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 Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born on February 27, 1930, in Thomasville, Georgia, to Wade Woodward and Elinor Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward in a modest household. Her one older brother, Wade Jr., who was the favorite of her father, eventually became an architect. Elinor Woodward was a quite a movie buff and enjoyed going to picture shows often. Joanne claims she was nearly born in the middle of a Joan Crawford movie (Our Modern Maidens (1929)). Her mother wanted to name her Joan, but being Southern, she changed it to Joanne.Thomasville was a typical small town in southern Georgia, around ten miles from the Florida border. Joanne was born right into the Great Depression. Her father was an administrator in the Thomasville school system, and her family was raised Episcopalian. Joanne's mother being an avid movie lover, it wasn't a surprise that Joanne wanted to go into the acting profession. Her father wasn't too keen on the idea, but her mother saw it coming and was thrilled. Joanne and her mother both adored the movie Wuthering Heights (1939) starring Laurence Olivier, and in 1939 Elinor took her daughter to the premiere of Gone with the Wind (1939) in Atlanta. Pulling up in a limo with the love of his life, Vivien Leigh (who starred in Gone with the Wind (1939)), Laurence Olivier was shocked when 9-year-old Joanne hopped right into the limo and sat in his lap without any warning. Years later when Joanne was famous, Olivier keenly remembered this incident. She later worked with Olivier in Come Back, Little Sheba (1977).In her teens, Joanne entered and won many Georgia beauty contests. Her mother said that "she was the prettiest girl in town". But all Joanne wanted to do was act, and she saw beauty contests as the first step toward her dream. When she was of age, she enrolled in Louisiana State University, majoring in drama. After graduation and doing small plays, Joanne headed to New York and studied acting with Sanford Meisner. The first thing he tackled was Joanne's southern drawl.Soon, Joanne was starring in television productions and theater. One day, she was introduced by her agent to another young actor at her level by the then-unknown name of Paul Newman. Paul's first reaction was, "Jeez, what an extraordinarily pretty girl". Joanne, while admitting that he was very good-looking, didn't like him at first sight, but she couldn't resist him. Soon they were working closely together as understudies for the Broadway production of "Picnic" and got along very well. They would have long conversations about anything and everything. Then both their movie careers took off: Joanne with Count Three and Pray (1955) and Paul with The Silver Chalice (1954). Also adding to the tension was Paul's wife, Jackie, who refused to get a divorce when Paul asked her for one. He wanted to marry Joanne; Jackie would simply not have it. Eventually, Jackie saw the anguish this was causing Paul and agreed to a divorce. Less than a week after the divorce was final, Paul married Joanne in Las Vegas on January 29, 1958, just months before Joanne won her Best Actress Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve (1957), in which she plays a woman with multiple personality disorder.On April 8, 1959, Joanne gave birth to their first child, Elinor Teresa Newman, named after her and Paul's mothers. They both continued on with their careers, doing movies both together and apart. Two more children followed: Melissa Steward Newman on September 17, 1961, and Claire Olivia Newman on April 21, 1965. Since then, Joanne has been extremely busy in theater, film and television as well as ballet performances and very involved with charities and taking care of her family. In 2003, Joanne starred in a movie with Paul on HBO.
Bio:
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born on February 27, 1930, in Thomasville, Georgia, to Wade Woodward and Elinor Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward in a modest household. Her one older brother, Wade Jr., who was the favorite of her father, eventually became an architect. Elinor Woodward was a quite a movie buff and enjoyed going to picture shows often. Joanne claims she was nearly born in the middle of a Joan Crawford movie (Our Modern Maidens (1929)). Her mother wanted to name her Joan, but being Southern, she changed it to Joanne.Thomasville was a typical small town in southern Georgia, around ten miles from the Florida border. Joanne was born right into the Great Depression. Her father was an administrator in the Thomasville school system, and her family was raised Episcopalian. Joanne's mother being an avid movie lover, it wasn't a surprise that Joanne wanted to go into the acting profession. Her father wasn't too keen on the idea, but her mother saw it coming and was thrilled. Joanne and her mother both adored the movie Wuthering Heights (1939) starring Laurence Olivier, and in 1939 Elinor took her daughter to the premiere of Gone with the Wind (1939) in Atlanta. Pulling up in a limo with the love of his life, Vivien Leigh (who starred in Gone with the Wind (1939)), Laurence Olivier was shocked when 9-year-old Joanne hopped right into the limo and sat in his lap without any warning. Years later when Joanne was famous, Olivier keenly remembered this incident. She later worked with Olivier in Come Back, Little Sheba (1977).In her teens, Joanne entered and won many Georgia beauty contests. Her mother said that "she was the prettiest girl in town". But all Joanne wanted to do was act, and she saw beauty contests as the first step toward her dream. When she was of age, she enrolled in Louisiana State University, majoring in drama. After graduation and doing small plays, Joanne headed to New York and studied acting with Sanford Meisner. The first thing he tackled was Joanne's southern drawl.Soon, Joanne