Melissa Newman
Melissa Stewart "Lissy" Newman is an American artist, singer and former actress who appeared in the 1990 film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, and at the 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Career
On the big screen at 7 years of age, her first appearance was in Rachel, Rachel during the classroom scene, which is not credited. A year later, she appears in Sometimes a Great Notion, as Lissy Stamper, the daughter of Joe Ben and Jan. In Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, she has a cameo as Young India at the Pool, appearing in silent home movies as a flashback of Mrs. India Bridge, who was portrayed by Newman's mother, Joanne Woodward.On television, she had a supporting role as Laney, the teenage daughter of the protagonist Betty Quinn, in the 1978 movie See How She Runs.
Personal life
Melissa Newman was born in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California, the daughter of famous American actors Joanne Woodward, and Paul Newman, and the younger sister of Elinor Teresa ("Nell") Newman, and a younger sister, Claire Olivia Newman. She was born on the same day in September 1961 that her parents' film Paris Blues was released in the U.S.She grew up shuttling back and forth with her well-known actor parents between opposite U.S. coasts of Westport, Connecticut in the East of New England and Hollywood / Los Angeles, on the West Coast of [the United States|West Coast]. She attended and graduated from the Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York in 1988.
Newman is married to Raphael Elkind, a middle school teacher, and they have 2 children. They currently reside in Westport, Connecticut, in the 19th century home previously owned by her parents.
In 2023, young Newman published a book of personal photos and letters of her parents' relationship spanning over several decades entitled "Head Over Heels: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman: A Love Affair in Words and Pictures" that included never before seen love letters and rare photos by acclaimed artists such as Richard Avedon and Stewart Stern.