THE THREE FACES OF EVE

(Drama)

Joanne Woodward was just 23 years old when she played the psychotic heroine (with 3 split personalities) in THE THREE FACES OF EVE.

Joanne Woodward began acting in dramatic roles in television plays in 1952, which kept her busy for the next 5 years.  Then, in 1957, she was cast in THE THREEE  FACES OF EVE, as a woman suffering from multiple personality discorder, giving her the opportunity to play a vamp, a mousy housewife and a cool headed woman.   Her performance won her the Oscar for Best Actress. 

In THE LONG, HOT SUMMER 1958, Joanne Woodward played an upscale gal with her husband, Paul Newman, who portrays an accused huckster, in the William Faulkner short story adaptation. 

In 1968, Joanne Woodward played in RACHEL, RACHEL, as a middle aged, repressed, small town school teacher, living with her mother above a funeral home, who slowly comes out of her shell.  The film was directed by her husband, Paul Newman.  Woodward was nominated for an Academy Award and the movie was nominated for Best Picture.

She was nominated for an Oscar for her performance.  Woodward was again nominated in 1973 for her portrayal of a New Yorker, having a mid-life crisis, in SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS.  Joanne Woodward played a psychiatrist treating a woman with multiple personalities in the1976 movie, SYBIL. 

In 1991, Woodward received another nomination for Best Actress in the movie, MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE, in which she played with her husband, Paul Newman, in the title roles.

Joanne Woodward received nominations for:

RACHEL RACHEL (68)
SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS (73)
MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE (90)

Joanne's other credits include:

COUNT THREE AND PRAY
A KISS BEFORE DYING
NO DOWN PAYMENT
THE LONG HOT SUMMER
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS
THE SOUND AND THE FURN
TROM THE TERRACE
THE STRIPPER
SIGNPOST TO MURDER
A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY
A FINE MADNESS
WINNING
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
THE DROWNING POOL
THE END
HARRY AND SON
MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE
PHILADELPHIA
EVEN IF A HUNDRED OGRES....

Joanne Woodward's television credits include:

SYBIL
SEE HOW SHE RUNS
THE SHADOW BOX
FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Cable Movie)
BLIND SPOT (Hallmark Hall of Fame)

Joanne Woodward in THE LONG HOT SUMMER

Woodward in MR. & MRS. BRIDGE (1990)

Joanne Woodward RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS! (1958)

Joanne Woodward, with her co-stars, in THE END