was starring in television productions and theater. One day, she was introduced by her agent to another young actor at her level by the then-unknown name of Paul Newman. Paul's first reaction was, "Jeez, what an extraordinarily pretty girl". Joanne, while admitting that he was very good-looking, didn't like him at first sight, but she couldn't resist him. Soon they were working closely together as understudies for the Broadway production of "Picnic" and got along very well. They would have long conversations about anything and everything. Then both their movie careers took off: Joanne with Count Three and Pray (1955) and Paul with The Silver Chalice (1954). Also adding to the tension was Paul's wife, Jackie, who refused to get a divorce when Paul asked her for one. He wanted to marry Joanne; Jackie would simply not have it. Eventually, Jackie saw the anguish this was causing Paul and agreed to a divorce. Less than a week after the divorce was final, Paul married Joanne in Las Vegas on January 29, 1958, just months before Joanne won her Best Actress Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve (1957), in which she plays a woman with multiple personality disorder.On April 8, 1959, Joanne gave birth to their first child, Elinor Teresa Newman, named after her and Paul's mothers. They both continued on with their careers, doing movies both together and apart. Two more children followed: Melissa Steward Newman on September 17, 1961, and Claire Olivia Newman on April 21, 1965. Since then, Joanne has been extremely busy in theater, film and television as well as ballet performances and very involved with charities and taking care of her family. In 2003, Joanne starred in a movie with Paul on HBO.
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When she was 9 years old, Joanne traveled with her mother to Atlanta for the premiere of Gone with the Wind (1939). During the parade, she leapt into a limousine carrying Laurence Olivier and sat in his lap as she had a crush on him after seeing Wuthering Heights (1939). Years later when the two were working on Come Back, Little Sheba (1977), Olivier claimed to remember the incident vividly.In 1960 she was the first actress to appear at the unveiling of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Lived next door to her idol, Bette Davis, for awhile.In 2017, Woodward was reported to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease. She was first diagnosed with it in 2007, just days before her husband, Paul Newman was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She moved from Westport, Connecticut to Santa Monica, California, to be near her three daughters and other family members. Woodward's mother suffered from Alzheimer's disease which is why Woodward chose to play a woman with Alzheimer's in the 1985 TV movie "Do You Remember Love.".Was pregnant by Paul Newman prior to their marriage but suffered a miscarriage four months later, in February 1958, a month after the two tied the knot.Was briefly engaged to novelist, essayist and screenwriter Gore Vidal before breaking the engagement to pledge herself to eventual husband Paul Newman. The new couple, who remained friends with Vidal, briefly lived with him in a house in Los Angeles.Her favorite movies are Gone with the Wind (1939), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Jezebel (1938).Wore a handmade dress that cost about $100 to the 1957 Oscar ceremony (the year she won Best Actress for Three Faces of Eve).During the 90th Academy Awards Ceremony in 2018, when Allison Janney won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, she thanked Ms. Woodward in her acceptance speech stating that if not for her Janney would have never even considered pursuing a career in acting.As of 2013, she is one of six women who has received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance directed by her spouse, namely for Rachel, Rachel (1968) directed by Paul Newman. The other five are Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never (1935) (directed by Paul Czinner), Jean Simmons for The Happy Ending (1969) (directed by Richard Brooks), Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence (1974) & Gloria (1980) (both directed by John Cassavetes), Julie Andrews for Victor/Victoria (1982) (directed by Blake Edwards), and Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996) (directed by Joel Coen). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in a Best Actress Oscar nominated performance (Never on Sunday (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.Is a graduate of the class of 1947 at Greenville Senior High School in Greenville, South Carolina.Her all-time favorite actress is Bette Davis and her all-time favorite actor is Laurence Olivier. Other major favorites of hers include John Garfield, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn and Clark Gable.Woodward told a 17-year-old Melanie Griffith on the set of The Drowning Pool (1975) that her goals were to marry a movie star (Paul Newman), have beautiful babies (she had 3), and win an Oscar (which she did in 1958). Melanie said that she adopted the same goals for herself, accomplishing only the first two, however.In the July 21, 1975, issue of People magazine, in which she shared the cover with her husband Paul Newman, Woodward claimed that her older relatives back in a small town in rural Georgia would be upset if they knew that Newman was half Jewish.Had to have her strip/dance scenes in The Stripper (1963) censored and approved by her husband, Paul Newman.Served as artistic director, Westport Country Playhouse, near her home in Connecticut, where her late husband starred in "Our Town" in June 2002.Was one of many actresses who did a screen test for the title role in the film Cleopatra (1963).Her likeness was used for the paintings of Marguerite Wyke in the Laurence Olivier/Michael Caine thriller Sleuth (1972).Played mother to real-life daughter Nell Potts in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972).Returned to work 9 months after giving birth to her daughter Nell Potts in order to begin filming From the Terrace (1960).Returned to work 4? months after giving birth to daughter Nell to begin filming The Fugitive Kind (1960), opposite Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani.Was the 47th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve (1957) at The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) on March 26, 1958.Mother, with Paul Newman, of daughters Nell Potts, Melissa Newman and Claire Newman.She didn't want to do the film 'Shadow Box'(1981) in which she played Beverley but her husband Paul who directed it insisted. She didn't like the character she played in'Marigolds (1972) but it was the only time that she took the character home with her which caused Paul to spend a lot of time away from home.Mother of actress Melissa Newman, whose namesake was the character portrayed by Woodward in Count Three and Pray (1955).Grandmother of Peter and Henry Elkind, the sons of Melissa Newman and her husband, Raphael Elkind.During her time at Louisiana State University she was in the same sorority as Betty DeGeneres. After LSU, she headed to New York. She did not attend Sarah Lawrence until much later. She graduated in 1990 alongside her youngest daughter, Claire Newman.She returned to work eight months after daughter Nell was born in order to begin filming From the Terrace (1960) in December 1958. Two of her daughters by Paul Newman, Nell, and Clea, were both born in New York while middle daughter Melissa was born in Los Angeles.As of 2020, she is the 3rd earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, behind only Leslie Caron and Carroll Baker. She was nominated (and won) in 1957 for The Three Faces of Eve (1957).Made 16 movies with her husband Paul Newman. Co-starred in The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), A New Kind of Love (1963), Winning (1969), WUSA (1970), The Drowning Pool (1975), Harry & Son (1984), and Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990). Newman directed or produced the following movies with Woodward starring: Empire Falls (2005), Rachel, Rachel (1968), They Might Be Giants (1971), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), The Shadow Box (1980), and The Glass Menagerie (1987).Maternal granddaughter of John (1858-1934) and Nancy (n��e Porcher) Gignilliat (1862-1946). Her grandfather was born and raised in Georgia, while her grandmother was born and raised in South Carolina.Daughter of Wade Woodward (1900-1976) and Elinor (n��e Gignilliat) Carter (1903-1992). Her father was born and raised in Georgia while her mother was born and raised in South Carolina.Started writing and directing.Bought a show horse stable. |
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Joanne Woodward |
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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born on February 27, 1930, in Thomasville, Georgia, to Wade Woodward and Elinor Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward in a modest household. Her one older brother, Wade Jr., who was the favorite of her father, eventuall |
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When she was 9 years old, Joanne traveled with her mother to Atlanta for the premiere of Gone with the Wind (1939). During the parade, she leapt into a limousine carrying Laurence Olivier and sat in his lap as she had a crush on him after seeing Wuthering Heights (1939). Years later when the two were working on Come Back, Little Sheba (1977), Olivier claimed to remember the incident vividly.In 1960 she was the first actress to appear at the unveiling of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Lived next door to her idol, Bette Davis, for awhile.In 2017, Woodward was reported to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease. She was first diagnosed with it in 2007, just days before her husband, Paul Newman was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She moved from Westport, Connecticut to Santa Monica, California, to be near her three daughters and other family members. Woodward's mother suffered from Alzheimer's disease which is why Woodward chose to play a woman with Alzheimer's in the 1985 TV movie "Do You Remember Love.".Was pregnant by Paul Newman prior to their marriage but suffered a miscarriage four months later, in February 1958, a month after the two tied the knot.Was briefly engaged to novelist, essayist and screenwriter Gore Vidal before breaking the engagement to pledge herself to eventual husband Paul Newman. The new couple, who remained friends with Vidal, briefly lived with him in a house in Los Angeles.Her favorite movies are Gone with the Wind (1939), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Jezebel (1938).Wore a handmade dress that cost about $100 to the 1957 Oscar ceremony (the year she won Best Actress for Three Faces of Eve).During the 90th Academy Awards Ceremony in 2018, when Allison Janney won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, she thanked Ms. Woodward in her acceptance speech stating that if not for her Janney would have never even considered pursuing a career in acting.As of 2013, she is one of six women who has received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance directed by her spouse, namely for Rachel, Rachel (1968) directed by Paul Newman. The other five are Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never (1935) (directed by Paul Czinner), Jean Simmons for The Happy Ending (1969) (directed by Richard Brooks), Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence (1974) & Gloria (1980) (both directed by John Cassavetes), Julie Andrews for Victor/Victoria (1982) (directed by Blake Edwards), and Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996) (directed by Joel Coen). