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Paul Newman has the unbelievable love story together with his second spouse Joanne Woodward on show within the new, six-part documentary The Final Film Stars. The HBO movie, directed by Ethan Hawke, takes an in depth take a look at the Hollywood legends’ relationship that lasted half a century. “I fell extra in love with them as I did it,” Hawke informed Turner Traditional Films host Ben Mankiewicz, per CBS Information. “And the extra you care about them, the extra you wish to do the story justice.”
Whereas Paul grew to become a matinee idol together with his iconic roles in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Child, The Hustler and Cat on a Sizzling Tin Roof, it was his enduring marriage with Joanna that piqued followers’ curiosity because it broke the usual for Tinseltown {couples}. Nonetheless, earlier than he may name Joanne his spouse, he wanted to finish his first marriage to Jackie Witte. Discover out extra about these superb ladies who stole the late heartthrob’s coronary heart, beneath.
Jackie Witte
Paul was born on January 26, 1925, in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Ohio College for a bit, he enlisted within the Navy, the place he served as a radio operator in World Conflict II. After his duties, he returned house and married his first spouse, Jackie, on December 27, 1949. The couple had been each actors and labored on their craft earlier than welcoming son Scott in 1950, daughter Susan in 1953 and one other daughter named Stephanie a 12 months later.
Whereas struggling to search out work to start with of his profession, Paul ultimately struck gold when he landed a couple of roles on Broadway. One among his first, gigging as an understudy on Picnic, was the place he first met Joanne, additionally an actress. Their love affair would in the end result in Paul and Jackie getting a divorce in 1958.
Joanne Woodward
Born on February 27, 1930 in Georgia, Joanne would go on to review appearing at Louisiana State College earlier than transferring to New York Metropolis the place she would proceed her schooling on the Actor’s Studio. She quickly grew to become a darling of the small display screen, appearing in such TV productions because the Goodyear Playhouse and Hitchcock Presents. Her stellar abilities transferred over to movie, the place she astounded audiences and critics alike for portraying a girl with a number of personalities in 1957’s The Three Faces of Eve. The position would garner Joanne an Academy Award for Greatest Actress, which she was nominated for 3 extra instances.
After Paul’s divorce from Jackie was finalized, he and Joanne married on January 29, 1958. The couple would go on to star collectively in quite a lot of movies, starting with the drama The Lengthy Sizzling Summer season. Others included Rally ‘Around the Flag, Boys! (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), and A New Sort of Love (1963).
Throughout the peak of their careers, the ability couple welcomed three daughters collectively: Elinor Teresa “Nell” (1959), Melissa Stewart (1961), and Claire Olivia “Clea” (1965). They might defy the established order of Hollywood {couples} and stay married for 50 years till Paul’s demise from lung most cancers on September 26, 2008. Joanne at the moment resides in Westport, Connecticut.
