
Joanne Woodward
Department: Acting
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

The Age of Innocence
1993

The Drowning Pool
1975

Paris Blues
1961

They Might Be Giants
1971

The Long, Hot Summer
1958

The Three Faces of Eve
1957

The End
1978

From the Terrace
1960

Winning
1969

Rachel, Rachel
1968

A New Kind of Love
1963

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966

The Fugitive Kind
1960

WUSA
1970

A Fine Madness
1966

Count Three and Pray
1955

The Glass Menagerie
1987

A Kiss Before Dying
1956

Harry & Son
1984

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973

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

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005

No Down Payment
1957

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990

Harper Days are Here Again
1975

Signpost to Murder
1964

The Sound and the Fury
1959

The Stripper
1963

Breathing Lessons
1994

Lucky Them
2013

Crisis at Central High
1981

Foreign Affairs
1993

Angel Death
1979

The Streets of L.A.
1979

Do You Remember Love
1985

Blind Spot
1993

See How She Runs
1978

Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau
1984

Philadelphia
1993

Candida
1982

Come Back, Little Sheba
1977

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

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015

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

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

A Christmas to Remember
1978

Dark Stranger
1955

Bitter Storm
1952

All the Way Home
1971

Passions
1984

The Shadow Box
1980

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986

All the World
2011

Women - For America, For the World
1986

Gayby
2012

Keepers of Eden
2007

The John Garfield Story
2003

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002

What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
1972

The Mastery of Motion
1990

Driven to Excellence
1987

James Dean: A Portrait
1995

Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
1974

Inside the Actors Studio
1994

Omnibus
1952

Studio One
1948

General Electric Theater
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Climax!
1954

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Empire Falls
2005

Tales of Tomorrow
1951

The Oscars
1953

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978

Sybil
1976

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Four Star Playhouse
1952

Four Star Playhouse
1952

Four Star Playhouse
1952

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

What's My Line?
1950

Studio One
1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Studio One
1948

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The Star and the Story
1955

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Carol Burnett Show
1967

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Omnibus
1952

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Please Turn the Page
1977

The Danny Kaye Show
1963

The Last Movie Stars
2022

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Danger
1950

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959

Tony Awards
1956