Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, movie director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His mother was a Slovak; his father was a Jew who had one parent from Hungary and the other from Poland. He considered himself Jewish and would have been accepted as one by other Jewish movements.[1]
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| Born | Paul Leonard Newman January 26, 1925 |
| Died | September 26, 2008 (aged 83) Westport, Connecticut, US |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 1949–2007 |
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| Children | 6 |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/branch |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Rank |  Petty Officer Third Class |
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| Awards |  Navy Good Conduct Medal |
He was known especially for the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He played Butch Cassidy in the movie. He was married to actress Joanne Woodward. He died of lung cancer in 2008.
Retirement
Newman retired from acting in May 2007. He said "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me."[2]
He came out of retirement to narrate the 2007 documentary movie Dale, about the life of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt. He also narrated the 2008 BBC documentary Meerkats: The Movie. It was recorded at a studio near his home shortly before his death. The Meerkats was the last movie credit of Newman's long career.[3]
Paul Newman Media
United States Navy photograph of Newman
Original studio publicity photo of Paul Newman. See also: film still article.
Newman in The Hustler (1961)
Newman on the set of Once Upon a Wheel (1971)
Newman (left) and director George Roy Hill on the set of Slap Shot in 1976
Newman at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
Newman with second wife actress Joanne Woodward in a publicity photograph for the 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer
en:Paul Newman visiting Carnation, Washington in June 2007
Newman at a political rally for Eugene McCarthy in 1968
References
- ↑ "www.time.com". Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ↑ "Paul Newman quits films after stellar career" Archived 2012-09-04 at Archive.today, News.com.au. May 27, 2007. Hollywood star Newman to retire, bbc.co.uk, May 27, 2007.
- ↑ "French film festival to show Paul Newman's last work". Enjoy France News. 2008-10-06. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2016-05-15.