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Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward, born February 27, 1930, is a legendary American actress. Woodward is recognized for her nuanced and complex portrayal of women on screen. Her film career transcends decades, making her breakthrough in the 1950s and earning prestigious accolades such as an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She holds the distinction of being the oldest living winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Perhaps best known for her performance as a woman with dissociative identity disorder in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award. Woodward worked extensively with her late spouse, Paul Newman, either as a co-star or as an actor in films either directed or produced by him. In 1990, Woodward earned a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College at age 60, graduating alongside her daughter Clea. Woodward was an active actress from 1950 to 2013. Born in Thomasville, Georgia, she lived in several towns throughout the southern US during her early life, before launching her career in New York City.
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Given Name: Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward
Born: Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: February 27, 1930
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1950-2013
Children: 3
Spouses: Paul Newman
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Movies Featuring Joanne Woodward
The End
Paris Blues
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Rachel, Rachel
Winning
They Might Be Giants
The Drowning Pool
A Fine Madness
The Three Faces of Eve
Harry & Son
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
The John Garfield Story
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Empire Falls
The Shadow Box
Come Along with Me
Crisis at Central High
Do You Remember Love
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Passions
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Paul Newman: The Restless
A Christmas to Remember
Count Three and Pray
The Stripper
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
The Fugitive Kind
From the Terrace
WUSA
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
The Long, Hot Summer
Come Back, Little Sheba
Blind Spot
No Down Payment
Signpost to Murder
A New Kind of Love
See How She Runs
Sybil
Angel Death
The Sound and the Fury
Breathing Lessons
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!
Harper Days are Here Again
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