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Martha Stewart at an event for Biutiful (2010)

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Martha Stewart

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Overview

  • Born
    August 3, 1941 · Nutley, New Jersey, USA
  • Birth name
    Martha Helen Kostyra
  • Height
    1.77 m

Biography

    • Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Bad Moms (2016), Men in Black 2 (2002) and Pixels (2015). She was previously married to Stewart Andrew Silberberg (Andrew Stewart).

Family

  • Spouse
      Stewart Andrew Silberberg (Andrew Stewart)(July 1, 1961 - 1990) (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
      Alexis Stewart
  • Relatives
      Jude Stewart(Grandchild)
      Truman Stewart(Grandchild)
      Jimmy Kimmel(Cousin)

Trademarks

  • Her mole
  • Her short, blonde power hair

Trivia

  • Her father taught her gardening; her mother taught her how to cook, bake and sew. Their next door neighbors (retired bakers) taught her how to bake pies and cakes.
  • One of the first female stockbrokers (at Perlberg, Monness, Williams and Sidel) on Wall Street. She got her license on 14 August 1968.
  • 2nd of six children. Her parents, Martha (Ruszkowski) and Edward Kostyra, were both born in New York. All of her grandparents (Franciszek Kostyra, Helena Krukar, Josef Ruszkowski, and Franciszka Albiniak) were Polish immigrants.
  • In 2006, she donated $5 million to New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital for a center on healthy aging.
  • Sleeps four hours a night with the lights on so when she wakes up she can get right to work.

Quotes

  • It's a good thing!
  • I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.
  • [after her five-month confinement in federal prison] "The experience of the last five months ... has been life-altering and life-affirming. Someday I hope to have the chance to talk more about all that has happened, the extraordinary people I have met here and all that I have learned."
  • [on the passing of Elaine Kaufman] After my divorce, having drinks and dinner at Elaine's was the literati of New York was the best cure...Elaine was always in residence and as interesting as any of her guests.
  • So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

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