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Phyllis Newman

Highest Rated: 45% Picnic (1955)

Lowest Rated: 22% The Beautician and the Beast (1997)

Birthday: Mar 19, 1933

Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Phyllis Newman worked on a variety of projects during her entertainment career. Newman kickstarted her acting career in comedies like the George Segal film "Bye Bye Braverman" (1968) and "To Find a Man" (1972) starring Pamela Sue Martin. She worked in series television while getting her start in acting, including a part on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-). In the eighties, Newman devoted her time to various credits, such as "Mother Lode" (1982), "Out of the Blue" (1982) and "The Thing" with Kurt Russell (1982). She also worked on "Spacehunter" (1983). Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the Marisa Tomei comedy "Only You" (1994), the Fran Drescher dramatic comedy "The Beautician and the Beast" (1997) and the Renee Zellweger drama "A Price Above Rubies" (1998). She also appeared in the comedy "A Fish in the Bathtub" (1999) with Jerry Stiller. Newman most recently appeared on "Words and Music by Jerry Herman" (PBS, 2007-08). On September 15, 2019, Newman died at age 86 after a long battle with lung disease.

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Highest-Rated Movies

45% 54% Picnic
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42% 48% The Human Stain
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33% 33% Bye Bye Braverman
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22% 46% The Beautician and the Beast
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The Madwoman of Central Park West
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20% Let's Rock
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To Find a Man
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44% It Had to Be You
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Just for the Time Being
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Filmography

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The Human Stain 42% 48% 2003 Iris Silk Actor It Had to Be You 44% 2000 Judith Penn Actor Just for the Time Being 2000 Actor The Beautician and the Beast 22% 46% 1997 Judy Miller Actor The Madwoman of Central Park West 1979 Actor To Find a Man 1972 Betty McCarthy Actor Bye Bye Braverman 33% 33% 1968 Miss Mandelbaum Actor Let's Rock 20% 1958 Kathy Abbott Actor Picnic 45% 54% 1955 Juanita Badger (uncredited) Actor
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