Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an
Emmy Award and
Academy Award-winning
American actress. Woodward, who is married to
Paul Newman, is also a television and theatrical producer.
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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an
Emmy Award and
Academy Award-winning
American actress. Woodward, who is married to
Paul Newman, is also a television and theatrical producer.
Early life
Woodward was born in
Thomasville, Georgia, and was influenced to become an actress by her mother's love of movies. Her mother wanted to name her after
Joan Crawford, but then her parents felt that the name "Joanne" was more Southern. Attending the premiere of
Gone with the Wind, an American [i] novel [i] by Margaret Mitchell [i], was published ...
in
Atlanta, nine-year-old Joanne rushed out into the parade of stars and sat on the lap of
Laurence Olivier, star
Vivien Leigh's husband. She eventually worked with Olivier in 1979, in a
television production of
Come Back, Little Sheba.
Woodward won many
beauty contests as a teenager. She majored in drama at
Louisiana State University, then headed to
New York City to perform on the stage.
Early career
Woodward's first film was a post-Civil War western
Count Three and Pray, in 1955. She continued to move between
Hollywood and
Broadway, eventually, understudying in the New York production of
Picnic which featured
Paul Newman. The two were married in 1958. By that time, Woodward had starred in
The Three Faces of Eve, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Films with Paul Newman
She appeared with her husband, Paul Newman in the featured films:
- The Long, Hot Summer
- Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
- From the Terrace
- Paris Blues
- A New Kind of Love - a lightweight romantic comedy that she persuaded Newman to make.
- Winning
- WUSA
- The Drowning Pool
- Harry & Son - which Newman also directed
- Mr. and Mrs. Bridge is a 1990 [i] is a Merchant Ivory Film [i] ...
They both also appeared in the
HBO miniseries
Empire Falls but did not have any scenes together.
She starred in four films that Newman directed but did not star in:
- Rachel, Rachel
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - which also starred their daughter, Nell Potts.
- The Shadow Box - a television movie
- The Glass Menagerie
Later Career
Woodward has continued to act on stage, films, and television in such films as
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams and
Philadelphia in which she played the mother to
Tom Hanks' character. She also appeared in the television films
Sybil opposite
Sally Field and
Crisis at Central High. She was the narrator for
Martin Scorsese's screen version of
The Age of Innocence.
Private life
In 1990, she was graduated from
Sarah Lawrence College alongside her daughter, Clea. She and Newman live in Wesport, Connecticut but are extremely private about their personal lives. Woodward is currently artistic director of the
Westport Country Playhouse.
Newman will occasionally venture to
California, but Woodward has refused to go West for many years.
Academy Awards
- 1991 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mr. and Mrs. Bridge is a 1990 [i] is a Merchant Ivory Film [i] ...
- 1974 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- 1969 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Rachel, Rachel
- 1958 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Three Faces of Eve
Emmy Awards
She won
Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie, for
See How She Runs as a divorced teacher who trains for a marathon, and in the same category again for
Do You Remember Love? as a professor who begins to suffer from
Alzheimer's disease. She has been nominated an additional five times for her acting roles on television.
Miscellaneous
She has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
She was the first performer to receive a star on the Walk of Fame. It was laid on February 9, 1960.
The very briefly glimpsed portrait of the unseen character
Marguerite Wyke in the 1972 film
Sleuth is actually of Woodward.
In
Three Faces of Eve she portrays a character suffering from multiple personality disorder. In
Sybil, she portrays a character treating a persona with multiple personality disorder. Both are among her most famous roles.
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