The Paul Newman Handbook - Everything you need to know about Paul Newman

Shelia Risley

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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards.

He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.

This book is your ultimate resource for Paul Newman. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career, Personal life, and Filmography right away: List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman, The Meerkats, Dale (film), Cars (film), Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, Empire Falls (miniseries), Our Town (2003 film), Road to Perdition, The Blunder Years, Where the Money Is, Message in a Bottle (film), Twilight (1998 film), Nobody's Fool (1994 film), The Hudsucker Proxy, La Classe américaine, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Blaze (film), Fat Man and Little Boy, The Color of Money, Harry & Son, The Verdict, Absence of Malice, Fort Apache, The Bronx, When Time Ran Out, Quintet (film), Slap Shot (film), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, Silent Movie, The Drowning Pool (film), The Towering Inferno, The Sting, The Mackintosh Man, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Pocket Money, Once Upon a Wheel (1971 TV program), Sometimes a Great Notion (film), WUSA (film), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Winning, The Secret War of Harry Frigg, Cool Hand Luke, Hombre (film), Torn Curtain, Harper (film), Lady L, The Outrage, What a Way to Go!, The Prize (film), A New Kind of Love, Hud (film), Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, Sweet Bird of Youth, Paris Blues, The Hustler (film), Exodus (film), From the Terrace, The Young Philadelphians, Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (film), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film), The Left Handed Gun, The Long, Hot Summer, Until They Sail, The Helen Morgan Story, The Rack (film), Somebody Up There Likes Me (film), Our Town (Producer's Showcase), The Silver Chalice (film)

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486434794
• Langue: English
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Contents Articles Paul Newman List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman The Meerkats Dale (film) Cars (film) Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Empire Falls (miniseries) Our Town (2003 film) Road to Perdition The Blunder Years Where the Money Is Message in a Bottle (film) Twilight (1998 film) Nobody's Fool (1994 film) The Hudsucker Proxy La Classe américaine Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Blaze (film) Fat Man and Little Boy The Color of Money Harry & Son The Verdict Absence of Malice Fort Apache, The Bronx When Time Ran Out Quintet (film) Slap Shot (film) Buffalo Bill and the Indians Silent Movie The Drowning Pool (film) The Towering Inferno The Sting The Mackintosh Man The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

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Pocket Money Once Upon a Wheel (1971 TV program) Sometimes a Great Notion (film) WUSA (film) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Winning The Secret War of Harry Frigg Cool Hand Luke Hombre (film) Torn Curtain Harper (film) Lady L The Outrage What a Way to Go! The Prize (film) A New Kind of Love Hud (film) Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Sweet Bird of Youth Paris Blues The Hustler (film) Exodus (film) From the Terrace The Young Philadelphians Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film) The Left Handed Gun The Long, Hot Summer Until They Sail The Helen Morgan Story The Rack (film) Somebody Up There Likes Me (film) Our Town (Producer's Showcase) The Silver Chalice (film) References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Paul Newman Paul Newman

Born

Paul Newman

Paul Newman in 2007.

Paul Leonard Newman January 26, 1925 Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.

D ied September 26, 2008 (aged 83) Westport, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation Actor, director, humanitarian, entrepreneur Yearsactive 1952 – 2007 Sp ouse Jackie Witte (1949–1958) (divorced) Joanne Woodward (1958–death)2008) (his

[1] [2] [3] Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925– September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for [4] best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese filmThe Color of Moneyand eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and [5] [5] royalties to charity. As of August 2010, these donations had exceeded US $300 million.

Early life Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), the son of Theresa (née Fetzer or Fetsko; [6] [7] [8] [9] Slovak:Terézia FeckováArthur Samuel Newman, who ran a profitable sporting goods store.) and [9] Newman's father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Poland and Hungary; Newman's mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Roman Catholic family atPtičiePticsie) in the former (formerly [7] [10] [11] [12] Austria–Hungary (now in Slovakia). Newman had no religion as an adult, but described himself as "a [13] Jew", stating that "it's more of a challenge". Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and [14] his brother, Arthur, who later became a producer and production manager. Newman showed an early interest in the theater, which his mother encouraged. At the age of seven, he made his acting debut, playing the court jester in a school production ofRobin Hood. Graduating from Shaker Heights High School in 1943, he briefly attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he was initiated into the Phi Kappa Tau [14] fraternity.

