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Joan Woodward

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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (English: Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward, February 27, 1930 -), born in Georgia, United States, is an American film actress and philanthropist who was a child star. She is one of the winners of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the winner of the Kennedy Center Honor Award. Joan Woodward and Paul Newman, Hollywood's silver couple, have both won Oscars as Best Actor and Best Actress. They are also the second Best Actor and Best Actress couple in the American film industry after Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In addition to being recognized by Oscars for their acting careers, Joan Woodward and Paul Newman, a deeply in love couple, stayed together from their marriage to the end of their lives, which has also become an enviable love story in Hollywood.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
United States
Born
1930-02-27
Wikidata
Q1111542
Occupations television actormovie actorvoice actortheater producerfilm producertelevision producerstage actoractor
Aliases Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier WoodwardJoanne WoodwardJoan Woodward

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