Phyllis Newman

Phyllis Newman, American actress and singer (died 2019)

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Born: March 19, 1933
Died: September 15, 2019
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1933

About Phyllis Newman

Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 – September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the musical Subways Are for Sleeping on Broadway, received the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2009 and was nominated for another Tony for Broadway Bound (1987), as well as two nominations for Drama Desk Awards. == Early life and education == Newman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, one of three daughters of a Jewish immigrant couple. Her mother, Rachel Gottlieb, from Lithuania, was professionally known as Marvelle the Fortune Teller. Her father, Sigmund Newman, from Warsaw, billed himself as Gabel the Graphologist and hypnotist, working with his wife in Atlantic City boardwalk amusements. Newman performed on-stage as early as age four, impersonating Carmen Miranda, with encouragement from her father. Newman had two sisters, Shirley (Mrs. Elliott) Porte, and Elaine (Mrs. Harry) Sandaufer. She attended Lincoln High School, where she was voted "Future Hollywood Star." == Career == === Broadway === Newman made her Broadway debut in Wish You Were Here in 1952.

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Career and life highlights

Newman was a perennial guest performer with Johnny Carson on NBC's The Tonight Show, and was the first woman to guest host the show.
Newman created the role of former madame Renée Divine Buchanan on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and was a regular on the primetime series 100 Centre Street and the satirical series That Was The Week That Was.
Newman became a major television celebrity of the 1960s and 1970s, a frequent panelist on the top-rated network game shows What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth and Match Game.

The world when Phyllis Newman was born

Phyllis Newman was born in 1933. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1933

#1 song"Stormy Weather" – Ethel Waters
Top movieKing Kong
Best-selling bookLost Horizon – James Hilton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst MLB All-Star Game played at Comiskey Park
Top headlineAdolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Technology milestoneFM radio patented by Edwin Armstrong
Defining fadChain letters
Notable inventionFM radio
World population2.17 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
U.S. population125.6M

1933 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Phyllis Newman's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1933	2026
Gas	$0.18	$3.45/gal
Average home	$4,800	$435,000
Average income	$2,300	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.20	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	125.6M	341 million

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