Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
Birth name	Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward
Born	February 27, 1930 (1930-02-27) (age 77) Thomasville, Georgia, USA
Spouse(s)	Paul Newman (1958-)
Children	Elinor Newman Melissa Newman Claire Newman
Academy Awards
Best Actress 1957 The Three Faces of Eve
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries/Movie 1978 See How She Runs 1985 Do You Remember Love Outstanding Informational Special 1990 American Masters: Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1958 The Three Faces of Eve 1969 Rachel, Rachel Best Actress - Mini-series 1995 Breathing Lessons
BAFTA Awards
Best Actress 1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Life Achievement Award 1986 Lifetime Achievement Best Actress - Miniseries/TV Movies 1994 Breathing Lessons

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Early life

Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, where she remained until she was in the second grade. Her family relocated to Marietta, Georgia. They moved once again when she was a junior in high school. She graduated from Greenville High School in 1947, in Greenville, South Carolina. Woodward won many beauty contests as a teenager. She majored in drama at Louisiana State University, where she was an initiate of Chi Omega sorority, then headed to New York City to perform on the stage. Thomasville is a city in Thomas County, Georgia, United States. ... Historic Downtown Marietta Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia GR6, and is its county seat. ... Location in South Carolina Coordinates: , County Greenville County Founded 1831 Government  - Mayor Knox White Area  - City 67. ... Mrs. ... Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

She 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 decided that "Joanne" was more Southern. Attending the premiere of Gone with the Wind 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 is also the very first person to ever receive a Hollywood star on the Walk of Fame. Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905[1]– May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. ... Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ... Hotlanta redirects here. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Come Back, Little Sheba can refer to two things: Come Back, Little Sheba is a play written by American playwright William Inge. ...

Career

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 after their work together in the film The Long, Hot Summer. By that time, Woodward had starred in The Three Faces of Eve, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Count Three and Pray is a 1955 western film starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward (in her film debut) and Raymond Burr. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt. ... The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 film which tells the true story of a woman who suffered from Dissociative identity disorder. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Woodward and Robert Wagner in A Kiss Before Dying

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Films with Paul Newman

She appeared with her husband, Paul Newman in the featured films:

• The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
• From the Terrace (1960)
• Paris Blues (1961)
• A New Kind of Love (1963) - a lightweight romantic comedy that she persuaded Newman to make.
• Winning (1969)
• WUSA (1970)
• The Drowning Pool (1975)
• Harry & Son (1984) - which Newman also directed
• Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)

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She starred in four films that Newman directed or produced but did not star in:

• Rachel, Rachel (1968)
• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - which also starred their daughter, Nell Potts.
• The Shadow Box (1980) - a television movie
• The Glass Menagerie (1987)

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Later career

Woodward has continued to act on stage, films, and television in such films as Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams and Philadelphia (1993) 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. Philadelphia is a 1993 film drama revolving around the AIDS epidemic, written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. ... A picture of 30th anniversary DVD version of Sybil Sybil originally aired as a made-for-television miniseries in 1976. ... Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award winning American actress . ... Crisis at Central High was a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America award winning American film director, writer and producer and founder World Cinema Foundation. ... For other uses, see Age of innocence. ...

She has produced, co-produced and directed a number of TV programs.

Woodward is currently artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse. The Westport Country Playhouse is a theatre in Westport, Connecticut, founded in 1930 by Lawrence Langner and his wife. ...

Academy Awards

• 1958 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Three Faces of Eve
• 1969 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Rachel, Rachel
• 1974 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
• 1991 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

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Emmy Awards

She won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TF Movie, for See How She Runs (1978) as a divorced teacher who trains for a marathon, and in the same category again for Do You Remember Love? (1985) 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. An Emmy Award. ...

Private life

Woodward married Paul Newman on January 29, 1958. They have three daughters: Elinor Teresa (1959; known professionally as Nell Potts), Melissa Steward (1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (1965). She and Newman live in Westport, Connecticut, but are extremely private about their personal lives. Newman will occasionally venture to California, but Woodward has refused to go west for many years. Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1835 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - First selectman Gordon F. Joseloff  - Town meeting moderator Alice H. Shelton Area  - City 86. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

In 1990, she was graduated from Sarah Lawrence College alongside her daughter, Clea. Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college located in metropolitan New York City, about a thirty-minute train ride north of Manhattan. ...

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Trivia

• 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 (credited to the imaginary actress Eve Channing; see [1]) is actually of Woodward.
• In The 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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External links

• Joanne Woodward at the Internet Movie Database
• Joanne Woodward's thoughts on Earth Day 2006