Martha (II) Stewart filmography and biography
Date of birth: 3 August 1941, Nutley, New Jersey, USA
Martha (II) Stewart trivia
- One daughter: Alexis Stewart (b. 27 September 1965).
- Graduated from Barnard College with a degree in History and
Architectural History. She got married during her sophomore year.
- Used to work as a stockbroker.
- Was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the
World 1996".
- Sleeps four hours a night with the lights on so when she wakes up she
can get right to work.
- Used to work as a model to pay her college tuition.
- Daughter Alexis owns the American Fitness Factory gym in Sag Harbor, New
York.
- Graduated from Nutley High School. In a version of the school paper that
year, she had already begun her modelling career and hoped to enter the
field of broadcast journalism.
- 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.
- 2nd of six children of Polish immigrants.
- Her mother is also named Martha.
- Took her company public (19 October 1999)
- One of Glamour magazine's "Best Dressed College Girls of 1961."
- One of the first female stockbrokers (at Perlberg, Monness, Williams and
Sidel) on Wall Street. She got her license on 14 August 1968.
- Convicted of four felony charges on 5 March 2004: conspiracy to obstruct
justice, make false statements, and commit perjury; false statements (2
counts); obstruction of justice. Result of investigation into her sale
of ImClone stock.
- Her designated federal inmate prison number is 55170-054
- Bought her Katonah estate for 16 million dollars
- Mother of Alexis Stewart and ex-mother-in-law of
John R. Cuti.
- Due to her criminal record, she was forced to cancel her trip to Nova
Scotia to attend an annual pumpkin festival in October 2005. In the
past she would have been free to go, but because of her record requires
a visa to enter Canada. Days later she was granted a visa in record
time thus drawing the ire of critics who say that she was given undue
political favor.
- Cites Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,
Round Midnight, and Choose Me as her
must-have movies.
- Her mother, Martha Kostyra, passed away November 16, 2007 at age 93.
- In 2006, she donated $5 million to New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital for a
center on healthy aging.
- She was nominated for the 2011 New Jersey Hall of Fame for her services
and contributions to Enterprise.
Martha (II) Stewart 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."