Joanne newman biography

Joanne Woodward won the Best Actress Oscar for only her third film, "The Three Faces of Eve" (1957), before working with husband Paul Newman on over a dozen movies, including "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958), "Rachel, Rachel" (1968) and "Mr.

Her mother, Elinor Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward, was considered an avid movie buff. She portrayed a woman with three distinct personalities — a southern housewife, a vixen, and a normal young woman — and gave each their own unique voices and gestures. She also gave some strong performances on her own, appearing opposite Marlon Brando in Sydney Lumet's The Fugitive Kind (1960).

The pair was one of Hollywood's most devoted and remarkable couples.

Growing up, Woodward lived in Georgia and South Carolina. That same year, she starred opposite Sean Connery in A Fine Madness.

With her husband serving as the film's director and producer, Woodward gave an amazing performance as an old maid schoolteacher still hoping for love in Rachel Rachel (1968).

In addition to building a life together off-screen, the couple starred in their first of many collaborations that year. and Mrs. Bridge (1990). The Long Hot Summer (1958) featured Woodward as an heiress who is both attracted and repelled by a small-time grafter played by Newman.

Hollywood Veteran

Soon Woodward and Newman reteamed for a string of films, including Rally 'Round the Boys (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), and A New Kind of Love (1963).

For her deeply nuanced work, Woodward scored her fourth Academy Award nomination. Together, they welcomed three daughters.

Their first, Elinor "Nell" Teresa Newman was born in 1959. She studied at the Actor’s Studio and the Neighborhood Playhouse.

Partnership with Paul Newman

In 1952, Woodward made her first television appearance on an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents entitled "Penny." She tried out for roles on the stage, becoming an understudy during the run of the William Inge's comedy Picnic in the early 1950s.

and Mrs. Bridge" (1990) to her list of Newman collaborations, and appeared in award-winning TV movies "Do You Remember Love" (1985) and "Blind Spot" (1993), the latter of which she also co-produced.

Woodward then served as narrator on period drama "The Age of Innocence" (1993), played the mother of Tom Hanks' AIDS victim in "Philadelphia" (1993) and won her third career Golden Globe for her performance in the adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Breathing Lessons" (1994).

Woodward then joined her husband in the cast of "Empire Falls" (HBO, 2005) playing the blue-collar town's manipulative, wealthiest citizen Francine Whiting, before lending her voice to "Change in the Wind," (2010) "Gayby" (2012) and "Lucky Them" (2013).

Joanne Woodward, one of the last living legends from the Fall of the Studio System era of Hollywood in the 1950s, is quietly celebrating her 95th birthday.

The retired actress has been out of the spotlight for over a decade, with her last on-screen film appearance being in 1993's Philadelphia, and her last TV role, the 2005 miniseries Empire Falls with her late husband Paul Newman.

With her last public appearance being in 2013, Joanne has retired from public life as well, particularly since Paul's passing in 2008 after 50 years of marriage.

Read on to learn what we know about her life since she took a step back from the spotlight…

Joanne and Paul's children

Paul welcomed three children during his first marriage before tying the knot with Oscar winner Joanne in 1958.

They live in Westport, Connecticut in her parents' 19th century home.

Clea, now 59, is the most active of the siblings, having given more interviews about her parents than her older sisters. For 50 years, Woodward and Newman have been regarded as one of the most successful and enduring love stories of Hollywood.

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She also received her college degree that same year.

The next year, Woodward received her third Academy Award nomination for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), in which she played a woman suffering from frigidity.

Joanne Woodward also found critical success on the small screen. Woodward won a Best Actress Academy Award for The Three Faces of Eve (1957), and then co-starred with her husband in a string of films over the next few decades.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her work and the film was up for Best Picture.

Woodward took the lead while Newman worked behind the scenes for the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds in 1972. Their middle daughter, Melissa "Lissy" Stewart Newman, was born in 1961, and their youngest, Claire "Clea" Olivia Newman, arrived in 1965.