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Birth Name: Paul Leonard Newman

Born: 23 January 1925 Died: 26 September 2008

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 10"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Joanne Woodward

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Paul Newman - A Gentleman With Baby Blue Eyes

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Paul Newman Tribute

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✦ long live paul newman | a tribute to his films ✦

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Description: Screen 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. His father was Jewish. His mother, who practiced Christian Science, was from a Slovak Catholic family. Paul identified himself as Jewish. 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 Screen 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. His father was Jewish. His mother, who practiced Christian Science, was from a Slovak Catholic family. Paul identified himself as Jewish. 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. ... (more)

Tags: Actor (40), Jewish (16), Jew (15), Hebrew (15), American (12), Oscar Winner (10), Born 1925 (8), Male (8), Most Beautiful Men On Earth (7), Blue Eyes (7), Deceased (6), Legend (6), Lung Cancer (4), Handsome (4), Democrat (4), Talented (4), Died Aged 83 (4), Died 2008 (3), Inspirational (3), Aquarius (3)

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Movies

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1. Cars (2006)

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6.4

3457 Watched

2. Road to Perdition (2002)

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3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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7.9

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4. The Sting (1973)

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5. Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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1. The Simpsons (1989)

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7.8

5905 Watched

2. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

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6.1

448 Watched

3. Entertainment Tonight (1981)

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5.8

356 Watched

4. Late Show with David Letterman (1993)

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7.1

314 Watched

5. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)

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5.4

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1. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)

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2. Rachel, Rachel

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3. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1973)

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4. The Glass Menagerie (1987)

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5. Harry & Son

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1. Harry & Son

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Books

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1. A History of Terror: Fear and Dread Through the Ages

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2. Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good: The Madcap Business Adventure by the Truly Odd (2003)

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3. Cradle Will Rock: The Movie and the Moment (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) (1999)

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4. Newman's Own Cookbook

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5. In Pursuit of the Common Good: Twenty-Five Years of Improving the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressin (2008)

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