Which actress was married to actor Paul Newman from 1958 until his death in 2008?

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Actress Joanne Woodward was married to actor Paul Newman from 1958 until his death in 2008. They married on February 2, 1958, in Las Vegas and remained together for 50 years, making their partnership one of Hollywood’s best-known long marriages.

Woodward and Newman met while working in the theater and later appeared together in films including The Long, Hot Summer and Mr. & Mrs. Bridge. Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Three Faces of Eve in 1958, the same year she married Newman.

The couple had three daughters together, and Newman also had three children from his first marriage. Newman died in 2008 at age 83. Their relationship is sometimes confused with Newman’s earlier marriage to Jackie Witte, which ended in 1958.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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