Stephanie Newman: Facts about Paul Newman’s daughter

Stephanie Newman
Paul, Joanne, and daughters (clockwise from left) Clea, Nell, Melissa, and Stephanie, in 1973. Digital Colorization by Lorna Clark; By Milton H. Greene/© 2015 ArchiveImages.com.

Stephanie Newman is the daughter of Paul Newman. Stephanie Newman’s father Paul was an American actor, film director, race car driver, and entrepreneur. Newman was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Stephanie Newman: Bio Summary

Full NameStephanie Newman
Famous asDaughter of Paul Newman
Age71 years old as of 2022
Date of Birth1951
Place of Birth  United States of America
Zodiac signUnknown
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityCaucasian
SiblingsClaire Olivia Newman, Susan Kendall Newman, 
Scott Newman, Nell Newman, Melissa Newman
ParentsFather- Paul Newman, Mother- Jackie Witte

Stephanie Newman is the second child and first daughter of Paul Newman and his wife, Jackie Witte. She was born in 1951 in the United States of America. As of 2022, she is 71 years old. She is not the only child of her parents, she has two other siblings and three step-siblings. Her siblings are Susan Kendall Newman and Scott Newman. Her siblings are Claire Olivia Newman, Nell Newman, and Melissa Newman.

Stephanie Newman’s parents, Paul and Jackie’s relationship

How did Stephanie’s parents meet and started their relationship? Jackie was only 19 years old when she met Navy veteran Newman, who was 24 at the time. She hadn’t even finished college at the time. They met while doing summer stage work in 1949 when they were both living in a small town.

Within a few months, Paul and Jackie Witte got married on December 27, 1949. They got married in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones after they moved to work at a Woodstock theatre company in Illinois. 

In 1950, Stephanie Newman’s parents had their first child together, a son called Scott Newman. Like his father, Scott was also an actor, Scott, He appeared in films including Breakheart PassThe Towering Inferno, and the 1977 film Fraternity Row. Sadly his life was cut short in November 1978 when he died from a substance overdose. Their father started the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention in memory of his son.

Stephanie Newman’s sister, Susan is also 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 (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.

Paul Newman with his daughters Susan (1953) and Stephanie (1951) and their mother Jackie Witte: Pinterest-
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Stephanie Newman’s father, Paul founded Newman’s Own, a line of food products, in 1982. The brand started with salad dressing and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, salsa, and wine, among other things. Paul established a policy that all proceeds, after taxes, would be donated to charity. Stephanie according to Vanity fair is lending a quiet life away from the family business and foundation.

Stephanie’s father met actress Joanne Woodward in 1953, during the production of Picnic on Broadway. It was his debut; Woodward was an understudy. Shortly after filming The Long, Hot Summer in 1957, Paul Newman divorced Jackie Witte to marry Woodward. They married early in 1958. They had three daughters: Elinor “Nell” Teresa (b. 1959), Melissa “Lissy” Stewart (b. 1961), and Claire “Clea” Olivia (b. 1965).

Stephanie Newman’s Father, Paul Newman’s death

Stephanie Newman’s Father, Paul was set to make his professional stage directing debut with the Westport Country Playhouse’s production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men in 2008, but he backed out on May 23, 2008, citing health problems.

It was widely publicized in the press in June 2008 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and was having treatment at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. A. E. Hotchner, who co-founded Newman’s Own with Newman in the 1980s, told the Associated Press in a mid-2008 interview that Newman had told him about the condition approximately 18 months before.

Her father’s spokesman told the press that the star was “doing nicely”, but neither confirmed nor denied that he had cancer. The actor was a heavy cigarette smoker until he quit in 1986.

Paul Newman died on the morning of September 26, 2008, surrounded by friends and family. He was 83 years old. He was cremated after a private funeral service near his home in Westport, Connecticut.

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  • Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Valerie Kelly

    Scott Newman couldn’t have been born in 1959 that would have been 10 years after his parents married ?

    1. Kennedy

      Thanks for the comment, We have seen the error and the date has been corrected. Thanks for the alert.

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