Person
Joanne Woodward
Acting · Born 1930-02-27 · Thomasville, Georgia, USA
Biography
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her performance in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In a career spanning over six decades, she received four Oscar nominations (winning one), ten Golden Globe Award nominations (winning three), four BAFTA Film Award nominations (winning one), and nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning three).
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
Robert Montgomery Presents
Penny
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Climax!
Kathryn Winter
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Philco Television Playhouse
Arabella Cookenboo
The Carol Burnett Show
Midge Gibson
Filmography
- 2023Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf
- 2022The Last Movie StarsSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Winning: The Racing Life of Paul NewmanSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Lucky ThemDoris (voice)
- 2012GaybyJenn's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
- 2011All the WorldNarrator
- 2007Keepers of EdenNarrator
- 2005Empire FallsFrancine Whiting
- 2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf - Actress
- 2003Our TownExecutive Producer
- 2003The John Garfield StorySelf
- 2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesSelf
- 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
- 1995James Dean: A PortraitSelf (archive footage)
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1994Breathing LessonsMaggie Moran
- 1993PhiladelphiaSarah Beckett
- 1993The Age of InnocenceNarrator (voice)
- 1993Blind SpotNell Harrington
- 1993Foreign AffairsVinnie Miner
- 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeIndia Bridge
- 1990The Mastery of MotionHerself
- 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf - Host
- 1987The Glass MenagerieAmanda Wingfield
- 1987Driven to ExcellenceHerself
- 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine HepburnSelf
- 1986Women - For America, For the WorldSelf
- 1985Do You Remember LoveBarbara Wyatt-Hollis
- 1984Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free PalauNarrator (voice)
- 1984PassionsCatherine Kennerly
- 1984Harry & SonLilly
- 1982Come Along with MeDirector
- 1982American PlayhouseDirector
- 1982CandidaCandida
- 1981Crisis at Central HighElizabeth Huckaby
- 1980The Shadow BoxBeverly
- 1979The Streets of L.A.Carol Schramm
- 1979Angel DeathNarrator / Host
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
- 1978A Christmas to RememberMildred McCloud
- 1978The EndJessica Lawson
- 1978See How She RunsBetty Quinn
- 1977Come Back, Little ShebaLola Delaney
- 1977Please Turn the PageSelf
- 1976Laurence Olivier PresentsLola Delaney
- 1976SybilDr. Cornelia Wilbur
- 1976FamilyDirector
- 1975The Drowning PoolIris
- 1975Harper Days are Here AgainSelf
- 1974Oscars, Actors and The ExorcistSelf
- 1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsRita Walden
- 1972The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsBeatrice Hunsdorfer
- 1972What She's Doing Up There is Not AccidentalHerself
- 1971All the Way HomeMary Follet
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971They Might Be GiantsDr. Mildred Watson
- 1970WUSAGeraldine
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
- 1969WinningElora
- 1968Rachel, RachelRachel Cameron
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowMidge Gibson
- 1966A Fine MadnessRhoda Shillitoe
- 1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyMary
- 1964Signpost to MurderMolly Thomas
- 1963A New Kind of LoveSamantha Blake
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1963The StripperLila Green
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Paris BluesLillian Corning
- 1960From the TerraceMary St. John / Mrs. Alfred Eaton
- 1960The Fugitive KindCarol Cutrere
- 1959The Sound and the FuryQuentin Compson / Narrator
- 1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
- 1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman
- 1958The Long, Hot SummerClara Varner
- 1957The Three Faces of EveEve White / Eve Black / Jane
- 1957No Down PaymentLeola Boone
- 1956New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'Self
- 1956A Kiss Before DyingDorothy ('Dorie') Kingship
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1955The 20th Century Fox HourEleanor Apley
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBeth Paine
- 1955Count Three and PrayLissy
- 1955Dark StrangerJill Andrews
- 1955The Star and the StoryJill Andrews
- 1954Climax!Kathryn Winter
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1953General Electric TheaterAnn Rutledge
- 1952Bitter StormPat
- 1952Omnibus
- 1952The Ford Television TheatreJune Ledbetter
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseVicki
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMary Follet
- 1951Tales of Tomorrow
- 1950Lux Video TheatreJenny Townsend
- 1950Danger
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsPenny
- 1948Studio OneLisa Molloy
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseArabella Cookenboo
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Audience Member
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