that he took out a full-page ad in a trade paper apologizing for it to anyone who might have seen it. He fared much better in his next effort, Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), in which he portrayed boxer Rocky Graziano and drew raves from the critics for his briliant performance. He went on to become one of the top box office draws of the 1960s, starring in such superior films as The Hustler (1961), The Prize (1963), Hud (1963), Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He also produced and directed many quality films, including Rachel, Rachel (1968) in which he directed wife Joanne Woodward and which received an Oscar nomination for best picture. Nominated nine times for a best actor Oscar, he finally took one home for his performance as an aging pool shark in The Color of Money (1986). Though well into his 70s as the century drew to a close, Newman still commanded lead roles in films such as Message in a Bottle (1999). He lives with his wife in Westport, Connecticut. A caring and supremely generous man, he is the founder of "Newman's Own" a successful line of food products that has earned in excess of $100 million, every penny of which the philanthropic movie icon has donated to charity. Renowned for his sense of humor, in 1998 he quipped that he was a little embarrassed to see his salad dressing grossing more than his movies.

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HE USED TO BE ANY WOMANS DREAM

Paul Newman Only women of a certain era will fully appreciate this... True story.  (If you don't understand this, tell your mother, she'll get it!) A ...
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Trivia

Trivia Chosen by Empire magazine in 1995 as 12 in the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.Said that he burned his tuxedo on his 75th birthday because he is through with formality.Says the sound he lov...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:54:00 GMT

FILMOGRAPHY AND MORE - at time of death

Actor:2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950sMater and the Ghostlight (2006) (V) (voice) .... Doc Hudson Cars (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Doc Hudson Cars (2006) (voice) .... Doc Hudson Magnificent Des...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:56:00 GMT