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Famous as :
Actor, film directorBirth Name :
Paul Leonard NewmanBirth Date :
January 26, 1925Birth Place :
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USASpouse :
Jackie Witte (Dec 1949 - 1958), Joanne Woodward (actress, 29-Jan-58 - 26-Sep-08, his death)Claim to fame :
As Butch Cassidy in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969)
Biography
by AceShowbiz.com
"Absence of Malice" (1981), "The Verdict" (1982), and "Nobody's Fool' (1994) were the three films that placed him among the many nominees for an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. In addition, Newman was also once nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his action in "Road to Perdition" (2002) before he later on nominated for an Emmy Award for his lead role in a 2003 production of "Our Town".
The other appreciation received by Newman, for example chosen by Empire magazine as #12 of the 1995's 100 Sexiest Stars in film history, ranked #19 in Empire UK magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time," awarded an honorary Oscar in 1994 in recognition of his charity work, chosen by People magazine as one of the 1990's 50 Most Beautiful People in the world, and voted the 13th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Above all, this actor had become one of only two actors besides Frank Sinatra, to win an Actor Academy Award, an Humanitarian Academy Award and a Special Honorary Academy Award. By means of which he won the Best Actor Award (1986), the Humanitarian Award (1993) and a Special Award
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(1985, Lifetime Achievement Award) and Sinatra won the Best Supporting Actor Award (1953), Humanitarian Award (1970), and a Special Award (1945, Best Short Subject The House I Live In (1945)).
Beyond his movie career Newman is reported to have his own line of food products named "Newman's Own" and to run a fall "Discovery" program for inner city kids in Ashford, Connecticut. Moreover, he has also reported to marry for two times, first with Jackie Witte in December 1949 and got divorced in 1958, whereas the second one was with his present wife Joanne Woodward, whom he married since January 29, 1958. From both he has had six children, three with each. In early year of 2005 Newman has reported to safely escape from a race car testing accident at Daytona International Speedway.
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