
Joanne Woodward
Known for Acting · 101 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 (34)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Penny / Elsie

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

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

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

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter

Climax!
1954
as Kathryn Winter

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Midge Gibson

Studio One
1948
as Lisa Molloy / Christiana / Daisy Gilmer

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Vicki / Terry / Ann Benton

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Arabella Cookenboo / Emily
Danger
1950

Omnibus
1952
as Ann Rutledge
Film '72
1971
as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Beth Paine

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Eleanor Apley

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Jenny Townsend

Tales of Tomorrow
1951

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as June Ledbetter
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self

The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mary Follet / Maggie Moran

Empire Falls
2005
as Francine Whiting

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Lola Delaney

Sybil
1976
as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur

The Star and the Story
1955
as Jill Andrews

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self

General Electric Theater
1953
as Ann Rutledge
Movies (67)

Philadelphia
1993
as Sarah Beckett

The Age of Innocence
1993
as Narrator (voice)

Dark Stranger
1955
as Jill Andrews

The Long, Hot Summer
1958
as Clara Varner

Paris Blues
1961
as Lillian Corning

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as India Bridge

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
as Mary

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

No Down Payment
1957
as Leola Boone

Candida
1982
as Candida

Passions
1984
as Catherine Kennerly

The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Carol Cutrere

Harry & Son
1984
as Lilly

The Glass Menagerie
1987
as Amanda Wingfield

Lucky Them
2013
as Doris (voice)

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

They Might Be Giants
1971
as Dr. Mildred Watson

Rachel, Rachel
1968
as Rachel Cameron

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

The End
1978
as Jessica Lawson

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

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self - Actress

Crisis at Central High
1981
as Elizabeth Huckaby

A Fine Madness
1966
as Rhoda Shillitoe

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

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

The Drowning Pool
1975
as Iris

Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self

WUSA
1970
as Geraldine

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

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015
as Self (archive footage)

Winning
1969
as Elora

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

The Stripper
1963
as Lila Green

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

The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self

A New Kind of Love
1963
as Samantha Blake

Count Three and Pray
1955
as Lissy

Foreign Affairs
1993
as Vinnie Miner

Do You Remember Love
1985
as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis

Breathing Lessons
1994
as Maggie Moran

The Shadow Box
1980
as Beverly

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

The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Quentin Compson / Narrator

Signpost to Murder
1964
as Molly Thomas

Blind Spot
1993
as Nell Harrington

Come Back, Little Sheba
1977
as Lola Delaney
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self

The Streets of L.A.
1979
as Carol Schramm

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Rita Walden

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
as Self
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
1974
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self - Host

A Christmas to Remember
1978
as Mildred McCloud
Driven to Excellence
1987
as Herself
The Mastery of Motion
1990
as Herself

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self

Women - For America, For the World
1986
as Self

See How She Runs
1978
as Betty Quinn
Keepers of Eden
2007
as Narrator

All the Way Home
1971
as Mary Follet

All the World
2011
as Narrator

Angel Death
1979
as Narrator / Host

Harper Days are Here Again
1975
as Self
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
1972
as Herself
Bitter Storm
1952
as Pat

Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau
1984
as Narrator (voice)
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 101 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Joanne Woodward has appeared in 67 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joanne Woodward Movies
- Philadelphia (1993) — as Sarah Beckett
- The Age of Innocence (1993) — as Narrator (voice)
- Dark Stranger (1955) — as Jill Andrews
- The Long, Hot Summer (1958) — as Clara Varner
- Paris Blues (1961) — as Lillian Corning
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