Leslie Newman

{{other people}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Leslie Newman | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1938 | birth_name = | birth_place = [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death year and age|2021|1938}} | death_place = United States | death_cause = | body_discovered = | education = | occupation = Screenwriter | spouse = [[David Newman (screenwriter)|David Newman]] | partner = | known_for = Wrote the script for the first three ''[[Superman (film series)|Superman]]'' films }} '''Leslie Newman''' (1938 – c. 2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=Tweet from Sarah Douglas confirming Newman's death|url=https://twitter.com/thesarahdouglas/status/1353808308780609536?lang=en|website=twitter.com}}</ref> was a screenwriter who co-wrote the first three ''[[Superman (film series)|Superman]]'' films with husband [[David Newman (screenwriter)|David Newman]], who died in 2003. She was born in 1939, in the United States. They had two children together. She has written a novel entitled ''Gathering Force'' (Simon & Schuster, 1974), and a [[cookbook]] entitled ''Feasts: Menus for Home-cooked Celebrations'' (HarperCollins, 1990).

Newman studied at the [[University of Michigan]].

== Filmography == *''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978)...co-screenplay *''[[Superman II]]'' (1980)...co-screenplay *''[[Superman III]]'' (1983)...co-screenplay *''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'' (1985)...co-story *''[[Takedown (2000 film)|Takedown]]'' (2000)...co-screenplay

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079846,00.html With the Walkout Over, Writers David and Leslie Newman Strike Up 'Superman III']. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', July 27, 1981. Accessed 2011-03-02. * [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/24/magazine/home-cooking-for-200-guests.html Craig Claiborne with Pierre Franey, “Home Cooking for 200 Guests”]. ''[[New York Times Sunday Magazine]]'', October 24, 1982. Accessed 2012-12-26.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0628174}}

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