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in a Best Actress Oscar nominated performance (Never on Sunday (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.Is a graduate of the class of 1947 at Greenville Senior High School in Greenville, South Carolina.Her all-time favorite actress is Bette Davis and her all-time favorite actor is Laurence Olivier. Other major favorites of hers include John Garfield, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn and Clark Gable.Woodward told a 17-year-old Melanie Griffith on the set of The Drowning Pool (1975) that her goals were to marry a movie star (Paul Newman), have beautiful babies (she had 3), and win an Oscar (which she did in 1958). Melanie said that she adopted the same goals for herself, accomplishing only the first two, however.In the July 21, 1975, issue of People magazine, in which she shared the cover with her husband Paul Newman, Woodward claimed that her older relatives back in a small town in rural Georgia would be upset if they knew that Newman was half Jewish.Had to have her strip/dance scenes in The Stripper (1963) censored and approved by her husband, Paul Newman.Served as artistic director, Westport Country Playhouse, near her home in Connecticut, where her late husband starred in "Our Town" in June 2002.Was one of many actresses who did a screen test for the title role in the film Cleopatra (1963).Her likeness was used for the paintings of Marguerite Wyke in the Laurence Olivier/Michael Caine thriller Sleuth (1972).Played mother to real-life daughter Nell Potts in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972).Returned to work 9 months after giving birth to her daughter Nell Potts in order to begin filming From the Terrace (1960).Returned to work 4? months after giving birth to daughter Nell to begin filming The Fugitive Kind (1960), opposite Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani.Was the 47th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve (1957) at The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) on March 26, 1958.Mother, with Paul Newman, of daughters Nell Potts, Melissa Newman and Claire Newman.She didn't want to do the film 'Shadow Box'(1981) in which she played Beverley but her husband Paul who directed it insisted. She didn't like the character she played in'Marigolds (1972) but it was the only time that she took the character home with her which caused Paul to spend a lot of time away from home.Mother of actress Melissa Newman, whose namesake was the character portrayed by Woodward in Count Three and Pray (1955).Grandmother of Peter and Henry Elkind, the sons of Melissa Newman and her husband, Raphael Elkind.During her time at Louisiana State University she was in the same sorority as Betty DeGeneres. After LSU, she headed to New York. She did not attend Sarah Lawrence until much later. She graduated in 1990 alongside her youngest daughter, Claire Newman.She returned to work eight months after daughter Nell was born in order to begin filming From the Terrace (1960) in December 1958. Two of her daughters by Paul Newman, Nell, and Clea, were both born in New York while middle daughter Melissa was born in Los Angeles.As of 2020, she is the 3rd earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, behind only Leslie Caron and Carroll Baker. She was nominated (and won) in 1957 for The Three Faces of Eve (1957).Made 16 movies with her husband Paul Newman. Co-starred in The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), A New Kind of Love (1963), Winning (1969), WUSA (1970), The Drowning Pool (1975), Harry & Son (1984), and Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990). Newman directed or produced the following movies with Woodward starring: Empire Falls (2005), Rachel, Rachel (1968), They Might Be Giants (1971), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), The Shadow Box (1980), and The Glass Menagerie (1987).Maternal granddaughter of John (1858-1934) and Nancy (n��e Porcher) Gignilliat (1862-1946). Her grandfather was born and raised in Georgia, while her grandmother was born and raised in South Carolina.Daughter of Wade Woodward (1900-1976) and Elinor (n��e Gignilliat) Carter (1903-1992). Her father was born and raised in Georgia while her mother was born and raised in South Carolina.Started writing and directing.Bought a show horse stable. |
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Known for playing mentally or emotionally disturbed women |
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In 1987: "Acting is like sex. You should do it, not talk about it."
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Being married to Paul is being married to the most considerate, romantic man.
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I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop and think about what I'm saying. I can see what's going to happen. I'm going to have to stop giving interviews because I'm always saying the wrong thing. I don't want that to happen.
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The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment.
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Who could direct you better than the person you live with? Paul knows everything there is to know about me. I wish he could just direct every movie I ever do. |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
(1998) TV commercial: Environmental Defense Fund
(2000) Print ad: Environmental Defense Fund's "Keep Recycling Working" campaign
(1964) Stage: Appeared (as "Mavis") in "Baby Want a Kiss" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by |
| Spouse: |
Paul Newman (January 29, 1958 - September 26, 2008) (his death, 3 children) |
| Children: |
Nell PottsMelissa NewmanClaire NewmanScott NewmanSusan Kendall NewmanStephanie Newman |
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