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The Seven Degrees of Paul Newman


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Bolaji Badejo was in "Alien" with Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto was in "Five CardStud" with John Anderson (and Whit Bissell) 

John Anderson was in "Psycho" with Vera Miles

Vera Miles was in "The Hellfighters" with Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross was in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" with Paul Newman

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Fernando Guillen was in Law of Desire with Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas was in Philadelphia with Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks was in Road to Perdition with Paul Newman

 

That was a tough one!

 

 

Next: Bette Davis

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You did a great job, Paul1992.  You did that one so quickly.

 

Now I'm really on a roll with the name you've given:  Bette Davis.

 

 

1

Bette Davis was in "Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte" with George Kennedy.
George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Bette Davis was in "Of human bondage" (1934) with Leslie Howard.

Leslie Howard was in "Pygmalion" with Wendy Hiller.
Wendy Hiller was in "The elephant man" with Anne Bancroft.

Anne Bancroft was in "The turning point" with Shirley MacLaine.
Shirley MacLaine was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Bette Davis was in "All about Eve" with Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe was in "Don't bother to knock" with Anne Bancroft.

Anne Bancroft was in "The turning point" with Tom Skerritt.

Tom Skerritt was in "Steel magnolias" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

4

Bette Davis was in "Pocketful of miracles" with Glenn Ford.

Glenn Ford was in "Dear heart" with Geraldine Page.

Geraldine Page was in "Sweet bird of youth" with Paul Newman.

 

5

Bette Davis was in "The star" with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

6

Bette Davis was in "Phone call from a stranger" with Gary Merrill.

Gary Merrill was in "Winged victory" with Jeanne Crain.

Jeanne Crain was in "State fair" (1945) with Fay Bainter.

Fay Bainter was in "The children's hour" with James Garner.

James Garner was in "Murphy's romance" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

7

Bette Davis was in "The great lie" with Mary Astor.

Mary Astor was in "Little women" (1949) with Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor was in "Cat on a hot tin roof" with Paul Newman.

 

8

Bette Davis was in "Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte" with Mary Astor.

Mary Astor was in "Little women" (1949) with Rossano Brazzi.

Rossano Brazzi was in "Summertime" with Katharine Hepburn.

Katharine Hepburn was in "Guess who's coming to dinner" with Sidney Poitier.

Sidney Poitier was in "Paris blues" with Paul Newman.

 

9

Bette Davis was in "The great lie" with Mary Astor.

Mary Astor was in "Little women" (1949) with Margaret O'Brien.

Margaret O'Brien was in "Jane Eyre" (1943) with Hillary Brooke.

Hillary Brooke was in "The man who knew too much" (1956) with Doris Day.

Doris Day was in "Romance on the high seas" with Jack Carson.

Jack Carson was in "Cat on a hot tin roof" with Paul Newman.

 

10

Bette Davis was in "Dark victory" with Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Geraldine Fitzgerald was in "Arthur" (1981) with Dudley Moore.

Dudley Moore was in "10" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

11

Bette Davis was in "Hollywood Canteen" with Joan Crawford.

Joan Crawford was in "The women" with Virginia Grey.

Virginia Grey was in "The rose tattoo" with Marisa Pavan.

Marisa Pavan was in "Diane" with Roger Moore.

Roger Moore was in "Interrupted melody" with Eleanor Parker.

Eleanor Parker was in "The sound of music" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

12

Bette Davis was in "All about Eve" with Thelma Ritter.

Thelma Ritter was in "The model and the marriage broker" with Jeanne Crain.

Jeanne Crain was in "Apartment for Peggy" with Edmund Gwenn.

Edmund Gwenn was in "Miracle on 34th Street" with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

13

Bette Davis was in "Old acquaintance" with Miriam Hopkins.

Miriam Hopkins was in "These three" with Merle Oberon.

Merle Oberon was in "Hotel" with Karl Malden.

Karl Malden was in "Gypsy" with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

14

Bette Davis was in "What ever happened to Baby Jane" with Anna Lee.

Anna Lee was in "The sound of music" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

15

Bette Davis was in "Old acquaintance" with Gig Young.

Gig Young was in "Torch song" with Joan Crawford.

Joan Crawford was in "Sudden fear" with Jack Palance.

Jack Palance was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

16

Bette Davis was in "Mr. Skeffington" with Claude Rains.

Claude Rains was in "This earth is mine" with Jean Simmons.

Jean Simmons was in "Black narcissus" with Flora Robson.

Flora Robson was in "55 days at Peking" with Ava Gardner.

Ava Gardner was in "The little hut" with Stewart Granger.

Steward Granger was in "Sodom and Gomorrah" with Pier Angeli.

Pier Angeli was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

17

Bette Davis was in "The nanny" with Pamela Franklin.

Pamela Franklin was in "The prime of Miss Jean Brodie" with Maggie Smith.

Maggie Smith was in "Sister act" with Whoopi Goldberg.

Whoopi Goldberg was in "Soapdish" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

18

Bette Davis was in "All about Eve" with Celeste Holm.

Celeste Holm was in "Gentlemen's agreement" with Dorothy McGuire.

Dorothy McGuire was in "This earth is mine" with Kent Smith.

Kent Smith was in "The damned don't cry" with Richard Egan.

Richard Egan was in "Love me tender" with Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley was in "Blue Hawaii" with Angela Lansbury.

Angela Lansbury was in "The long hot summer" with Paul Newman.

 

19

Bette Davis was in "What ever happened to Baby Jane" with Joan Crawford.

Joan Crawford was in "The damned don't cry" with Richard Egan.

