
Joanne Woodward
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1930-02-27 (age 96)
- Place of birth
- Thomasville, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Joanne Gignillat Trimmier Woodward
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
TV Shows (33)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Audience Member / Self - Presenter

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Penny / Elsie

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

Climax!
1954
as Kathryn Winter

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Arabella Cookenboo / Emily
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Vicki / Terry / Ann Benton

Studio One
1948
as Lisa Molloy / Christiana / Daisy Gilmer

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Midge Gibson

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Omnibus
1952
as Ann Rutledge

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as June Ledbetter

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Beth Paine

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Eleanor Apley
Danger
1950

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Jenny Townsend

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self

The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mary Follet / Maggie Moran

General Electric Theater
1953
as Ann Rutledge

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Lola Delaney

The Star and the Story
1955
as Jill Andrews

Empire Falls
2005
as Francine Whiting

Sybil
1976
as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (66)

Philadelphia
1993
as Sarah Beckett

The Age of Innocence
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self - Host

Lucky Them
2013
as Doris (voice)

The Long, Hot Summer
1958
as Clara Varner

The End
1978
as Jessica Lawson

The Three Faces of Eve
1957
as Eve White / Eve Black / Jane

Breathing Lessons
1994
as Maggie Moran

A Kiss Before Dying
1956
as Dorothy ('Dorie') Kingship

The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Carol Cutrere

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
as Mary

The Drowning Pool
1975
as Iris

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972
as Beatrice Hunsdorfer

From the Terrace
1960
as Mary St. John / Mrs. Alfred Eaton

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self - Actress

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as India Bridge

Harry & Son
1984
as Lilly

WUSA
1970
as Geraldine

Rachel, Rachel
1968
as Rachel Cameron

The Stripper
1963
as Lila Green

Passions
1984
as Catherine Kennerly

Winning
1969
as Elora

Gayby
2012
as Jenn's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

A Fine Madness
1966
as Rhoda Shillitoe

Paris Blues
1961
as Lillian Corning

The Glass Menagerie
1987
as Amanda Wingfield

Blind Spot
1993
as Nell Harrington

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)

The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Quentin Compson / Narrator

They Might Be Giants
1971
as Dr. Mildred Watson

A New Kind of Love
1963
as Samantha Blake
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015
as Self

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958
as Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman

No Down Payment
1957
as Leola Boone

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Rita Walden

Candida
1982
as Candida

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
as Self

The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self

Foreign Affairs
1993
as Vinnie Miner

All the Way Home
1971
as Mary Follet

Count Three and Pray
1955
as Lissy

Come Back, Little Sheba
1977
as Lola Delaney

Crisis at Central High
1981
as Elizabeth Huckaby

The Shadow Box
1980
as Beverly

Signpost to Murder
1964
as Molly Thomas

James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self (archive footage)

Women - For America, For the World
1986
as Self

See How She Runs
1978
as Betty Quinn
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
1972
as Herself

A Christmas to Remember
1978
as Mildred McCloud

Do You Remember Love
1985
as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis

The Streets of L.A.
1979
as Carol Schramm

All the World
2011
as Narrator

Dark Stranger
1955
as Jill Andrews

Harper Days are Here Again
1975
as Self
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
1974
as Self

Angel Death
1979
as Narrator / Host
The Mastery of Motion
1990
as Herself
Keepers of Eden
2007
as Narrator

Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Driven to Excellence
1987
as Herself
Bitter Storm
1952
as Pat
About Joanne Woodward
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 (winnin… With 99 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Joanne Woodward has appeared in 66 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joanne Woodward Movies
- Philadelphia (1993) — as Sarah Beckett
- The Age of Innocence (1993) — as Narrator (voice)
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) — as Self - Host
- Lucky Them (2013) — as Doris (voice)
- The Long, Hot Summer (1958) — as Clara Varner
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