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Joanne Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an
United States|American actress.  

Born Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward in
Thomasville, Georgia, she was influenced to become
an actress by her mother's love of movies. Her
mother wanted to name her after Joan Crawford, but
then her parents felt that the name "Joanne" was
more Southern. Attending the premiere of Gone With
the Wind in Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta,
nine-year-old Joanne rushed out into the parade of
stars and sat on the lap of Laurence Olivier, star
Vivien Leigh's husband. She eventually worked with
Olivier in 1979, in a television production of
Come Back, Little Sheba.

Joanne won many beauty contests as a teenager. She
alledgedly snubbed late actress Susan Oliver in
1957 though they had once been friends. She
majored in drama at Louisiana State University,
then headed to New York City to perform on the
stage.  

Woodward's first film was Count Three and Pray, in
1955.  She continued to move between Hollywood and
Broadway, eventually understudying in the New York
production of Picnic (movie)|Picnic with another
young actor, Paul Newman.  The two were married in
1958. By that time, Woodward had starred in The
Three Faces of Eve, for which she won the Academy
Award for Best Actress. She and Newman first
starred together that year in The Long Hot Summer,
one of many collaborations. The last movie they
appeared in together (to great acclaim) was Mr.
and Mrs. Bridge, which earned Woodward her last
Oscar nomination.

Woodward has continued to act on stage, films and
television.  In 1990, she graduated from Sarah
Lawrence College alongside her daughter, Clea. She
and Newman live in Connecticut, and are involved
in liberal politics, but are extremely private
about their personal lives. Woodward is currently
artistic director of the Westport Country
Playhouse.

==Academy Awards Nominations==
*1991 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mr. and
Mrs. Bridge
*1974 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - Summer
Wishes, Winter Dreams
*1969 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - Rachel,
Rachel
*1958 - Won Academy Award for Best Actress|Best
Actress in a Leading Role - The Three Faces of Eve

==Other awards==

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at
6801 Hollywood Blvd.  She is the first performer
to have a star on the Walk of Fame.  It was laid
on February 9, 1960.

==External link==
*imdb name | id=0940946 | name=Joanne Woodward