Richard Egan was in "Esther and the king" with Joan Collins.

Joan Collins was in "The opposite sex" with Leslie Nielsen.

Leslie Nielsen was in "The naked gun 2 1/2" with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

20

Bette Davis was in "The man who came to dinner" with Ann Sheridan.

Ann Sheridan was in "The opposite sex" with June Allyson.

June Allyson was in "The McConnell story" with Alan Ladd.

Alan Ladd was in "The carpetbaggers" with George Peppard.

George Peppard was in "Home from the hill" with Eleanor Parker.

Eleanor Parker was in "The sound of music" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

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I see that someone posted a response to Bette Davis barely two minutes or less, before mine. (I'm re-editing and adding to my post.)

 

Still, I like Terrence1's suggestion.   A challenging one, but a solution just came to me.

 

 

Nancy Kulp was in "The parent trap" (1961) with Hayley Mills.

Hayley Mills was in "The chalk garden" with Deborah Kerr.

Deborah Kerr was in "An affair to remember" with Cary Grant.

Cary Grant was in "Charade" with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:    Lee Bowman

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Lee Bowman was in Cover Girl with Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly was in Brigadoon with Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse was in Meet Me in Las Vegas with Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds was in How the West Was Won with Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda was in Sometimes A Great Notion with Paul Newman

 

Next: Merle Oberon

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Merle Oberon was in "Wuthering Heights" with Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Geraldine Fitzgerald was in "Arthur" (1981) with Dudley Moore.

Dudley Moore was in "10" with Julie Andrews.
Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Merle Oberon was in "Wuthering Heights" with Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Geraldine Fitzgerald was in "Arthur" (1981) with Liza Minnelli.

Liza Minnelli was in "Cabaret" with Michael York.

Michael York was in "Lost Horizon" (1973) with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Merle Oberon was in "Hotel" with Catherine Spaak.

Catherine Spaak was in "Take a hard ride" with Jim Brown.

Jim Brown was in "The dirty dozen" with Ernest Borgnine.

Ernest Borgnine was in "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Season of Passion)" with Anne Baxter.

Anne Baxter was in "Walk on the wild side" with Laurence Harvey.

Laurence Harvey was in "Two loves" with Shirley MacLaine.

Shirley MacLaine was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

4

Merle Oberon was in "Hotel" with Karl Malden.

Karl Malden was in "Boomerang" (1947) with Arthur Kennedy.

Arthur Kennedy was in "A summer place" with Constance Ford.

Constance Ford was in "Rome adventure" with Norma Varden.
Norma Varden was in "The sound of music" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

5

Merle Oberon was in "Hotel" with Rod Taylor.

Rod Taylor was in "Do not disturb" with Doris Day.

Doris Day was in "The ballad of Josie" with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

6

Merle Oberon was in "Deep in my heart" with Tony Martin.

Tony Martin was in "Hit the deck" with Russ Tamblyn.

Russ Tamblyn was in "The wonderful world of the Brothers Grimm" with Laurence Harvey.

Laurence Harvey was in "Of human bondage" (1964) with Nanette Newman.

Nanette Newman was in "The madwoman of Chaillot" with Danny Kaye.

Danny Kaye was in "A song is born" with Virginia Mayo.

Virginia Mayo was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

7

Merle Oberon was in "Deep in my heart" with Helen Traubel.

Helen Traubel was in "The ladies' man" with Jerry Lewis.

Jerry Lewis was in "The caddy" with Donna Reed.

Donna Reed was in "Green Dolphin Street" with Gladys Cooper.

Gladys Cooper was in "My fair lady" with Wilfrid Hyde-White.

Wilfrid Hyde-White was in "Ada" with Dean Martin.

Dean Martin was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:     Christina Nigra

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Christina Nigra was in Cloak and Dagger with Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman was in Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman was in Marathon Man with Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier was in Spartacus with Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was in The Great Race with Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood was in The Silver Chalice with Paul Newman

 

 

Next (Edit): Judy Garland

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Farley Granger was in Rope with James Stewart

James Stewart was in It's A Wonderful Life with Donna Reed

Donna Reed was in The Last Time I Saw Paris with Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman

 

Next: Rock Hudson

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I take it that you meant Geoffrey Holder, and not Geoffrey Holden.

 

 

Geoffrey Holder was in "Annie" with Ann Reinking.

Ann Reinking was in "All that jazz" with Jessica Lange.

Jessica Lange was in "Crimes of the heart" with Diane Keaton.

Diane Keaton was in "The first wives' club" with Bette Midler.

Bette Midler was in "Ruthless people" with Helen Slater.

Helen Slater was in "City slickers" with Jack Palance.
Jack Palance was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:     Billie Holiday

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I take it that you meant Geoffrey Holder, and not Geoffrey Holden.

 

 

Geoffrey Holder was in "Annie" with Ann Reinking.

Ann Reinking was in "All that jazz" with Jessica Lange.

Jessica Lange was in "Crimes of the heart" with Diane Keaton.

Diane Keaton was in "The first wives' club" with Bette Midler.

Bette Midler was in "Ruthless people" with Helen Slater.

Helen Slater was in "City slickers" with Jack Palance.

Jack Palance was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:     Billie Holiday

Yes, I meant Geoffrey Holder, sorry for the typo

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Yes, I meant Geoffrey Holder, sorry for the typo

:)

 

It's OK, Gipper.   Don't worry about it. 

 

:-)

 

 

Now let's see if anyone can figure out a Seven Degrees of Paul Newman starting with Billie Holiday.   It's a wonder that I hadn't thought of her earlier.    There are at least several directions to go with this one.

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