Joanne Woodward
Joanne WoodwardBorn in Thomasville, Ga., on Feb. 27, 1930, Joanne Woodward studied at the Actors Studio in New York and soon began acting on the stage and in movies. She won an Oscar in 1957 for The Three Faces of Eve, and has since received three more Oscar nominations.

Known for playing complex and often emotionally disturbed women, Woodward first teamed with her husband, Paul Newman, in 1958's The Long Hot Summer. Since then, they've made many films together, including Paris Blues, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge and the HBO miniseries Empire Falls. Newman has also directed her in several films, including Rachel, Rachel. Other notable movies include Sybil, Philadelphia and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams.

In addition to her film work, Woodward also directs and acts on the stage. She has won numerous awards, including lifetime achievement awards from the Screen Actors Guild and the Kennedy Center Honors.

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    Director Martin Ritt combines two William Faulkner stories into a smoldering drama starring Paul Newman as Ben Quick, a wandering handyman who arrives in Frenchman's Bend, Miss., where menacing rumors about his past begin to circulate. Read More

  • The Drowning PoolThe Drowning Pool

    Private eye Lew Harper is called away from his Southern California haunt to the Louisiana bayous on what he thinks is a standard blackmail case. He arrives to find it involves an old flame (Joanne Woodward) and her sex-crazed daughter (Melanie Griffith). Suddenly, things are not as they first... Read More

  • The Three Faces of EveThe Three Faces of Eve

    In this classic drama, Joanne Woodward gives a tour-de-force performance as Eve, a woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder. Her husband (David Wayne), perplexed by her odd manner, sends her to a psychotherapist (Lee J. Cobb), who determines that Eve's multiple personalities know about... Read More

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    Paul Newman stars as ambitious Alfred Eaton, whose drive to climb the corporate and social ladders forces him to choose between love and his all-consuming career. Relentless in his pursuit of success, he neglects his wife (Joanne Woodward), who finds comfort in the arms of another man (Patrick... Read More

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