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Also Known As	Paul Leonard Newman
Born	January 26, 1925 • Cleveland • Ohio
Died	September 26, 2008 (aged 83) • Westport • Connecticut
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (1992) • Academy Award (1987) • Academy Award (1986) • Academy Award (1987): Actor in a Leading Role • Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1986) • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1984) • Emmy Award (2005): Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie • Golden Globe Award (2006): Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (2006): Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (1969): Best Director - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1968): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1966): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1964): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1957): New Star of the Year - Actor • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1994)
Notable Works	“The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds”
Notable Family Members	spouse Joanne Woodward
Married To	Joanne Woodward (married 1958) • Jacqueline Emily Witte (1949–1958)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"The Meerkats" (2008) • "Cars" (2006) • "Empire Falls" (2005) • "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) • "Road to Perdition" (2002) • "The Simpsons" (2001) • "Where the Money Is" (2000) • "Message in a Bottle" (1999) • "Twilight" (1998) • "Nobody's Fool" (1994) • "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994) • "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge" (1990) • "Blaze" (1989) • "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989) • "The Color of Money" (1986) • "Harry & Son" (1984) • "The Verdict" (1982) • "American Playhouse" (1982) • "Absence of Malice" (1981) • "Fort Apache the Bronx" (1981) • "When Time Ran Out..." (1980) • "Quintet" (1979) • "Slap Shot" (1977) • "Great Performances: Dance in America" (1976) • "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" (1976) • "Silent Movie" (1976) • "The Drowning Pool" (1975) • "The Towering Inferno" (1974) • "The Sting" (1973) • "The MacKintosh Man" (1973) • "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" (1972) • "Pocket Money" (1972) • "Sometimes a Great Notion" (1971) • "WUSA" (1970) • "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) • "Winning" (1969) • "The Secret War of Harry Frigg" (1968) • "Cool Hand Luke" (1967) • "Hombre" (1967) • "Torn Curtain" (1966) • "Harper" (1966) • "Lady L" (1965) • "The Outrage" (1964) • "What a Way to Go!" (1964) • "The Prize" (1963) • "A New Kind of Love" (1963) • "Hud" (1963) • "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" (1962) • "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962) • "Paris Blues" (1961) • "The Hustler" (1961) • "Exodus" (1960) • "From the Terrace" (1960) • "The Young Philadelphians" (1959) • "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" (1958) • "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) • "The Left Handed Gun" (1958) • "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958) • "Playhouse 90" (1958) • "Until They Sail" (1957) • "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957) • "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" (1956) • "The Rack" (1956) • "The United States Steel Hour" (1954–1956) • "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956) • "Playwrights '56" (1955) • "Producers' Showcase" (1955) • "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1955) • "Appointment with Adventure" (1955) • "The Silver Chalice" (1954) • "Danger" (1954) • "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1954) • "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1954) • "The Mask" (1954) • "The Man Behind the Badge" (1953–1954) • "The Web" (1952–1953) • "You Are There" (1953) • "Suspense" (1952) • "Tales of Tomorrow" (1952) • "The Aldrich Family" (1949)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Glass Menagerie" (1987) • "Harry & Son" (1984) • "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" (1972) • "Sometimes a Great Notion" (1971) • "Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Harry & Son" (1984)