I’m tired of playing worn-out depressing ladies in frayed bathrobes. I’m going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I’m going to be the most self-fulfilled lady on the block.
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| Birth: | 27th February, 1930 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actress |
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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, USA. She is an American actress. She won many beauty contests as a teenager. She majored in drama at Louisiana State University. She appeared with husband Paul Newman in ten feature films: The Long, Hot Summer, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, From the Terrace, Paris Blues, A New Kind of Love, Winning, WUSA, The Drowning Pool, Harry & Son, and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actress). She starred in four films that Newman directed or produced but in which he did not star: Rachel, Rachel (Won- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actress), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, The Shadow Box (TV film), and The Glass Menagerie. Her role in several films include: Count Three and Pray, A Kiss Before Dying, The Three Faces of Eve (Won- Academy Award for Best Actress in 1958, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1958), No Down Payment, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Won- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actress). Her role in television include: Sybil ( miniseries), See How She Runs (TV film, Won- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress), Crisis at Central High (TV film), Do You Remember Love (TV film, Won- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress), and Empire Falls (miniseries).
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