Editing Paul Newman (section)

==Personal life==
=== Marriages and family ===
[[File:Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 1958 - 2.jpg|thumb|left|Newman with his second wife, actress [[Joanne Woodward]], in a publicity photograph for the 1958 film ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'']]

Newman was married twice. His first marriage was to Jackie Witte<ref name="tiscali"/> from 1949 to 1958. They had a son, [[Scott Newman (actor)|Scott]] (1950{{ndash}}1978), and two daughters, Susan (born 1953) and Stephanie Kendall (born 1954).<ref name="tiscali"/> Scott, who appeared in films including ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974), ''[[Breakheart Pass (film)|Breakheart Pass]]'' (1975), and ''[[Fraternity Row (film)|Fraternity Row]]'' (1977) died in November 1978 from a drug overdose.<ref>Clark, Hunter S. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960672,00.html?promoid=googlep Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203000232/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960672,00.html?promoid=googlep |date=December 3, 2009 }}, Time.com, February 17, 1986.</ref> Newman started the Scott Newman Center for [[drug abuse]] prevention in memory of his son.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990125103057/http://www.scottnewmancenter.org/ ''Welcome'']}}, scottnewmancenter.org; accessed October 21, 2015.</ref> Susan is a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist, and has Broadway and screen credits, including a starring role as one of four Beatles fans in ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'' (1978), and also a small role opposite her father in ''Slap Shot''. She also received an Emmy nomination as co-producer of his telefilm, ''The Shadow Box''.

Newman met actress Joanne Woodward in 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|title=The Truth Behind Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's Enviable Marriage|date=August 22, 2017|website=[[Country Living]]|access-date=September 18, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916055845/https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> on the production of ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-224-523-view-hollywood-cinecitta-stars-profile-joanne-woodward-paul-newman.html|title=Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman|last=The Red List|website=theredlist.com|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093108/https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-224-523-view-hollywood-cinecitta-stars-profile-joanne-woodward-paul-newman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was Newman's debut; Woodward was an understudy.<ref>{{IBDB title|2220|Picnic|description=(1953–1954)}}</ref> Shortly after filming ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' in 1957, he divorced Witte to marry Woodward. The Newmans moved to East 11th Street in Manhattan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/married-american-actors-paul-newman-and-joanne-woodward-news-photo/83146958|title=Photo: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at Home|website=[[Getty Images]]|date=October 6, 2008|quote=... Paul Newman ... and Joanne Woodward ... in their 11th Street home ...|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806033723/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/married-american-actors-paul-newman-and-joanne-woodward-news-photo/83146958|url-status=live}}</ref> before buying a home and raising their family in [[Westport, Connecticut]]. They were one of the first Hollywood movie star couples to choose to raise their families outside California.<ref name=nydaily/> They remained married for 50 years until his death in 2008.<ref>[https://people.com/celebrity/remembering-paul-newman/ "Remembering Paul Newman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093009/https://people.com/celebrity/remembering-paul-newman/ |date=September 16, 2018 }}, People.com, September 27, 2008.</ref> Woodward has said "He's very good looking and very sexy and all of those things, but all of that goes out the window and what is finally left is, if you can make somebody laugh... And he sure does keep me laughing." Newman has attributed their relationship success to "some combination of lust and respect and patience. And determination."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|title=The Truth Behind Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's Enviable Marriage|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916055845/https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>

