Update: This was an entry I did in January for the 50th wedding anniversary of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. I’m reposting it after learning that Newman has died.
Recognize these young movie stars? I read about lots of Hollywood marriages as I go through the old papers–and even more Hollywood divorces. So as Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward celebrate their 50th anniversary, I thought I’d run a few pictures from the early days.
Family Man
Most of that life, of course, was spent as the partner of Joanne Woodward in one of the most storied and longest-lasting marriages in the history of Hollywood. Woodward won an Oscar at the very start of their marriage, in 1959, for her performance in “The Three Faces of Eve,” but she seemed to maintain a lesser acting career and be supportive of her husband, taking interests in ecological issues and ballet as her children grew up. He returned the favor of her support by directing her in four films after “Rachel, Rachel,” including a 1987 production of “The Glass Menagerie,” and they acted together in 11 films that spanned almost the length of their marriage. Age 78, Woodward survives him along with his five daughters and two grandchildren.