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Paul Newman 2 Military service [14] Newman served in the United States Navy in World War II in the Pacific theater. Newman enrolled in the Navy V-12 program at Ohio University, hoping to be accepted for pilot training, but was dropped when it was discovered [14] [15] he was color blind. He was sent instead to boot camp and then received further training as a radioman and gunner. Qualifying as a rear-seat radioman and gunner in torpedo bombers, in 1944, Aviation Radioman Third Class Newman was sent to Barber's Point, Hawaii. He was subsequently assigned to Pacific-based replacement torpedo squadrons (VT-98, VT-99, and VT-100). These torpedo squadrons were responsible primarily for training [15] replacement pilots and combat air crewmen, placing particular importance on carrier landings. He later flew from aircraft carriers as a turret gunner in an Avenger torpedo bomber. As a radioman-gunner, he served aboard theUSS Bunker Hillduring the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. He was ordered to the ship with a draft of replacements shortly before the Okinawa campaign, but by a fluke of war, was h eld back because his [16] pilot had an ear infection. The rest of his detail were killed in action. [14] After the war, he completed his English degree at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, graduating in 1949. Newman later studied Drama at Yale University, graduating in 1954, and later studying under Lee Strasberg at the [14] Actors' Studio in New York City. Oscar Levant wrote that Newman initially was hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood: "Too close to the cake," [17] he reported him saying, "Also, no place to study." Career Early work Newman made his Broadway theater debut in the original production of William Inge'sPicnicwith Kim Stanley. He later appeared in the original Broadway productions ofThe Desperate HoursandSweet Bird of Youthwith Geraldine Page. He would later star in the film version ofSweet Bird of Youth, which also starred Page. His first movie for Hollywood wasThe Silver Chalice(1954), followed by acclaimed roles inSomebody Up There Likes Me(1956), as boxer Rocky Graziano;Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958), opposite Elizabeth Taylor; andThe Young Philadelphians(1959), with Barbara Rush and Robert Vaughn. However, predating all of these above was a small but notable part in an August 8, 1952 episode of the science fiction TV seriesTales of Tomorrowentitled "Ice from [18] Space", in which he played Sergeant Wilson, his first credited TV or film appearance. In February 1954, Newman appeared in a screen test with James Dean, directed by Gjon Mili, forEast of Eden (1955). Newman was testing for the role of Aron Trask, Dean for the role of Aron's fraternal twin brother Cal. Dean won his part, but Newman lost out to Richard Davalos. The same year, Newman co-starred with Eva Marie Saint and Frank Sinatra in a live—and color—television broadcast ofOur Town, a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's [19] stage play with the same name. Newman was a last-minute replacement for James Dean. In 2003, Newman acted in a remake ofOur Town, taking on the role of the stage manager. Major films Newman was one of the few actors who successfully made the transition from 1950s cinema to that of the 1960s and 1970s. His rebellious persona translated well to a subsequent generation. Newman starred inExodus(1960),The Hustler(1961),Hud(1963),Harper(1966),Hombre(1967),Cool Hand Luke(1967),The Towering Inferno(1974), Slap Shot(1977), andThe Verdict(1982). He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill forButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969) andThe Sting(1973). He appeared with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in the feature filmsThe Long, Hot Summer(1958),Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!, (1958),From the Terrace(1960),Paris Blues(1961),A New Kind of Love(1963),Winning(1969), WUSA(1970),The Drowning Pool(1975),Harry & Son(1984), andMr. and Mrs. Bridge(1990). They both also

Paul Newman 3 starred in the HBO miniseriesEmpire Falls, but did not have any scenes together. In addition to starring in and directingHarry & Son, Newman also directed four feature films (in which he did not act) starring Woodward. They wereRachel, Rachel(1968), based on Margaret Laurence'sA Jest of God, the screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds(1972), the television screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playThe Shadow Box(1980), and a screen version of Tennessee Williams'The Glass Menagerie(1987). Twenty-five years afterThe Hustler, Newman reprised his role of "Fast" Eddie Felson in the Martin Scorsese-directedThe Color of Money(1986), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He told a television interviewer that winning an Oscar at the age of 62 deprived him of his fantasy of formally being presented [20] with it in extreme old age. Last works In 2003, he appeared in a Broadway revival of Wilder'sOur Town, receiving his first Tony Award nomination for his performance. PBS and the cable network Showtime aired a taping of the production, and Newman was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie. His last screen appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the 2002 filmRoad to Perditionopposite Tom Hanks, although he continued to provide voice work for films. In 2005 at age 80, Newman was profiled alongside Robert Redford as part of the Sundance Channel's tv series [21] Iconoclasts. In keeping with his strong interest in car racing, he provided the voice of Doc Hudson, a retired race car in Disney/Pixar'sCars. Similarly, he served as narrator for the 2007 filmDale, about the life of the legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, which turned out to be Newman's final film performance in any form. Newman also provided the narration for the film documentaryThe Meerkats, released in 2008. Retirement from acting Newman announced that he would entirely retire from acting on May 25, 2007. He stated that he did not feel he could continue acting at the level he wanted to. "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, [22] [23] you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me." Philanthropy

With writer A.E. Hotchner, Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982. The brand started with salad dressing, and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, salsa, and wine, among other things. Newman established a policy that all proceeds, after taxes, would be donated to charity. As of early 2006, the [5] franchise has donated in excess of $250 million. He co-wrote a memoir about the subject with Hotchner, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good. Among other awards, Newman's Own co-sponsors the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award, a $25,000 reward designed to recognize those who protect the First Amendment as it applies to the written word. His daughter, Nell Newman, took the helm of the company with his [24] death. One beneficiary of his philanthropy is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a residential summer camp for seriously ill children, which is located in Ashford, Connecticut. Newman co-founded the camp in 1988; it was named after the gang in his filmButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969). Newman's college fraternity, Phi Kappa Tau, adopted Hole in the Wall as their "national philanthropy" in 1995. One camp has expanded to become several Hole in the [5] Wall Camps in the U.S., Ireland, France, and Israel. The camps serve 13,000 children every year, free of charge. [25] In June 1999, Newman donated $250,000 to Catholic Relief Services to aid refugees in Kosovo.

