Paul Newman
Actor, Film actor
1925 – 2008
Who was Paul Newman?
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner 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, six 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 royalties to charity. As of June 2012, these donations exceeded $330 million.
Famous Quotes:
- Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1925
Shaker Heights - Also known as
- Paul Leonard Newman
- King Cool
- PL
- P.L. Neuman
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Jackie Witte
(1949/12/27 - 1958/01/28) - Joanne Woodward
(1958/02/02 - 2008/09/26)
- Jackie Witte
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Slovak American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio University
- Kenyon College
( - 1949) - Yale University
Acting - Shaker Heights High School
- Actors Studio
- Yale School of Drama
- Employment
- Newman's Own
- Lived in
- Cleveland
- Westport
- Shaker Heights
- St. George
- Died
- Sep 26, 2008
Westport
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on July 23, 2013
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