They had three daughters: [[Nell Newman|Elinor "Nell" Teresa]] (b. 1959), [[Melissa Newman|Melissa "Lissy" Stewart]] (b. 1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (b. 1965). Newman was well known for his devotion to his wife and family. When once asked about his reputation for fidelity, he famously quipped, "Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?" He also said that he never met anyone who had as much to lose as he did. In his profile on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', he admitted he once left Woodward after a fight, walked around the outside of the house, knocked on the front door and explained to Joanne he had nowhere to go.<ref name=nydaily>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/03/13/2008-03-13_concern_about_paul_newmans_health.html|title=Concern about Paul Newman's health|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=March 12, 2008|access-date=July 23, 2008|archive-date=September 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915084600/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/03/13/2008-03-13_concern_about_paul_newmans_health.html|url-status=live}}</ref><!--<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/08/familyandrelationships5|title=It's an age-old quandary&nbsp;– why do men, like dogs, stray?|work=The Guardian|date=October 8, 2006|access-date=July 23, 2008|location=London|first=Barbara|last=Ellen}}</ref> --> Newman directed Nell alongside her mother in the films ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]'' and ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (film)|The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]''. Newman and Woodward also acted as mentors to [[Allison Janney]]. They met her while she was a freshman at [[Kenyon College]] during a play Newman was directing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russespinoza/2018/02/18/why-oscar-nominee-allison-janney-never-cashed-in-her-favor-from-paul-newman/|title=Why Allison Janney Never Cashed In Her Favor From Paul Newman|work=Forbes|access-date=June 16, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616145309/https://www.forbes.com/sites/russespinoza/2018/02/18/why-oscar-nominee-allison-janney-never-cashed-in-her-favor-from-paul-newman/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Paul Newman in Carnation, Washington June 2007 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Newman in 2007]]
Film critic [[Shawn Levy (writer)|Shawn Levy]], in his biography ''Paul Newman: A Life'' (2009), alleged that Newman had an affair in the late 1960s with divorcée Nancy Bacon, a Hollywood journalist, that lasted one and a half years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5262240/Paul-Newman-was-a-drunk-adulterer-according-to-new-book.html|title=Paul Newman was a drunk adulterer, according to new book|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|last=Nikkhah|first=Roya|date=May 2, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605095245/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5262240/Paul-Newman-was-a-drunk-adulterer-according-to-new-book.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/book-details-paul-newmans-charmed-and-charming-life/2469147/|title=Book details Paul Newman's charmed, and charming, 'Life'|work=USA Today|date=May 4, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605100922/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/book-details-paul-newmans-charmed-and-charming-life/2469147/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an article in the ''[[Irish Independent]]'', which stated also that Levy's claims "caused outrage" and were widely considered "an attempt to sully the image of a revered cinematic legend and committed philanthropist", the affair was reportedly denied by a friend of Newman's wife, Joanne, who said she was upset by the claim. Levy criticised the tabloid newspaper, the ''[[New York Post]]'', which had a long-standing feud with Newman,<ref name="digiacomo200412">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print|title=The Gossip Behind the Gossip|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 2004|access-date=September 13, 2011|author=DiGiaomo, Frank|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929173432/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print|archive-date=September 29, 2011|quote=Susan Mulcahy: 'There were certain people, like Paul Newman, who were not allowed to be mentioned in the paper at all. They were not even allowed to mention him in the television listings.'}}</ref> for focusing on and emphasizing this aspect of his biography.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-assassination-of-saint-paul-26534532.html|title=The assassination of 'Saint Paul'|work=[[Irish Independent]]|last=Palmer|first=Caitriona|date=May 9, 2009|access-date=June 23, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623222601/https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-assassination-of-saint-paul-26534532.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

He and Woodward were the subject of a 2022 [[docuseries]] by [[Ethan Hawke]], ''[[The Last Movie Stars]]'', which was broadcast on [[HBO Max]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bramesco|first=Charles|date=July 25, 2022|title=The Last Movie Stars: Ethan Hawke pays a complex tribute to his idols|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/25/the-last-movie-stars-ethan-hawke-pays-a-complex-tribute-to-his-idols|access-date=August 1, 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The docuseries was based upon tapes compiled by his friend, [[Stewart Stern]], for a memoir that Newman abandoned but which was published in 2022 as ''The Extraordinary Life of An Ordinary Man.''{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=ix-xii}} [[Laura Linney]] voiced Woodward and [[George Clooney]] voiced Newman.

