Joanne Woodward
Known for acting · Born 27 February 1930 · 96 · Thomasville, Georgia, USA
111 credits
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 Long, Hot Summer
1958
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
The Drowning Pool
1975
The Fugitive Kind
1960
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
Paris Blues
1961
Rachel, Rachel
1968
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972
They Might Be Giants
1971
From the Terrace
1960
Winning
1969
Acting (104)
2023Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf (archive footage)Film
2022The Last Movie StarsSelf (archive footage) · 6 episodesSeries
2015Winning: The Racing Life of Paul NewmanSelf (archive footage)Film
2013Lucky ThemDoris (voice)Film
2012GaybyJenn's Mother (voice) (uncredited)Film
2011All the WorldNarratorFilm
2007Keepers of EdenNarratorFilm
2005Empire FallsFrancine Whiting · 2 episodesSeries
2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf - ActressFilm
2005James Dean: Forever YoungSelf (archive footage)Film
2003The John Garfield StorySelfFilm
2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesSelfFilm
2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)Film
2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Film
1995James Dean: A PortraitSelf (archive footage)Film
1994Breathing LessonsMaggie MoranFilm
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1993PhiladelphiaSarah BeckettFilm
1993The Age of InnocenceNarrator (voice)Film
1993Blind SpotNell HarringtonFilm
1993Foreign AffairsVinnie MinerFilm
1993Roots of RoeMargaret Sanger (voice)Film
1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeIndia BridgeFilm
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelfFilm
1990The Mastery of MotionHerselfFilm
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf - HostFilm
1987The Glass MenagerieAmanda WingfieldFilm
1987Driven to ExcellenceHerselfFilm
1986Women - For America, For the WorldSelfFilm
1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine HepburnSelfFilm
1985Do You Remember LoveBarbara Wyatt-HollisFilm
1984Harry & SonLillyFilm
1984PassionsCatherine KennerlyFilm
1984Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free PalauNarrator (voice)Film
1982CandidaCandidaFilm
1981Crisis at Central HighElizabeth HuckabyFilm
1980The Shadow BoxBeverlyFilm
1979The Streets of L.A.Carol SchrammFilm
1979Angel DeathNarrator / HostFilm
1978The EndJessica LawsonFilm
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelfSeries
1978A Christmas to RememberMildred McCloudFilm
1978See How She RunsBetty QuinnFilm
1977Come Back, Little ShebaLola DelaneyFilm
1977Please Turn the PageSelfSeries
1976SybilDr. Cornelia Wilbur · 2 episodesSeries
1976Laurence Olivier PresentsLola DelaneySeries
1975The Drowning PoolIrisFilm
1975Harper Days are Here AgainSelfFilm
1974Oscars, Actors and The ExorcistSelfFilm
1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsRita WaldenFilm
1972The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsBeatrice HunsdorferFilm
1972What She's Doing Up There is Not AccidentalHerselfFilm
1971They Might Be GiantsDr. Mildred WatsonFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1971All the Way HomeMary FolletFilm
1970WUSAGeraldineFilm
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)Film
1969WinningElora CapuaFilm
1968Rachel, RachelRachel CameronFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1967The Carol Burnett ShowMidge GibsonSeries
1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyMaryFilm
1966A Fine MadnessRhoda ShillitoeFilm
1964Signpost to MurderMolly ThomasFilm
1963A New Kind of LoveSamantha BlakeFilm
1963The StripperLila GreenFilm
1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelfSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1961Paris BluesLillian CorningFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1960The Fugitive KindCarol CutrereFilm
1960From the TerraceMary St. John / Mrs. Alfred EatonFilm
1959The Sound and the FuryQuentin Compson / NarratorFilm
1959The Bell Telephone HourSelfSeries
1958The Long, Hot SummerClara VarnerFilm
1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Grace Oglethorpe BannermanFilm
1957The Three Faces of EveEve White / Eve Black / JaneFilm
1957No Down PaymentLeola BooneFilm
1956A Kiss Before DyingDorothy ('Dorie') KingshipFilm
1956New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'SelfFilm
1956Tony AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBeth PaineSeries
1955Count Three and PrayLissyFilm
1955The 20th Century Fox HourEleanor ApleySeries
1955The Star and the StoryJill AndrewsSeries
1955Dark StrangerJill AndrewsFilm
1954Climax!Kathryn WinterSeries
1953The OscarsSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1953General Electric TheaterAnn RutledgeSeries
1952Four Star PlayhouseVicki, Terry, Ann BentonSeries
1952Omnibus · 4 episodes, Ann Rutledge · 2 episodesSeries
1952The Ford Television TheatreJune LedbetterSeries
1952Bitter StormPatFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMary Follet, Maggie MoranSeries
1951Tales of TomorrowSeries
1950What's My Line?SelfSeries
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsPenny, ElsieSeries
1950Lux Video TheatreJenny TownsendSeries
1950DangerSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
1948Studio OneLisa Molloy, Christiana, Daisy GilmerSeries
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseArabella Cookenboo, EmilySeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Audience Member, Self - PresenterSeries
Directing (3)
1982American PlayhouseDirector, WriterSeries
1982Come Along with MeDirector, TeleplayFilm
1976FamilyDirectorSeries
Production (4)
2013Lucky ThemExecutive ProducerFilm
2003Our TownExecutive ProducerFilm
1993Blind SpotCo-ProducerFilm
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreProducerFilm