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Paul Newman

Also known as Paul Leonard Newman

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, an Actor Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

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Paul Leonard Newman was an American television actor, film actor, film director, and racing automobile driver. Born in Shaker Heights on January 26, 1925, he began his work period in 1949. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Newman was educated at Kenyon College, Yale School of Drama, and Ohio University. He was married to Joanne Woodward and had two children, Scott Newman and Nell Newman.

Newman received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Theatre World Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, an Academy Award for Best Actor, an Academy Award for Best Picture, and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Newman died of lung cancer, a natural cause, in Westport on September 26, 2008. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

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Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) 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, three Golden Globe Awards,…

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Breakdown: 1975 — Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage)2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self (archive footage)2025
Paul Newman: The Restless — Self2023
Superpowered: The DC Story — Self (archive footage)2023
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé — Self (archive footage)2022
The Last Movie Stars — Self (archive footage)2022
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes — Self (archive footage)2021
kid 90 — Self (archive footage)2021
Morceaux de Cannes — Self (archive footage)2021
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story — Self (archive footage)2020

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Instance of: human
Given name: Leonard
Family name: Newman
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Shaker Heights
Place of death: Westport
Occupation: film producer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Academy Honorary Award
Participant in: 24 Hours of Le Mans
Student of: Lee Strasberg
Genre: adventure film
Sport: auto racing
Conflict: World War II
Military branch: United States Navy
Official website: newmansown.com/our-founder
Image: Paul Newman - 1958.jpg
Height: 177
Number of children: 6
Work location: United States

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Commons category: Paul Newman
date of death: 2008-09-26
date of birth: 1925-01-26
cause of death: lung cancer
nominated for: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Paul Newman
archives at: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
birth name: Paul Leonard Newman
start of work period: 1949-00-00
name in native language: Paul Newman
topic's main category: Category:Paul Newman
related category: Category:Films directed by Paul Newman
writing language: English language
end of work period: 2008-00-00

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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, an Actor Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and raised in Shaker Heights, the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, Newman showed an interest in theater as a child and at age 10 performed in a stage production of Saint George and the Dragon at the Cleveland Play House. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and economics from Kenyon College in 1949. After touring with several summer stock companies including the Belfry Players, Newman attended the Yale School of Drama for a year before studying at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg. His first starring Broadway role was in William Inge's Picnic in 1953 and his final was in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in 2003.

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