Anecdotes

Studied mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris at age 18.

The song "Never Let Her Slip Away", written and recorded by Andrew Gold, was about Newman. The two were a couple during the late 1970s when the ballad hit #5 on the UK charts.

Began studying improvisational comedy at age 15.

Gave birth to her first child at age 39, a son, Spike Einbinder, in August 1991. Child's father is her husband, Chad Einbinder.

An alumna - and one of the founders - of The Groundlings comedy troupe in Los Angeles.

Has a twin brother named Paul Newman.

Gave birth to her second child at age 43, a daughter, Hannah Einbinder, on 21 May 1995. Child's father is her husband, Chad Einbinder.

She attended Beverly Hills High School and California Institute of the Arts.

In the late 1960s, she was a member of the Richmond Shepard Mime Troup.

She is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.

Is portrayed by Maureen Ross Neilson in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002).

Sister of writer/producer Tracy Newman.