Paul Newman 4 On June 1, 2007, Kenyon College announced that Newman had donated $10 million to the school to establish a scholarship fund as part of the college's current $230 million fund-raising campaign. Newman and Woodward were [26] honorary co-chairs of a previous campaign. Paul Newman was one of the founders of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a membership organization of CEOs and corporate chairpersons committed to raising the level and quality of global corporate philanthropy. Founded in 1999 by Newman and a few leading CEOs, CECP has grown to include more than 175 members and, through annual executive convenings, extensive benchmarking research, and best practice publications, leads the business community in developing sustainable and strategic community partnerships through [27] philanthropy. Newman was named the Most Generous Celebrity of 2008 by Givingback.org. He contributed $20,857,000 for the [28] year of 2008 to the Newman's Own Foundation, which distributes funds to a variety of charities. Upon Newman's death, the Italian newspaper (a "semi-official" paper of the Holy See)L'Osservatore Romano published a notice lauding Newman's philanthropy. It also commented that "Newman was a generous heart, an actor [29] of a dignity and style rare in Hollywood quarters." Marriages and family [14] Newman was married twice. He was married to Jackie Witte from 1949 to 1958. They had a son, Scott (1950), [14] and two daughters, Susan Kendall (1953) and Stephanie. Scott Newman, who died in November 1978 from a [30] drug overdose, appeared in the filmsBreakheart Pass,The Towering Inferno, and the 1977 filmFraternity Row. [31] Paul Newman started the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention in memory of his son. Susan is a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist and has Broadway and screen credits, including a starring role as one of four Beatles fans inI Wanna Hold Your Hand(1978), and also a small role opposite her father inSlap Shot. She also received an Emmy nomination as co-producer of his telefilm,The Shadow Box. Newman had two grandsons. [32] Newman married actress Joanne Woodward on February 2, 1958. They had three daughters: Elinor "Nell" Teresa (1959), Melissa "Lissy" Stewart (1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (1965). Newman directed Elinor (stage name Nell Potts) in the central role alongside her mother in the filmThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. The Newmans lived away from the Hollywood environment, making their home in Westport, Connecticut. Paul Newman was well known for his devotion to his wife and family. When asked about infidelity, he famously quipped, [33] [34] "Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?"

Paul Newman 5 Political activism For his support of Eugene McCarthy in 1968 (and effective use of  television commercials in California) and his opposition to the War in Vietnam, Newman was placed nineteenth on Richard Nixon's enemies [35]  list, which he claimed was his greatest accomplishment.  Consistent with his work for liberal causes, Newman publicly supported Ned Lamont's candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut  Democratic Primary against Senator Joe Lieberman, and was even rumored as a candidate himself, until Lamont emerged as a credible [36]  alternative. He donated to Chris Dodd's presidential campaign.  He attended the first Earth Day event in Manhattan on April 22, 1970. Newman was also a vocal supporter of gay rights, including same-sex [37]  marriage. Newman was concerned over global warming and supported nuclear Newman at a political rally for Eugene McCarthy [38] in 1968 energy development as a solution. Auto racing Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in motorsports ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while training at the Watkins Glen Racing School for the filming ofWinning, a 1969 film. Newman's first professional event was in 1972, in Thompson, Connecticut, and he was a frequent competitor in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships. He [39] later drove in the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans in Dick Barbour's Porsche 935 and finished in second place. [40] Newman reunited with Barbour in 2000 to compete in the Petit Le Mans. 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1979 TeamsDick Barbour Racing Best finish2nd (1979) Class wins1 (1979)

From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, he drove for the Bob Sharp Racing team, racing mainly Datsuns (later rebranded as Nissans) in the Trans-Am Series. He became closely associated with the brand during the 1980s, even appearing in commercials for them. At the age of 70 years and 8 days, he became the oldest driver to be part of a [41] [42] winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona. Among his [43] last races were the Baja 1000 in 2004 and the 24 Hours of Daytona once again in 2005. Newman initially owned his own racing team, which competed in the Can-Am series, but later co-founded Newman/Haas Racing with Carl Haas, a Champ Car team, in 1983. The 1996 racing season was chronicled in the IMAX filmSuper Speedway, which Newman narrated. He was also a partner in the Atlantic Championship team Newman Wachs Racing. Newman owned a NASCAR Winston Cup car, before selling it to Penske Racing, where it now serves as the #12 car.

Newman was inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame at the national convention in Las Vegas, Nevada on February [44] 21, 2009.