U-Paul Newman wazalelwa eShaker Heights, e-Ohio ngoJanuwari 26, 1925. Wayeyindodana ka-Arthur S. Newman, umnikazi wesitolo segrosa, kanye no-Theresa F. (née O'Neil) Newman. UPaul wayenabafowabo ababili abadala, u-Arthur noDavid, nodadewabo omncane, uJoyce. Ngamanye amazwi, ukuba ngumlingisi kwakuzofika kuye ngesimangaliso noma mhlawumbe akwazi ukuziphilisa ngokulingisa... kuningi noma okuncane esikwenzile sonke emindenini emikhulu. NguPawulu kuphela owakuyisa emiphumeleni yokugcina.
UNewman wafunda eKenyon University lapho enza khona iziqu zedrama. Ngemva kokuphothula eKenyon ngo-1949, uNewman wajoyina i-United States Marine Corps. Usebenze iminyaka emibili ku-Marine Corps futhi wakhishwa esikhundleni sokuba usayitsheni.
Ngemuva kokushiya i-Marine Corps, uNewman wathuthela eNew York ukuyoqhuba umsebenzi wakhe wokulingisa wamaphupho. Wafunda e-Actors Studio futhi ngokushesha waba umlingisi ophumelelayo. Ifilimu yakhe yokuqala enkulu kwaba "I-Silver Chalice" (1954). U-Newman uqhubekile nokudlala kumafilimu amaningi aphumelele kakhulu, okuhlanganisa "The Hustler" (1961), "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "The Sting" (1973), kanye "Isinqumo" (1982).
UNewman naye wayengumqondisi ophumelelayo. Ngoba uma izimfihlo, amaqhinga kanye nezinsiza sezaziwa phambi kwamakhamera, kuvame ukuba lula ukuwalandela. Uqondise amafilimu athi "Rachel, Rachel" (1968), "Umphumela Wemisebe Ye-Gamma ku-Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" (1972), kanye nethi "Absence of Malice" (1981).
UPaul Newman waklonyeliswa ngezici zakhe ezimbili, njengomlingisi nanjengomqondisi. Uthole Izindondo ezintathu ze-Academy, ama-Emmy Awards amabili, iTony Award, kanye ne-Grammy Award. Uphinde waqokelwa emiklomelweni ye-Golden Globe eyi-10. Ekucabangeni kwakhe njengenganekwane yaseHollywood, uhlonishwa ngalolo hlobo lokuzidela okuvamile kwabawinile ezicini zokudala, abakwazi ukuzwelana kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, uma sibheka lolo dumo, kungashiwo ukuthi wayeyindoda enethalente elikhulu futhi ephanayo. Okucacayo wukuthi ifa lakhe lefilimu lizohlala likhona.
Nawa amafilimu akhe amathathu ahamba phambili, noma okungenani lawo ahlanganisa ukugxekwa okukhethekile nokunambitheka okudumile ngokwezinga elikhulu:
- I-hustler (1961)
U-Eddie Felson (Newman) insizwa ezidlayo futhi eziphethe kahle ezihambela amahholo okubhukuda ngempumelelo. Njengoba ezimisele ukumenyezelwa njengongcono kakhulu, ufuna uFat Man waseMinnesota (Gleason), umpetha wamabhiliyade odumile. Lapho ekugcineni ekwazi ukubhekana naye, ukungazethembi kumenza ehluleke. Uthando lowesifazane onesizungu (uLaurie) lungamsiza ukuba ashiye lolo hlobo lwempilo, kodwa u-Eddie ngeke aphumule kuze kube yilapho ehlula umpetha kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inani okufanele alikhokhe ngakho.
- amadoda amabili nesiphetho esisodwa (1969)
Iqembu labashayasibhamu abasebasha lizinikele ekugebeni amabhange esifunda sase-Wyoming kanye nesitimela seposi se-Union Pacific. Umphathi weqembu lezigelekeqe nguButch Cassidy (Newman), kanti uSundance Kid (Redford) ungumngani wakhe ongahlukaniseki. Ngolunye usuku, ngemva kokugetshengwa, iqembu liyahlakazeka. Kuyoba ngaleso sikhathi lapho u-Butch, Sundance kanye nothisha osemusha waseDenver (Ross) bakhe ithimba lezigilamkhuba zothando, okuthi, zibalekela umthetho, zifike eBolivia.
- Ukushaywa (1973)
Chicago, engamashumi amathathu. UJohnny Hooker (Redford) noHenry Gondorff (Newman) bangamaqola amabili anquma ukuphindiselela ngokufa kukazakwabo othandekayo omdala, obulawe ngomyalo weqembu lezigelekeqe elinamandla okuthiwa uDoyle Lonnegan (Shaw). Ngenxa yalokhu bazochamusela icebo elihlakaniphile neliyinkimbinkimbi ngosizo lwabo bonke abangane babo nabajwayelene nabo.
Ilukuluku ngoPaul Newman
- UNewman wayengumdlali we-poker omkhulu. Uwine ngaphezu kuka-$200,000 emiqhudelwaneni ye-poker empilweni yakhe.
- UNewman wayengumshayeli womjaho. Ushayele imijaho eminingi yezimoto zezemidlalo, okuhlanganisa ne-24 1979 Hours of Le Mans.
- U-Newman wayengu-philanthropist. Usungule iNewman's Own charity, ehlanganise imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-300 zamaRandi ngezizathu zokupha.
U-Newman wabulawa umdlavuza wamaphaphu ngo-September 26, 2008, eneminyaka engu-83 ubudala. Ubengumlingisi osezingeni eliphezulu, umqondisi, kanye ne-philanthropist ezokhunjulwa ngethalente lakhe, ukuphana, kanye nefa.
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