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Here's a look at the life of Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward.
Birthdate: February 27, 1930
Place of birth: Thomasville, Georgia
Birth name: Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward
Father: Wade Woodward, school administrator and traveling salesman
Mother: Elinor (Trimmier) Woodward, aircraft factory worker
Marriage: Paul Newman (January 29, 1958 – September 26, 2008, his death)
Children: Claire, Melissa and Elinor “Nell”; Stepchildren: Stephanie, Susan and Scott
Education: Louisiana State University, 1947-1949, Sarah Lawrence College, B.A., 1990
Nominated for four Academy Awards with one win.
Nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards with three wins.
Woodward and her husband, Paul Newman, co-starred in ten films, including “The Long, Hot Summer” and “Mr. And Mrs. Bridge.
Woodward wore a dress she had sewn herself to the 1958 Oscars.
He attended the premiere of “Gone with the Wind” in Atlanta in 1939 with his mother, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
October 1955 – Woodward's first film, “Count Three and Pray,” is released.
March 26, 1958 – She wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for “The Three Faces of Eve.”
December 20, 1972 – “The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Wonders of Man on the Moon” premieres in New York. The film is directed by Newman and co-stars his daughter Elinor, under the name Nell Potts.
1978 – She wins an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special for “See How She Runs.”
1985 – She wins an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special for “Do You Remember Love.”
1990 – He wins an Emmy for Outstanding Informational Special as executive producer of “Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre.”
May 1990 – She earns a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and graduates with her youngest daughter, Claire Newman. Paul Newman is the commencement speaker.
1992 – Honored by the Kennedy Center.
June 2001-2005 – Artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut.
2007 – Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
June 28, 2017 – A dedication ceremony is held in Marietta, Georgia, to commemorate the opening of Joanne Woodward Park. Woodward grew up in suburban Atlanta.
July 21, 2022 – “The Last Movie Stars,” a six-part documentary chronicling the careers and relationship of Paul Newman and Woodward, is released.
