Melissa Newman, the daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, has written a book about her famous parents. The 'Butch Cassidy' actor died in 2008 at age 83.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s daughter was rummaging through their attic at the family’s Westport, Connecticut, home when she made a surprising discovery. 'We’d gone through ripped bags,' the 62-year-old told Fox News Digital. 'I remember right before one was about to be thrown out, I reached in – there were moths and dead mice everywhere… And I found the first 10 letters my dad ever wrote to my mom.' 'It was this close to being thrown away,' Melissa admitted.
The former actress is sharing an intimate look at her parent’s marriage in a new book, 'Head Over Heels: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman – A Love Affair in Words and Pictures.' It features more than 100 photos – some never before seen – of the Hollywood power couple from over the years. Newman died in 2008 at age 83. Woodward, 92, has Alzheimer’s and lives a private life at the property they shared. 'There quotes from the letters in the book,' Melissa explained.
would get to a point in the letter where I’d say, ‘I can’t print this,’' she said. 'But… It was charming.' It’s not the first time that Melissa has discovered private testimonials from her father. In his posthumous memoir published in 2022, Newman described how the Oscar winner made him 'a sexual creature.' 'We left a trail of lust all over the place,' he recalled. 'Hotels and public parks and Hertz Rent-A-Cars.
It made perfect sense,' she remarked. 'And I was like, ‘You go, Mom!’ My mom was just a free spirit. She was her own powerful force… She did it all. And evidently, she was a sex bomb at the same time.' In the book, Melissa wrote that the doors to her parents’ bedroom had 'comically large bolts' that 'functioned like an airlock.' She also wondered why the bedroom needed two doors and a door knocker of two cherubs kissing that she couldn’t reach.
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