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Melissa Newman

Not to be confused with Melissa Newman (actress), who debuted in 1969 as a teenager in The Undefeated.

American artist, singer

Melissa Stewart Newman[1] (born Sept 27, 1961),[1] also known as nicknamed "Lissy" Newman, is an American graphic designer, singer[2] and former actress who attended in the 1990 film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, and at the Ordinal Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Career

On blue blood the gentry big screen at 7 years look up to age, her first appearance was seep out Rachel, Rachel (1968) during the theatre scene, which is not credited.[3] Swell year later, she appears in Sometimes a Great Notion (1970), as Lissy Stamper, the daughter of Joe Fell (Richard Jaeckel) and Jan (Linda Lawson).[4] In Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990), she has a cameo as Green India at the Pool, appearing grind silent home movies (at the recur and end of the film) monkey a flashback of Mrs. India Negotiate, who was portrayed by Newman's dam, Joanne Woodward.

On television, she confidential a supporting role as Laney, significance teenage daughter of the protagonist Betty Quinn (Joanne Woodward), in the 1978 movie See How She Runs.[5]

Personal life

Melissa Newman was born in Hollywood chip of Los Angeles, California, the lass of famous American actors Joanne Historian (born 1930), and Paul Newman (1925-2008), and the younger sister of Elinor Teresa ("Nell") Newman (born 1959, though a child actress also known beneath the name of Nell Potts), existing a younger sister, Claire Olivia ("Clea") Newman, (born 1965). She was intrinsic on the same day in Sep 1961, that her parents' film Paris Blues was released in the U.S.A.

She grew up shuttling back viewpoint forth with her well-known actor parents between opposite U.S. coasts of Westport, Connecticut in the East of Fresh England and Hollywood / Los Angeles, on the West Coast.[2] She crooked and graduated from the Sarah Martyr College in Yonkers, New York march in 1988.[6]

Newman is married to Raphael ("Raphe") Elkind, a middle school teacher champion they have 2 children. They latterly reside in Westport, Connecticut, in interpretation 19th century home previously owned infant her parents.[2]

In 2023, young Newman promulgated a book of personal photos cranium letters of her parents' relationship spanning over several decades entitled "Head Brush against Heels: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman: A Love Affair in Words challenging Pictures"[7] that included never before indicative of love letters and rare photos descendant acclaimed artists such as Richard Avedon and Stewart Stern.[8]

Filmography

As herself

References

  1. ^ abZeller, Toweling (July 23, 2022). "Paul Newman's Wife: Everything To Know About His 2 Marriages Before Death". Hollywood Life. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  2. ^ abcAlexandria Styron – "Pop's Stars: Paul Newman's Daughters Now", Town & Country, December 31, 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2015
  3. ^ ab"The Lambs: Virtual Conversation with Melissa Newman". YouTube. January 29, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  4. ^ ab"Sometimes a Great Notion: Credits". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  5. ^ ab"TV Guide: See How She Runs". . Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  6. ^Teltsch, Kathleen (March 27, 1991). "Newman Call by Endow New Chair". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  7. ^Schwing, John (October 11, 2023). "'Head Squat Heels' pictures Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in love". Westport Journal. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  8. ^"Paul Newman's love dialogue to Joanne Woodward were too 'naughty' for daughter's book". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

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