=== Jewish identity ===
Even though Newman followed the pluralistic [[Unitarian Universalism]] movement as an adult, he called himself a Jew, "because it's more of a challenge".<ref name="time">Skow, John. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923114-5,00.html "Verdict on a Superstar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222231216/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923114-5,00.html|date=December 22, 2010}}. [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']]. December 6, 1982.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Alan Pergament|title='The Last Movie Stars' is a creative and revealing portrait of Newman and Woodward|newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]|url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/television/alan-pergament-the-last-movie-stars-is-a-creative-and-revealing-portrait-of-newman-and/article_68bf85be-036f-11ed-b1fa-eb3d4aa57d6e.html|access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref> When he applied to Kenyon College after the Navy he gave his religion as "[[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]]", but apart from that he did not deny that he was Jewish.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=32}} He recounted in his posthumous memoirs having a "strong sense of otherness" as a youth because he was half-Jewish.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=31}} His heritage "got in the way of my sitting at the 'A' table, which was important to me," but he received no instruction on his Jewish heritage. He only knew that "if you were Jewish, some avenues were shut to you," and that "hurt me and my brother a great deal."{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=31-32}} Newman deflected the pain with humor, sometimes doing Yiddish voices "for laughs." He was excluded from a high school fraternity because he was Jewish, and got into a "bloody fight" in the Navy because a sailor used an anti-Semitic slur.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=32}} A family friend recounted that the "stigma" of being Jewish was strong in Shaker Heights at the time. "Paul didn't seem Jewish at all, but he paid a price, he had a rough time."{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=34-35}}

After he began appearing in films, Newman made a point of not changing his name. When he was being considered for the role of Terry Malloy in ''[[On the Waterfront]]'', producer [[Sam Spiegel]] asked him to "get rid of 'Paul Newman'". Newman's response to Spiegel was, "What do you want me to change it to, 'S.P. Ewman'?"{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=33}}

=== Illness and death ===
Newman was scheduled to make his professional stage directing debut with the [[Westport Country Playhouse]]'s 2008 production of [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men]]'', but he stepped down on May 23, 2008, citing his health concerns.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118076.html|title=Citing Health, Newman Steps Down as Director of Westport's ''Of Mice and Men''|date=May 23, 2008|access-date=June 15, 2008|magazine=[[Playbill]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629080101/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118076.html|archive-date=June 29, 2008}}</ref>

In June 2008, it was widely reported in the press that he had been diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] and was receiving treatment for the condition at the [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] in New York City.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23833842-5001026,00.html "Paul Newman has cancer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610184341/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23833842-5001026,00.html |date=June 10, 2008 }}, ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', Sydney, June 9, 2008.</ref> [[A. E. Hotchner]], who partnered in the 1980s with Newman to start [[Newman's Own]], told the Associated Press in an interview in mid-2008 that Newman had told him about being afflicted with the disease about 18 months earlier.<ref>Christoffersen, John. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/longtime-friend-paul-newman-has-cancer/ "Longtime friend: Paul Newman has cancer"], cbsnews.com, June 11, 2008.</ref> Newman's spokesman told the press that the star was "doing nicely", but neither confirmed nor denied that he had lung cancer.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7447668.stm "Newman says he is 'doing nicely'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312073144/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7447668.stm |date=March 12, 2012 }}, bbc.co.uk, June 11, 2008.</ref> Newman was a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life until he quit in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcentral.com/article/paul-newman-dies-of-lung-cancer|title=Paul Newman Dies of Lung Cancer – Lung Cancer &#124; HealthCentral|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006125352/https://www.healthcentral.com/article/paul-newman-dies-of-lung-cancer|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newman died at his home in Westport, Connecticut, on the morning of September 26, 2008, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28newman.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=Paul Newman, a Magnetic Titan of Hollywood, Is Dead at 83|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|author-link=Aljean Harmetz|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 27, 2008|access-date=December 26, 2020|quote=Paul Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars, died Friday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 83.|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417202442/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28newman.html?searchResultPosition=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/film-icon-paul-newman-dies-at-83-1117993013/|title=Film icon Paul Newman dies at 83|last1=Natale|first1=Richard|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 27, 2008|access-date=December 26, 2020|quote=Paul Newman, the Academy Award-winning star, activist, racecar driver and salad dressing impresario, died Friday at his home near Westport, Conn., after a long battle with cancer. He was 83.|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065609/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/film-icon-paul-newman-dies-at-83-1117993013/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was [[cremation|cremated]] after a private funeral service.<ref>Hodge, Lisa. [http://www.ahlanlive.com/7128-paul-newmans-funeral "Legend laid to rest in private family ceremony"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004073447/http://www.ahlanlive.com/7128-paul-newmans-funeral |date=October 4, 2008 }}, ahlanlive.com; retrieved October 11, 2008.</ref>