Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1930 (age 96)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2023
Paul Newman: The Restless poster

Paul Newman: The Restless

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Last Movie Stars poster

The Last Movie Stars

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 6 eps

2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman poster

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Lucky Them poster

Lucky Them

Movie · as Doris (voice)

2012
Gayby poster

Gayby

Movie · as Jenn's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

2011
All the World poster

All the World

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Keepers of Eden

Keepers of Eden

Movie · as Narrator

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn poster

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Movie · as Self - Actress

2005
James Dean: Forever Young poster

James Dean: Forever Young

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Empire Falls poster

Empire Falls

TV · as Francine Whiting · 2 eps

2003
The John Garfield Story poster

The John Garfield Story

Movie · as Self

2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages poster

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

Movie · as Self

2002
Heart of the Festival poster

Heart of the Festival

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood poster

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1995
James Dean: A Portrait poster

James Dean: A Portrait

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Breathing Lessons poster

Breathing Lessons

Movie · as Maggie Moran

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The Age of Innocence poster

The Age of Innocence

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1993
Foreign Affairs poster

Foreign Affairs

Movie · as Vinnie Miner

1993
Blind Spot poster

Blind Spot

Movie · as Nell Harrington

1993
Philadelphia poster

Philadelphia

Movie · as Sarah Beckett

1993
Roots of Roe

Roots of Roe

Movie · as Margaret Sanger (voice)

1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge poster

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Movie · as India Bridge

1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Movie · as Self

1990
The Mastery of Motion

The Mastery of Motion

Movie · as Herself

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Movie · as Self - Host

1987
The Glass Menagerie poster

The Glass Menagerie

Movie · as Amanda Wingfield

1987
Driven to Excellence

Driven to Excellence

Movie · as Herself

1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn poster

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Movie · as Self

1986
Women - For America, For the World poster

Women - For America, For the World

Movie · as Self

1985
Do You Remember Love poster

Do You Remember Love

Movie · as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis

1984
Harry & Son poster

Harry & Son

Movie · as Lilly

1984
Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau poster

Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1984
Passions poster

Passions

Movie · as Catherine Kennerly

1982
Candida poster

Candida

Movie · as Candida

1981
Crisis at Central High poster

Crisis at Central High

Movie · as Elizabeth Huckaby

1980
The Shadow Box poster

The Shadow Box

Movie · as Beverly

1979
Angel Death poster

Angel Death

Movie · as Narrator / Host

1979
The Streets of L.A. poster

The Streets of L.A.

Movie · as Carol Schramm

1978
The End poster

The End

Movie · as Jessica Lawson

1978
See How She Runs poster

See How She Runs

Movie · as Betty Quinn

1978
A Christmas to Remember poster

A Christmas to Remember

Movie · as Mildred McCloud

1978
The Kennedy Center Honors poster

The Kennedy Center Honors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Come Back, Little Sheba poster

Come Back, Little Sheba

Movie · as Lola Delaney

1977
Please Turn the Page

Please Turn the Page

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Sybil poster

Sybil

TV · as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur · 2 eps

1976
Laurence Olivier Presents poster

Laurence Olivier Presents

TV · as Lola Delaney · 1 ep

1975
The Drowning Pool poster

The Drowning Pool

Movie · as Iris Devereaux

1975
Harper Days are Here Again poster

Harper Days are Here Again

Movie · as Self

1974
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist

Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist

Movie · as Self

1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams poster

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Movie · as Rita Walden

1972
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds poster

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Movie · as Beatrice Hunsdorfer

1972
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental

What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental

Movie · as Herself

1971
They Might Be Giants poster

They Might Be Giants

Movie · as Dr. Mildred Watson

1971
All the Way Home poster

All the Way Home

Movie · as Mary Follet

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
WUSA poster

WUSA

Movie · as Geraldine

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1969
Winning poster

Winning

Movie · as Elora Capua

1968
Rachel, Rachel poster

Rachel, Rachel

Movie · as Rachel Cameron

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Midge Gibson · 1 ep

1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady poster

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Movie · as Mary

1966
A Fine Madness poster

A Fine Madness

Movie · as Rhoda Shillitoe

1964
Signpost to Murder poster

Signpost to Murder

Movie · as Molly Thomas

1963
A New Kind of Love poster

A New Kind of Love

Movie · as Samantha Blake

1963
The Stripper poster

The Stripper

Movie · as Lila Green

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Paris Blues poster

Paris Blues

Movie · as Lillian Corning

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1960
From the Terrace poster

From the Terrace

Movie · as Mary St. John / Mrs. Alfred Eaton

1960
The Fugitive Kind poster

The Fugitive Kind

Movie · as Carol Cutrere

1959
The Sound and the Fury poster

The Sound and the Fury

Movie · as Quentin Compson / Narrator

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour poster

The Bell Telephone Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1958
The Long, Hot Summer poster

The Long, Hot Summer

Movie · as Clara Varner

1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! poster

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Movie · as Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman

1957
The Three Faces of Eve poster

The Three Faces of Eve

Movie · as Eve White / Eve Black / Jane

1957
No Down Payment poster

No Down Payment

Movie · as Leola Boone

1956
A Kiss Before Dying poster

A Kiss Before Dying

Movie · as Dorothy ('Dorie') Kingship

1956
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' poster

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

Movie · as Self

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1955
Count Three and Pray poster

Count Three and Pray

Movie · as Lissy

1955
Dark Stranger poster

Dark Stranger

Movie · as Jill Andrews

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Beth Paine · 1 ep

1955
The Star and the Story poster

The Star and the Story

TV · as Jill Andrews · 1 ep

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · as Eleanor Apley · 1 ep

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Kathryn Winter · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Ann Rutledge · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
Bitter Storm

Bitter Storm

Movie · as Pat

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Ann Rutledge · 4 eps

1952
Four Star Playhouse poster

Four Star Playhouse

TV · as Vicki, Terry, Ann Benton · 1 ep

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as June Ledbetter · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Mary Follet, Maggie Moran · 1 ep

1951
Tales of Tomorrow poster

Tales of Tomorrow

TV · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Jenny Townsend · 1 ep

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV · as Penny, Elsie · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
Danger

Danger

TV · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Lisa Molloy, Christiana, Daisy Gilmer · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Arabella Cookenboo, Emily · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member, Self - Presenter · 1 ep